South Africa's Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse

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@randomguy17399
@randomguy17399 6 місяців тому
I’m from Zimbabwe.. 10 years ago when I was in highschool I told my SA friends that they needed to vote the ANC out or they’ll become like Zim. They laughed and told me SA could never become like Zim. A gross underestimation of what institutional incompetence can do to a country
@mrttripz3236
@mrttripz3236 6 місяців тому
Oh brother....
@seneca983
@seneca983 6 місяців тому
Hopefully they will vote the ANC out. It seems that that's at least possible whereas in Zimbabwe they probably can't vote out the ZANU-PF.
@precariousworlds3029
@precariousworlds3029 6 місяців тому
DA is the only option at this point. ANC are destroying a great country
@hypergraphic
@hypergraphic 6 місяців тому
I love Zimbabweans! They are so friendly and hard working. It's a shame how they often get treated by other black South Africans in the townships.
@feluto7172
@feluto7172 6 місяців тому
It doesn’t matter to Zuma supporters. His skin color and tribe are the only thing that matters
@jackbacon3723
@jackbacon3723 6 місяців тому
imagine being given a fully developed country with infrastructure and tons of natural resources and not being able to do anything with it
@MitchellPorter2025
@MitchellPorter2025 6 місяців тому
Lottery winners don't always know what to do with their winnings
@diegow7504
@diegow7504 6 місяців тому
Black excellence , what do you expect
@skanaraki2161
@skanaraki2161 6 місяців тому
What country? You're remembering through rose tinted glasses my dear. Significantly more than half of the population didn't have access to electricity, water, sanitation, or decent education. The crime rate was much higher during apartheid than now. And the funny part was that was all intentional. So tell me, if a country is able to provide a decent standard of living for less than only 20% of its population is that country doing a good job? If your answer is yes then you're more delusional than you realize. What you should be asking is imagine talking land from people and oppressing them, breeding them for hard labour and then when they fight for their freedom you turn around and call them ungrateful?? There's a special kind of hell for people like this. The kind of evil that doesn't even realize how evil it is the worst kind. The kind of evil that can take a cursory glance at South Africa's history and still think they're the good guys in the equation is genuinely disturbing.
@dingahaban2288
@dingahaban2288 6 місяців тому
'... fully developed..' for whom? A country stolen from the natives who were an infinite source of captive super cheap labour? How do you give away something that was never yours? It always was a mistake by Mandela and the magnanimous Mugabe to pursue a policy of reconciliation Kumbaya BS with the racists in Southern Africa. There should have been Nuremberg style trials. Now these racists feel like they got away with murder and are emboldened to continue talking crap about Africans in their own land. .
@dingahaban2288
@dingahaban2288 6 місяців тому
@@John.Flower.Productions So keep gathering your stones in that inauspicious European peninsula of yours. Leave Africa out of it. Africans have existed in Africa unmolested for over 100 000 years and equipped themselves splendidly from their environment.
@mjribes
@mjribes Місяць тому
The reasons for SA's downfall: 1) The civil service being flooded by people who had no experience. A friend described that as giving a Ferrari to a 17-year-old who had never driven a car. A crash was inevitable. 2) Experienced white engineers were made redundant throughout the state-owned power, water, telecommunications and transport organisations. They were replaced by inexperience (and sometimes unqualified) black people. Strict race quotas meant that those white ex-employees could not be brought back. 3) The ANC government became corrupt and the separation between the party and the state evaporated. Party members were given preferential placement into jobs in state-owned enterprises. Merit as a basis for employment have been replaced by party loyalty. 4) The government decided to use race as a motivation for voters. Black voters were encouraged to see white politicians as the enemy. 5) The "brain drain" is real. University graduates are leaving in their droves. I did that. I finished my masters and left 2 weeks later. I didn't even attent my graduation ceremony. I completed my PhD abroad and stayed there. 6) No one wants to hold Rands. Every friend and relative I have in South Africa holds a bank account in Europe that they load with any spare money they can get out of the country.
@LordDirus007
@LordDirus007 6 днів тому
Blacks were better off under apartheid.
@RlingCap-uk6rk
@RlingCap-uk6rk 3 дні тому
Apartheid was basically communism but orange. The third point doesn't mean shit. The SOEs were always there. They were used as a way to repress and segregate black people before.
@HansCoche
@HansCoche 2 дні тому
You nailed it.
@felixu-mh2mx
@felixu-mh2mx 2 дні тому
Ah, the old DEI b.s. Any reasonable persons KNOWS that placing people in power based on skin color is a recipe for failure. Take a look at the US for a good example.
@zander1971shorty
@zander1971shorty Місяць тому
South Africa was the destination of our annual holiday for 12 years between 2001 and 2013. We loved the country, beautiful, clean and well organized. However, during these years we saw a clear decline in everything. Our last holiday in 2013 was almost unrecognizable from the first one in 2001. That was our last time sadly.
@dyawr
@dyawr 19 днів тому
That was also the year Mandela died. I hope he didn't leave with a sense of sadness for the country... May he rest in peace.🕯
@gavrilo8617
@gavrilo8617 16 днів тому
​@dyawr Mandela destroyed South Africa. He and his wife were criminals, and he was imprisoned for a just reason.
