Intentional disinvestment in Black communities has created gross inequality and opportunity gaps in education, housing, health and employment. This, in the long run, has led to some sort of disconnect between communities and their surroundings. As people grow in their respective realms and they seek better opportunities elsewhere, they tend to be absorbed by their current situations and forget to plough back and reinvest in those communities that they come from.

And when we talk about reinvesting in communities, why do we only equate that investment to monetary investments? With the high level of moral decay that we see in our communities, is money the only form of investment that we need? Why is community development the sole responsibility of the government? Is it not an indictment on our part if we do not plough back?

Title:                          [• (Pr) Mr.]

Name:                        [• Thando Melane]