My Country

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In my country, you are not paid because you are working. You are paid because you are employed.

This explains poor service delivery and many other challenges my country faces like corruption and poverty.

The gap between the rich and the poor is too big. You cannot tell whether we are poor or rich.

My country’s population is approximately 18 million people. But we still have homeless kids spending nights in the cold and whole day begging for money and food in the streets.

With a population this small, our prisons are over-crowded, hospitals do not have enough medication, schools cannot accommodate everyone.

My country is rich in natural resources, minerals that the whole world needs to run its economies. But my country still begs for aid from foreign taxpayers.

This is my country and Love it. Despite the everyday challenges, I am still proud to be called the Son of the Land, blessed with abundant natural resources. People come from all over the world to settle here because they feel at home. My country is a blessing. One day, all the bad things will pass.