@dyawr
@dyawr 16 днів тому
@@gavrilo8617 That's completely false. Mandela did a fantastic job to transfer South Africa from an apartheid, extremely oppressive, colonial state, to a democratic one. And during his presidency things changed for the better for most ppl in the country. He was also a world-class politician who *did not* deserve to be imprisoned, and in a democracy it never would've gotten to that.
@gavrilo8617
@gavrilo8617 15 днів тому
@@dyawr Apartheid was so terrible that South Africa was the only nuclear-powered country in Africa to ever exist to this day, raised the South African living standards to the point of exceeding that of the majority of Europe, had a health care system that was so great that Europeans and Americans would go to South Africa for surgeries, due to its cheaper cost and excellent quality. Blacks do not deserve the continent they have been given. Africa is rich, and beautiful, and the wealth and fruits of its prosperity belong to those that have the intellect and the fervor to extract them. Blacks are a bane of any functional civilization, and South Africa is yet another victim to perils of equity and racial revisionism.
@Tribuneoftheplebs
@Tribuneoftheplebs 13 днів тому
​@@dyawr He was a terrible politician that is responsible for hiring and promoting most of the corrupt ruling elite within the ANC today. He may have been a good freedom fighter but he did not run the state well at all.
@psycold
@psycold 5 місяців тому
To give you an idea of how ridiculous SA is now, instead of actually fixing the blackouts, they issued a statement saying that the term "blackout" is racist, and renamed it, "load shedding". Truly the pinnacle of progress.
@VisibilityFoggy
@VisibilityFoggy 5 місяців тому
Ha, the (blue) state of New Jersey did the same thing, only it's known as "peak shedding."
@1Surt
@1Surt 5 місяців тому
When SA was controlled by it's founding bloodline (Dutch), SA has a space program. Then the ferals took control and viola, Johannesburg lacks sufficient drinking water. MultiCulturalism is code for destruction of White Man's Western Civilization. Sad.
@KevinSmith-qi5yn
@KevinSmith-qi5yn 5 місяців тому
The only lesson learned from going into such a death spiral is that the government doesn't give up until it's hit rock bottom. Just look at Zimbabwe for South Africa's future. Zimbabwe has turned itself around after decades of race blaming socialism that never solved people's issues.
@christopherbedford9897
@christopherbedford9897 5 місяців тому
Yeah, nahh, bullshit. The two terms mean different things, and were invented internationally long before SA started using them. If you heard anyone telling you that story it was probably started either mischievously (like your repetition of it) or as a joke.
@christopherbedford9897
@christopherbedford9897 5 місяців тому
@@KevinSmith-qi5yn
@xConceptZA
@xConceptZA 6 місяців тому
As a South African who doesn’t want to ever leave this place, this video makes me so sad and so angry. The absolute and complete incompetence and astounding corruption of the past and present president and other ANC leaders has royally screwed us all, no matter what colour we are
@RM-el3gw
@RM-el3gw 6 місяців тому
why do you keep voting for them
@PneumaticFrog
@PneumaticFrog 6 місяців тому
​@@RM-el3gwI'm pretty sure they don't have a choice.
@PneumaticFrog
@PneumaticFrog 6 місяців тому
Honestly you should leave, you'll have a happier life. Doesn't matter where you live, you make life what you want it to be, leave the country that is going down the shitter and go to another country. Maybe in 20-30 years you can return, especially if you are rich.
@xConceptZA
@xConceptZA 6 місяців тому
@@RM-el3gw well I obviously don’t personally vote for them. From my experience, and people I’ve encountered, it’s predominantly the less educated who continue to vote for the ANC despite the never ending empty promises
@ydid687
@ydid687 6 місяців тому
this is what's wrong with democracies, well meaning and informed people are bound by the idiotic notions held by the idiots you think your village is making life tough? imagine a sub-continent full of jackasses who think their sky daddy is superior to another minority tribe's sky daddy all the while making the islanders and the swiss richer
@111Rein
@111Rein Місяць тому
We drove to the airport one last time in December 2023. It was heartbreaking and you feel gutted, but as this video explains so well, if you have the choice to leave you almost don't have the choice to stay...
@swaggisbaratheon4365
@swaggisbaratheon4365 7 днів тому
Very sorry for your loss I hope your new life wherever you went holds better things for you
@TopHatPenguin
@TopHatPenguin 2 місяці тому
It’s honestly just sad. They kicked out the people who built the place up and who went “you gotta deal with this otherwise it’s gonna be a problem” and they laughed at them and ignored it. Same thing happened with the farmers.
@kevindoran9389
@kevindoran9389 22 дні тому
The new farmers are now overworking the soil and not letting it rest by planting every season, now the crops are failing, same in Rhodesia (wow...UKposts did everything it could to stop me spelling that word)
@BodhiCody-mh2ec
@BodhiCody-mh2ec 19 днів тому
@@kevindoran9389 oy vey that's antisemitic to mention that history
@1Beta1
@1Beta1 14 днів тому
They didn't kick out anyone because the ANC wanted reconciliation so they had kept the people who built the country to assist them, but things slowly deteriorated. I don't know where you people get your information from
@yankees29
@yankees29 14 днів тому
@@1Beta1the fact is the Europeans developed the country and infrastructure. The country was basically handed over the the black population and they have no idea how to run a country.😂
@briangriffin8106
@briangriffin8106 10 днів тому
​@1Beta1 There have been many well documented instances of white farmers being brutally murdered. Are those false reports?
