By Katlego Sekhu
Past experiences have proved that history sometimes repeats itself.
“We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine,” says historian Yuval Noah Harari.
Take our current inflation rate in SA as an example. Who would have thought that we could not beat our rate in 2017, not only is history repeating itself but things are now getting worse.
A listener tells The Best T in the City with Tbose that although “Ubuntu maintains the status quo.” We must not be afraid “to let people go even if it’s the government “regardless of what they have done.”
She adds: “We must overlook Ubuntu. We have people making decisions for us who won’t be around in the next 30 years.”
Kaya 959 listeners share lessons that can be learned from history on social media:
#AreWeForgettingHistory…Our problem is the “Blame someone syndrome” things are burning, looted; Black child is hungry, Stop looking for someone to blame.Sometimes we’ve got to take responsibility & blame. We allowed things to get to this point. Maybe next time we’ll vote wisely pic.twitter.com/JYxxHxle8H
— Bareki (@BarekiLechuti) July 4, 2022
#AreWeForgettingHistory https://t.co/eCmn9X8eHB
— T. (@tboseZA) July 4, 2022
Youth struggled and rose to change things prior 94. I believe it will take the rise of the youth now also to turn things around again for the country.
— Amogelang Makape 🦋 (@amogee) July 4, 2022
Load shedding🙄… re busy ka dikerese,paraffin ko kasi again🤦🏾♀️#AreWeForgettingHistory
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