Culture of 'give me' comes from dark past

Last week Jonathan Jansen wrote about the prevalent attitude of "give me, or else".

I don't understand why Jansen and others are surprised by this attitude because it was cultivated by resistance to the apartheid system.

The black population at the time was encouraged to withhold payment for services and demolish public property, a call by the younger generation at the time.

The same is happening now in every corner of the country.

The generation of then has produced today's children, who grow up with promises from the ANC that can never be fulfilled. They are growing up with a constitution that guarantees everyone's rights, but no one ever talks of the responsibilities every citizen has towards his and her country.

The culture of "it's my right" has gone so far that it causes the behaviour of trashing and looting, and no one in authority is willing to stop it, least of all our president.

It should be clear to all that this is the start of anarchy, and unless politicians on all levels take charge, this country is doomed. We are living on borrowed time.