@sophrapsune
@sophrapsune 6 місяців тому
The regression of South Africa is ultimately just a symptom of the ANC’s epic levels of corruption and misgovernance.
@iinred1954
@iinred1954 6 місяців тому
I can think of other reasons.
@dunhillsupramk3
@dunhillsupramk3 6 місяців тому
@@iinred1954 no hes right, the lvl of corruption of ANY government at this lvl will result into these conditions.... look at Mexico or Brazil or Spain or Ukraine (just before the Russian invasion Ukraine couldn't pay their bills and there was rolling blackouts)...
@Toefoo100
@Toefoo100 6 місяців тому
Africans start to run country. Country starts to turn into the average African country. Many such cases
@tonitappous2422
@tonitappous2422 6 місяців тому
Having recently watched the ARTE tv Documentary about Mayor Chris Pappas ( fluent in isiZulu) of uMngeni Municipality on UKposts, the DA is by far the best choice to take SA and all South Africans forward in 2024!!!
@backendscroll3795
@backendscroll3795 6 місяців тому
The problem is that the black majority will only vote for the ANC or EFF.
@Codyray17ify
@Codyray17ify 4 місяці тому
My nephew did part of his internship, to become a doctor in South Africa.....he said an ER doctor in Canada could go his entire career without ever seeing a stab wound to the heart.....In South Africa....you'll see one...every day!
@Nkanyiso131
@Nkanyiso131 4 місяці тому
That’s cap
@RosslynR
@RosslynR 4 місяці тому
Except for OPPENHEIMER BILLIONAIRES! "I am an African. I live there and my children live there, and as far as I understand, they intend to go on living there."- Nicky Oppenheimer, Net worth: 8.3 billion USD (2023) Forbes
@benvalkenburg3932
@benvalkenburg3932 4 місяці тому
@@RosslynR0
@Amanzi379
@Amanzi379 4 місяці тому
I know a Brit who did the same thing, he wanted experience which they would never give him in the uk. He volunteered at baragawanth hospital and dealt with everything.
@budgetking2591
@budgetking2591 4 місяці тому
Yeah theres no knives in Canada
@JH-ck1nr
@JH-ck1nr Місяць тому
If you can sing, shout and jump up and down your in. What could possibly go wrong 😂😂
@anlo88
@anlo88 29 днів тому
I am a South African who moved to Canada in 2023 and I must say you are spot-on with your research. I must admit I was hesitant to watch your video based on the majority of people getting it wrong, but you did not. The biggest problem in South Africa is corruption by government officials. The country's revenue service, SARS, has in the past expressed that taxation is sufficient, but corruption is killing the country.
@oogba71
@oogba71 27 днів тому
Why didn't corruption kill SA when whites were in power? Are you saying blacks are more corrupt? What was the genesis of this scourge of corruption? A functioning government with stable infrastructure and a comparatively safe country were left to the black majority. If the government is corrupt and blacks keep voting corrupt parties and people into power, what does that say?
@JP-pq9xi
@JP-pq9xi 23 дні тому
Isn't there something else that you can't mention as the reason? Source: Haiti, DRC, Sudan, somalia, brundi, Niger, Ethiopia. I can keep going.
@thabelongwenya4666
@thabelongwenya4666 11 днів тому
You are wrong, you intentionally skipped the part where white structural racism play a role for why people refuse to vote for white parties.
@jakefix6478
@jakefix6478 3 дні тому
@@JP-pq9xi are you going to make a point or just a random question and a list of countries? Are you trying to imply something you don't have the balls to say?
@itsorcacraft9037
@itsorcacraft9037 6 місяців тому
As a South African I 100% agree with this video. This country is collapsing faster and faster every year.
@abhinavgarg4598
@abhinavgarg4598 6 місяців тому
Why ANC banned ESKMO for building new plants ?
@AM_101
@AM_101 6 місяців тому
What's going on over there I'm from Zambia
@greenie_687
@greenie_687 6 місяців тому
starting? it collapsed years and years ago bru
@LeiSnows
@LeiSnows 6 місяців тому
South Afri is doomed to collaspe into a non functional tribe sooner or later, as all afri countries do. Afris are far too low IQ to form and maintain nation states. This is why only developed and educated peoples, almost exclusively from Europe, managed to create functioning societies and nation states. Before white people showed them the way, afris were still banging rocks together and chucking spears. Cavemen. We uplifted them. As europeans, we spent decades trying to uplift cavemen from afri, and help them rule themselves. But afris are far too low iq for that.
@AM_101
@AM_101 6 місяців тому
I've been aware of that but what really is the problem
@SenorTucano
@SenorTucano 6 місяців тому
I was working in Honduras with a group of South African expats. I was shocked to over hear two of their wives chatting to each other about how much safer Honduras was than ‘back home’.
@stephanieparker1250
@stephanieparker1250 6 місяців тому
Ooof 😰
@yo2trader539
@yo2trader539 6 місяців тому
And I was under the impression Honduras was the murder capital. I suppose it's all relative.
@SenorTucano
@SenorTucano 6 місяців тому
@@pa_2600 in places yes
@bruderschweigen6889
@bruderschweigen6889 6 місяців тому
Haha damn 😅
@k4door789
@k4door789 6 місяців тому
Honduras is the most dangerous County in Latin America
@durosennen7763
@durosennen7763 Місяць тому
all already seen in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe. From an organized country and a large exporter of food and industrial products. With the absence of any production and hunger. Currently, SAR lives on inherited goods, and even that is being consumed and slowly disintegrating.
