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NATHANIEL LEE | Instilling a work ethic will cure pupils of a culture of entitlement

They must be taught to work for what they want instead of expecting others to give it to them

One of the unintended consequences of the South African democratic dispensation is the entrenchment of a culture of entitlement within the formerly oppressed black majority. Having borne the brunt of apartheid dispossession and degradation, blacks equated the dawn of a black majority government with a magical alteration in their social and economic status.

These unrealistic expectations were given a further boost by the current government through pre-election milk and honey promises. Promises of free education, free healthcare, free water and electricity led to a toxic culture of entitlement and the erosion of a work ethic within the populace...