Two people come out of a building and into a story

Two people come out of a building and into a story of man waiting for people coming out of the building, with a piece of cardboard written “hungry, jobless and homeless”. One man reaches into his pocket to get some coins, the other watches with a shocked-face. Few coins come out of the pocket and the troubled man smile and open his hand to receive from the Good Samaritan. In few minutes the troubled man disappears from the eyes of the Good Samaritan and his stunned friend. Out of curiosity the Good Samaritan ask “why are you shocked” and he answered “why did you give him money”, because he’s hungry and jobless answer the Good Samaritan... The man with no compassion continues “but why doesn’t he have food and job and have both his legs, legs, eyes and ears? Do you know what this man will buy with the money you’ve just given him, we are trying to end the culture of begging in our country and people like you promote is and make these people more lazy and not want to use their brains.

“South African is a nation of beggars” do you agree with this statement? Thousands of people drive in their cars towards downtown Johannesburg every morning going to work; this gives beggars a good chance to stand at the intersection and target cars stopping to beg for money, food and jobs. But where does this culture come from and when will it end. Are we a nation of beggars? Are there no other opportunities for people to make money and get jobs except for standing in the street corner and beg? Is it a good culture for our nation? We have social grants for old people, not only for old people but also for children without parents, parents who doesn’t have an income which is enough to take care of their children, and also people with diseases like HIV and Aids making it impossible for them to work. My question is by giving a man standing on the street money are we promoting the culture of begging in our nation? Are we really helping by giving something to them?

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