@gregsutton2400
@gregsutton2400 Місяць тому
South Africa is declining, but declining to the Sub Saharan African Norm.
@matthewriley5819
@matthewriley5819 Місяць тому
SA is actually a hell of a lot worse than most other sub-Saharan African countries.
@i.lungsmaras7244
@i.lungsmaras7244 Місяць тому
Germany has more potholes than South Africa and the same number of blackouts... Most electricity given to industry during the day and less for households, and at night the other way around...and will need about 13 times more to fix its infrastructure than SA needs, which it doesn't have... It's not alone, Canada too, and most of the EU outside Scandanavia... So, by your logic, declining becominmg the norm for Europe too... PS: Just google (helps to balnce your thinking when using facts not fake racial superiority)!!!
@chuch541
@chuch541 Місяць тому
Tell me you know nothing about world history… 😂😂😂
@Tespri
@Tespri 28 днів тому
@@chuch541 if you knew you would've been able to school him instead of acting like a child.
@chuch541
@chuch541 28 днів тому
@@Tespri really? your expectations/ judgement mean little to me tbh…. it’s simply not my job. I will shame those who very apparently put zero effort into understand the world in which they exist. The people around you are no less important than you. The places around you, all deserving of the same security, and freedom. Anyone talking on a hateful/xenophobic/political tip. Is generally a lazy, do nothin who regurgitates all the shit they hear. Actions deserving of nothing but shame. Period. We all choose who we are. Our actions define us. Pick up a book and you’ll quickly realize we’re all way way more alike than not. History is a like a minstrel wherein every idiot ignores the red flags over and over, and we do it again… Statements like Greg posted, are sadly not few or far between
@Tom-yu9if
@Tom-yu9if 6 місяців тому
It is such a mess. I’m from New Zealand and my neighbour moved here from South Africa 10 years ago. They had a massive ranch but one day their barn was burnt down. The arsons then went to their house with guns and told them they were taking it over. They had to surrender everything and the next week they called it quits and jumped on a plane. It’s crazy to think it has only got worse since then
@SA_PASF
@SA_PASF 6 місяців тому
Stop spreading fake news
@brianw3415
@brianw3415 6 місяців тому
​@@SA_PASFKeep your blinders on yourself.
@DavidWestwater-vq6qy
@DavidWestwater-vq6qy 6 місяців тому
People will try to tell you that that's reparations the thing is though that that ranch will now be fallow. It will produce nothing and it will go back to the wild said it was when you first found. Naturally they will be left food sent into the cities and the food prices will rise
@humanbeing2730
@humanbeing2730 6 місяців тому
based
@angrydragonslayer
@angrydragonslayer 6 місяців тому
@@SA_PASF please explain how it's fake news, i have lost several friends in similar scenarios where the perpetrators decided to just shoot instead.
@malbirrell
@malbirrell 6 місяців тому
A mate of mine was a farmer in Zimbabwe and left with nothing but his life. He told me years ago that SA was going to end up exactly the same as Zim
@felongtw1
@felongtw1 6 місяців тому
And yet ... so few agreed and so few saw the writing on the wall.
@derekp8527
@derekp8527 6 місяців тому
Rhodesia was also ruled by whites so your friend was smart. Any realist not afraid to hurt people's feelings predicted that.
@bob-zi1eb
@bob-zi1eb 6 місяців тому
@@derekp8527 Thanks for apologizing for racism. Zimbabwe is actually thriving but you continue on being a racist. Good for you.
@bob-zi1eb
@bob-zi1eb 6 місяців тому
You do understand that white farmers obtained lands due to colonization right? They forcibly took those lands. That wrong corrected itself that's what happens.
@tripsadelica
@tripsadelica 6 місяців тому
@@bob-zi1eb Yeah, is that so? Read this: "Zimbabwe's annual consumer inflation eased to 17.8% in October 2023, from September's 18.4%, mainly due to slowing prices of housing & utilities (23.2% vs 25.3% in September); food & non-alcoholic beverages (17.8% vs 18.4%); education (25.4% vs 31%) and communication (42.1% vs 50.2%)." Hyperinflation has slowed since that a-hole Mugabe kicked the bucket but his party's hold on power in the country and the destruction of the rule of law have meant the economy there is a basket case. This is because of violent, tirbalist black thinking. This thinking needs to evolve and change. Botswana has managed it and if the ANC getted booted then perhaps SA can come out of its malaise. I certainly hope so.
@dadoody
@dadoody 2 місяці тому
Can only blame the White man for so long. Gave them a golden goose and the ANC completely turned it into rot.
@Carewolf
@Carewolf 15 днів тому
Well, if they hadnt kept the black population supressed for years, they would have been better educated and better able to see through ANC corruption. You can always blame history, even if it is entirely pointless at this point.
@yankees29
@yankees29 14 днів тому
Reading the comments here tells me much of the population is completely brainwashed into believing it’s the white mans fault….Very naive people.
@Paulin-pw5jx
@Paulin-pw5jx 9 днів тому
Look at what they are doing in America …. It’s the same thing they are the only race who couldn’t survive by themselves if all the others went extinct
@billprendgergast8976
@billprendgergast8976 8 днів тому
Seems a bit of a pattern here..Haiti, Zimbabwe, half of the US cities....what is the common denominator?
