They debate whether South Africans are ‘brainwashed’ into a political structure of over-dependence on grants and whether the government is solely to blame for people’s lack of self-sufficiency. A reflection on the narrative of ‘the coming election’ and ‘hope’ turns the discussion to power within communities to bring about tangible change.  

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