Im an african born of this soil, my hear beats south african with every beat. Your intelligence could be put into better use looking forward into the future and building on from where our great nation is today rather than being stuck on trying to right the wrong of the past, unfortunatelly nothing done today will ever change what has happened but building great things through hard work and commitement is a better prize and middle finger to the past. Be bigger, do bigger, be proud.
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you're not though.
Just like there are African Americans, you and me are just European Africans. You're born here, but there is a distinction. You don't get "black Africans", they're just called African.
This was pretty clear about 30 years ago, so somewhere in that 30 years Whites apparently found themselves being Africans all of a sudden.
You can find a distinction or you can find commonality, your choice seems to be rooted in the past and demographics. Mine is rooted in the love i have for South Africa and the future. Do you think ai and the bot economies care about the colour of anyones skin? No they will orientate toward value, that should be our destination. SA will never rise if we continue trying to change the past, we need an inspiring plan for the future, race politics wont get us there at all, only meritocracy and value creation will.
people still live in abject poverty - look at any town in South Africa from one of those satellites and you'll see the disparity.
It's one thing for someone to collect all the wealth through ill-gotten gains, but then to say "oh it's okay now, let's just reset to normal but I'll keep all this stolen wealth" is a crazy double standard.
30 years post apartheid, the corruption of the post apraheid ANC is now the only direction you can point fingers for the pathetic situation we are in, we could have turned this entire country into a renaissance 2x over in those same 30 years, there is zero excuse for this, and to try blame that on anything from the past is just being intellectually dishonest.
As far as I know every DA lead area is gone to shit. JHB and surrounds, including PTA/Tswhane has been under DA control since 2017. What's your excuse?
Easy to blame the blacks but if we actually do the 'intellectual homework' you'll see how easy it is to scapegoat the ANC. Even today, with a GNU you pick out the ANC in a multi-party coalition, why is that?
Firstly you seem to bring everything back to race. Race baiting is mid curve, just be better. Secondly, despite the fact that DA led provinces service delivery is far better than their conterparts, you have assumed I believe the DA is the solution, I dont. I believe the only hope we have is a better leader of the ANC who isnt afraid of handing out hard truths about where we are and what we need to do to make up for the decades of lost progress that the corruption and political cadre system has given us thus far. Maybe you would have not assumed incorrectly if you didnt see only the racial lens of the topic. Creativity is far more powerful than competion. Get out of your zero sum mindset, growth through real value creation is the tide that lifts all boats and we need everyone rowing in that same direction. Be bigger than just a demographic be South African it in your blood isnt it?
Name someplace outside of Cape Town that is "run well"
even Cape Town is run poorly. It's just capital inflows into cape town that keeps it propped up.
The idea that South African's don't include race is hilarious. Do you know South African history? lol
It's all well and good when you've got ill-gotten gains, over centuries no less, and then still expect everyone to "compete" lmfao
Some farms that where people were FORCEFULLY removed from are worth 210 000 000 rands on sale currently.
Maybe we should lean towards the Israel methodology of land expropriation?
Victim mentality is an anchor not a engine. You have made it clear you are not interested in looking forward and only seem to be looking to try change the past. I wish you all the best. For me I will be focusing on building value like we all should be doing. Farewell.
there's no victim mentality. the victim mentality is seeking refugee status whilst holding majority of the wealth through ill-gotten gains.
Like Elon's victim mentality when he can't get starlink licensed? Did he even apply, no. But here we are,
When you launch a rocket into space or do something of similar scale you welcome to deflect and deny all you want, until then maybe dont use an Elon comaprison for your own excuse, it lands poorly.
it's one thing to be born here to live and exist here, but you're like Portuguese or whatever, not African. Does that make sense?
In South Africa you should never shy away from who you are, you come as you are and you don't be a dick - that's basically the rules.