@dadoody
@dadoody 8 днів тому
@@billprendgergast8976 Modern day issue is Leftist brainwashing during upbringing. A lot of these people are taught to be perpetual victims straight out of the womb. Education in STEM isn't stressed, while sports are.
@janstan8407
@janstan8407 2 місяці тому
Why is no one blaming the family at the top of the ANC? The Mandela family is corrupt to the core, but if you say anything about them, guess what? You are labeled a racist.
@richardjones7984
@richardjones7984 Місяць тому
Corruption is causing poverty and pain in every country. A proper police force that views corruption as a top priority is the answer. Puerto Rico turned their country around by getting a good police force that eliminated organised crime.
@b.v.437
@b.v.437 Місяць тому
​@@richardjones7984 can you provide more detail please?
@janstan8407
@janstan8407 Місяць тому
@@richardjones7984 You obviously do not know the extent of the corruption of the ANC. I'm not talking about a few million skimmed here and there, I'm talking about hundreds of millions that was meant for infrastructure but not a dime made it there. But the Mandela family build and bought property and houses worth tens of millions of dollars. All of the family. Where'd that money come from? That's just the tip of the iceberg. Do some research into what has caused the food and energy shortages. The insane increase in rape and violent crime and why the police are ineffective. I think S.A. is the rape capital of the world now.
@Chris-xv2gm
@Chris-xv2gm 29 днів тому
​@@b.v.437Find out for yourself.
@Tespri
@Tespri 28 днів тому
@@b.v.437 Use google. Basically their president eliminated some human rights and legal protections from criminals and threw anyone connected to crime even vaguely to jail. Worked like charm. Of course now there is the possibility that he could do same with his political enemies, so that part is still unfolded.
@sarahwing7468
@sarahwing7468 5 місяців тому
I am a South African now living abroad. My entire family left SA one by one. My 5 siblings and I all left to different countries, wherever we found opportunities. last to leave was my parents 4 years ago. I miss SA so much but I know I have no future there, and without my parents there it doesn’t even feel like home anymore. I’m very fortunate to have the means to emigrate and start a new life, but I don’t personally enjoy being a foreigner everywhere I go. But most of all I’m terribly sad that my family is scattered across the globe. This happens to a lot of South Africans. If you are lucky enough to live near family don’t take it for granted.
@zedrake
@zedrake 5 місяців тому
I'm from the UK but my partner is from SA. Gave you a like because this is almost exactly how she feels
@mikeg3728
@mikeg3728 5 місяців тому
I have family there. They are woke zombies who keep explaining away how the difficulties there are really the fault of white American men. Not even joking. They talk like they are members of some kind of woke cult. Meanwhile they have private security from 4 pm to 8 am every day at their home, seven days a week, and also have iron bars over the windows, iron gate in front of the front door, even their security cameras are in little locked cages. The disconnect is... breathtaking.
@dimodimov5298
@dimodimov5298 5 місяців тому
South Africa was the best place in the world. Your parents gave it away. Consider yourself lucky that you were able to escape.
@christopherbedford9897
@christopherbedford9897 5 місяців тому
@@dimodimov5298 If by "gave away" you mean "tried too hard to hang on to" then yes. Well maybe grandparents, probably not parents. I am continuously and repeatedly astonished at just how narrow-minded the whole colonial mindset was (and continues to be, in certain places) - they clearly thought they would be able to continue occupying countries forever, scattering favours here and there to "the natives" while raking in the riches. I was brought up with that as the prevailing received wisdom and it took me decades to realise _FFS no,_ when you try to exclude the majority of the people like that you end up having it taken away from you. Sure, colonialism didn't bring only badness. Try as you might you can't deny that having roads, rail, and electricity is better than having nothing at all, but beyond any debate the attitude to human rights was absolutely abysmal at best.
@AltRockLover
@AltRockLover 5 місяців тому
Didn't only bring "badness"? A culture steeped in innovation and forward thinking, aka Western civilization and values, can do nothing but crumble under the weight of "inclusion" of a civilization based on subsistence living. You can't have it both ways! To think that all cultures are equal, and all we have to do is "include" a non-Western culture into the First World is the height of white supremacy IMHO.
@ricequackers
@ricequackers 6 місяців тому
As a British software engineer, I always wondered why I met a very disproportionate number of South Africans in my line of work in the UK (including a former SA Navy engineer with a million fantastic stories about the old country). I guess this is why.
@Sataka23clips
@Sataka23clips 6 місяців тому
The truth is Africans ruin everything. Look at Zimbabwe. If u want to fix s.a u start by removing zanu pf . Then anc
@IK_MK
@IK_MK 6 місяців тому
​@@Sataka23clipsAHH yes because White and Indian _"contractors"_ are definitely not benefitting from the corrupt ANCs kickbacks 🤦🏾‍♂️
@carlose6010
@carlose6010 6 місяців тому
​@@IK_MKSo as everyone is saying ANC has been the problem from the start.. fought to keep out federalism so they have even more power.
@bestrenderings796
@bestrenderings796 6 місяців тому
The UK is on the same track demographically speaking.
@thisisaname5589
@thisisaname5589 6 місяців тому
Imagine being a white man in a nation that doesn't care about keeping white men in power. Well, you'll find out soon, most likely.
@davidbarsotti
@davidbarsotti Місяць тому
Was there 20 years ago could have told you this with 100% accuracy
@alcopersino7855
@alcopersino7855 Місяць тому
Hell on earth, just like the rest of the continent. Why is this a surprise to anyone?
@gagenott
@gagenott 6 місяців тому
I'm a South African. My dad's a primary school teacher. He spent years unable to get a stable teaching position here - something this video didn't discuss is how rampant and extreme the unemployment situation has gotten throughout the country, in every industry. My mother has been stuck in a job she hates for over a decade, with no room for promotion or growth and a salary that barely puts food on the table for all of us. The unemployment situation means looking for another job has simply never been feasible. The odds of finding anything else are slim at best. My dad finally found a job offer from Malaysia and took it. There teachers are well-paid and sought-after. We saved enough that he was able to bring my teenage sister along too. The situation in this country has torn my family apart. But if he stayed, they'd just be stuck in the same trap of desperation and poverty, with never enough money to contribute towards pension/retirement. For the people who can't afford to live in secured, gated communities, have private generators/solar panels, buy purified water, etc, who don't have high-paying and secure jobs and can handle the ever-increasing cost of living, the situation seems so hopeless.
@kamaruleffendi
@kamaruleffendi 6 місяців тому
I'm a malaysian
@minovskyparticles1834
@minovskyparticles1834 6 місяців тому
are you white?
@BBFCCO733
@BBFCCO733 6 місяців тому
BLM that's why....
@advan1832
@advan1832 6 місяців тому
So sad and so true :(
@donk3y863
@donk3y863 6 місяців тому
Welcome to Malaysia
@BryanO92
@BryanO92 6 місяців тому
A friend of mine was involved in the construction of Kusile power station. Kusile had a timeline of about 18 months and was supposed to be completed in time for the 2010 World Cup. It was finally finished in 2021. It was a source of many South African jobs and essentially the contractor was happy to take their cost plus and the government was happy to have a big employer and a perpetual source of bribes and nobody cared if it was ever finished. Periodically, anonymous vandals would come in and destroy months of construction and they rebuilt it over and over again. It was a 13 year makework jobs program. South African government in a nutshell.
@jvanvuuren8461
@jvanvuuren8461 6 місяців тому
They are still building on Kusile. Medupi was finished until it wasn't. They designed it wrong and need to correct the mistakes.
@rolotomasi5935
@rolotomasi5935 6 місяців тому
@@jvanvuuren8461 What you are missing in your analysis is the World Bank Debt wracked up in order for South Africa to lose the asset to the world bank. Privatising our power which is the end goal just like Suez and many many other examples. Read Confessions of an ecconomic hitman. The Bought ANC leaders (not all) are owned by the Bankers who require a failed state in SA. Which is why the first use of the Phrase came long ago in 2014 when the idea was cooked up. Alan Dershowitz used the phrase tactically during the Oscar Pistorius trial.
@arthas640
@arthas640 6 місяців тому
When i see programs like that or how many Chinese governments are basically just building apartment complexes so they can tear them back down it always just depresses me. They're doing it as busy work and to keep people working but why not put that same money and resources into effective infrastructure projects? Instead of spending 13 years of funding and work on a 1.5 year project why not do 8 different projects? The country definitely needs more power but they also need some more water infrastructure as well as public housing too. It's not that bad here but I worked in government contracting in the US for awhile and found the wasted spending just depressing. I literally did work for a school where they spent around $1500-$2000 _per chair_ in the schools administration offices and replaced all the nearly new chairs with brand new ones (they "old" ones were in such good condition I took a couple and been using them for around 8 years now), they also spent around $2000 to replace a switch and a light in a closet, but that same school cant afford to give kids basic supplies like spare paper, pencils, and pens and they had to make budget cuts in some areas. Thanks to that kind of experience I look at some of these wasteful projects and all i can do is think about how the money could be better spent and i can see the many ways the money is lost due to corruption and incompetence.
@rybuds47
@rybuds47 6 місяців тому
​@@Info7Dayfrom Hamas
@rongliu1182
@rongliu1182 6 місяців тому
This is because the people lack ownership. When socialism, communism promised you equality, and diversity, you lose accountability and ownership.
@gtxchufxvj
@gtxchufxvj 2 місяці тому
We saw this coming in 1994 and we see what's still coming. From bad to worse.
@itsvmmc
@itsvmmc Місяць тому
This is insane. I remember when South Africa was around the same level economically as most post-Soviet countries. But now many post-Soviet countries are growing steadily, while South Africa seems to go backwards.
@i.lungsmaras7244
@i.lungsmaras7244 Місяць тому
When was this...because as far as we, SOUTH AFRICANS, know and if we're honest, nothing was developed during apartheid except a few white towns... TRUTH...so at which point in time are you taliing about???????
@itsvmmc
@itsvmmc Місяць тому
@@i.lungsmaras7244 South Africa is one of the richest countries in Africa (if not THE richest) when it comes to GDP per capita and other metrics. This has been the case for at least the past few decades
@i.lungsmaras7244
@i.lungsmaras7244 29 днів тому
@@itsvmmc Well!! The DRC, Equitorial Guinea and Argentina have some of the bet looking metrics for for economic stats... EG is the wold's fastest growing economy and richest nation (go look at the Wold Bank GDP stats & per capita numbers), but they don't have tar roads, schools, running water and most families get-by on less than $2 per day, the less said about the DRC. And Argentina just defaulted on their international loans, the currency is worthless and most people go to bed hungry - but their GDP numbers are something elswe... Same with South Africa for the last 80-90 yeas... The WHOLE WESTERN WORLD had a term for the vast majority of South Africa's white people... WHITE POVERTY!!! Ask your white grand paents what life was like before 1994, they'll tell you most white people were barely getting-by... I always say white people should vote ANC and native people should vote for anyone but the ANC... WHite people in SA never had it so good. and the native population only gained no longer having the colour-bar, nothing else... Now bring facts...not stats becaue as you know they say "There's lies, Damned lies ans STATISTICS"...
@i.lungsmaras7244
@i.lungsmaras7244 29 днів тому
@@itsvmmc PS: Which point in time are you talking about... we can just look online at all sorts of historic evidence... such as percentage of raods paved, number of households with running water and electric power, and all sorts of other "REAL" socio-economic metrics, not statistics... SO go on and tell us... AT WHICH POINT WAS SOUTH AFRICA DEVELOPED BEYOND 8% of current infrastructure and AT WHICH POINT WAS THERE INDUSTRY BEYOND the PWV AREA, RICHARD'S BAY, UITENHAGE and THE SO-CALLED RAILWAY TOWNS... GO on, tell us!!!
@TheBfutgreg
@TheBfutgreg 21 день тому
@@itsvmmc Uneven development, probably due to all of....you know, its history and shit Proper sustainable growth can't occur overnight with a divided populace
@BobfromSydney
@BobfromSydney 6 місяців тому
The ANC is the real load that South Africa needs to shed. It's a shame they have not policed their own internal corruption.
@Shinkajo
@Shinkajo 6 місяців тому
I think the ANC is working as intended. What incentive do they have to fix anything if they're making money off the corruption?
@angrydragonslayer
@angrydragonslayer 6 місяців тому
@@Shinkajo oh right, mandela was a marxist this makes way too much sense now
@resphantom
@resphantom 6 місяців тому
@@Shinkajo When the money starts leaving the country. Unlike most African countries, South Africans have the privilege of an education, even though that is going backwards very quickly. Hopefully they have enough of an education to see that bad service delivery means bad government.
@christopher9727
@christopher9727 6 місяців тому
No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@darmaw22
@darmaw22 6 місяців тому
No party polices its own internal corruption unless external mechanisms force them to do so: an independent justice system, media, other parties, etc., namely checks and balances.
@mike-ot4ux
@mike-ot4ux 3 місяці тому
I have gotten so used to it that i didn't realise the irony that im watching this in loadshedding right now
@africantraveler7004
@africantraveler7004 2 місяці тому
Same here!!! Giant generator humming in the background. How tragic
@HyperRosee
@HyperRosee Місяць тому
I'm currently in NYC with my parents and we go back to ZA in 4 years or so,I don't want to go back now that I remember how bad the country is at the moment and I'm only 13
@ricardozk
@ricardozk Місяць тому
I'm laughing because it's the same thing for me. 😂
@aiodensghost8645
@aiodensghost8645 Місяць тому
I'm watching this whilst camping, having charged the phone off the solar panel on the camper. I feel for all of you though... not having access to consistent power and having to rely on a generator half the time, all the time gets old
@aiodensghost8645
@aiodensghost8645 Місяць тому
​@@ricardozkhey, sometimes laughing when you're angry or frustrated is the BEST thing to do
@thorsvenson3530
@thorsvenson3530 Місяць тому
This was fascinating. Thank you.
@billybambam6058
@billybambam6058 29 днів тому
>large, highly educated workforce. citation NEEDED
@DROGOC0P
@DROGOC0P 27 днів тому
they wuz kangz n shiet, no citation needed whiteboi
@yesiam7481
@yesiam7481 24 дні тому
wut u talkin bout 'sai-tay-shuns' whiteboy? we wuz down dere muhfuggin WORkIN HARD den dem evil wyt peepol came & don stoleed it all again. .... shiiiiiiiieeeeeet bruh now souf afrika be fuuuuuuuuuckeddd upp
@Ritesh-yy1zr
@Ritesh-yy1zr 15 днів тому
Unfortunately the unskilled took over the skilled
@jfkst1
@jfkst1 14 днів тому
The whites were.
@oagengseleke9637
@oagengseleke9637 6 місяців тому
As a South African living currently in Johannesburg I'm not exaggerating when I say this is just the tip of the iceberg we have a lot more social issues. The collapse is unavoidable at this stage ANC has done too much damage.
@Truther945
@Truther945 6 місяців тому
What other social issues make this worse? Do you ear for your safety daily?
@ruangreyling2073
@ruangreyling2073 6 місяців тому
​@@Truther945 Well for Johannesburg specifically illegal mining is a massive issue and it's compromising the city's infrastructure. The public healthcare system is falling apart as well as the public school system. Basically everything the government touches turns to rot. Some people try and make it a race issue but it's a tale as old as time that stretches across all races. The exact same thing happened in multiple Eastern European countries after the fall of the Soviet union. Politicians came in and promised capitalism and democracy but instead just put in place a system if cronyism which they used to enrich themselves.
@noreply-7069
@noreply-7069 6 місяців тому
​@@ruangreyling2073 They promise democracy but bring socialism. Also even Eastern Europe isn't as screwed as SA is. The farm kills especially are so horrible.
@danielcarvalho4429
@danielcarvalho4429 6 місяців тому
@@Truther945 being in fear of violent crime is an everyday thing is SA. But you sort of get used to that. But ya, there are just feedback looks of corruption and sadly still quite a lot of racism in the older generation that just keeps pushing the country further done the this road. Eskom being a joke of a power utility definitely doesn't help things either though.
@Sanddollar1
@Sanddollar1 6 місяців тому
It is cultural issue, but 100% of nations led by Black African governments are abject failures--that is no coincidence. African culture must radically change.@@ruangreyling2073
@telcobilly
@telcobilly 6 місяців тому
I moved to SA as a kid from the US in 1968 and returned to the US in '79. A good amount of my friends have left the country. AC - Alternating Current DC - Direct Current ANC - Absolutely No Current
@telcobilly
@telcobilly 6 місяців тому
@@Scalwag4087 your profound comment brings so much to the table! I still have family and friends there, so your crystal ball about other people's lives might need a little Windex. This is a public forum, so I'll move along when I'm good and ready..
@felixu-mh2mx
@felixu-mh2mx 2 дні тому
just like evrry place else on the planet these people operate.
@stevenleslie8557
@stevenleslie8557 28 днів тому
It was predicted over 30 years ago.
@MustacheCashStash125
@MustacheCashStash125 Місяць тому
South Africans : You have freed us! ANC : Oh I wouldn’t say freed more like under new management
@egregiousdave
@egregiousdave 3 місяці тому
I spent three months in South Africa, seeing the whole country as a backpacker in 2002. People kept telling me it would be another Zimbabwe in 20 years. I wouldn't dream of going back - which is sad, as it's one of the world's most beautiful countries.
@eisbeinGermany
@eisbeinGermany 3 місяці тому
and to think the rest of the world is guilty of it happening by putting so much pressure on the regime with the anti-apartheid movement that they gave in, now today all the countries call it a 3rd world country, it was close to developing an atomic bomb that is how advanced the country was, ,was even building their own fighter jets and tanks and armored cars, and the helicopter of which other countries started to buy, not to speak of the R4/R5 rifles and the G5 canon which ranges was enormous, to think of its mineral wealth, gold copper coal tin aluminium platinum diamonds, not to speak about all the fruit it has, no fruit gets imported, the wine farms are the best,
@carlosmango2341
@carlosmango2341 2 місяці тому
zim is safer to back pack .
@eisbeinGermany
@eisbeinGermany 2 місяці тому
Stay far away from South Africa 🌍🌍🌍
@carlosmango2341
@carlosmango2341 2 місяці тому
we left years ago. even bulgaria on a bad day is better and normal. s a is a marxist zhit hol banana republic @@eisbeinGermany
@dayneclark140
@dayneclark140 2 місяці тому
Let it go back to a third world country mandala did not do them any favors they can't run a country they get what they vote for
@PietSkiet-nf7jl
@PietSkiet-nf7jl 4 місяці тому
I grew up in South Africa. The reason for the collapse and immanent implosion of South Africa is the corrupt ANC. The energy problem is just one of many.
@LostInMarxism
@LostInMarxism 3 місяці тому
The South African collapse is and always has been a matter of evolution. Some races are not as intelligent as others.
@harrykuheim6107
@harrykuheim6107 3 місяці тому
How many New Cars, Jewelry, Mansions, and Drugs did the ANC buy...The same thing is happening in Chicago with Black Lies Matter.
@christineshotton824
@christineshotton824 3 місяці тому
The ANC was a Soviet funded and Cuban supported communist revolutionary group. Every communist regime in history has resulted in misery for its people. It was folly to believe ANC would be any better.
@KDean22
@KDean22 3 місяці тому
MOSTLY LOW INTELLIGENCE
@KDean22
@KDean22 3 місяці тому
MARCHING BACKWARDS
@ksteenkamp2466
@ksteenkamp2466 Місяць тому
Good documentary. I moved back to South Africa 20 years ago after a 5 year work visa in Europe. Am I glad I did? Hell yes. Does this country have big problems? Sure. The last time I checked, we are still a democracy. The nation is more and more informed on the problems of the country and their cause. There is an election coming in 7 weeks time on May 29th, 2024. Let the people of South Africa determine their own destiny.
@Dayne27
@Dayne27 28 днів тому
I'm a South African, currently living here. Yes our situation isn't great, but I don't plan on leaving, I'm not giving up on this country. You fellow South Africans that left, you may have your house in a country with far few problems that South Africa, but where is your home? If I have to go through tough times just to see light in this country once again, so be it.
@RLee-we1fc
@RLee-we1fc 11 днів тому
Do you blame the government for what's going on now?
@stacyliddell5038
@stacyliddell5038 6 місяців тому
I'm a South African who has emigrated with no intention of ever moving back and I'm not alone. It's sad to watch the destruction of a nation with such huge potential. Corruption all the way down.
@goldenretriever6261
@goldenretriever6261 6 місяців тому
I have a SA friend here in Canada. He left in the 90s and has never gone back.
@Georgi_Slavov79
@Georgi_Slavov79 6 місяців тому
Where did you go?
@ajc-ff5cm
@ajc-ff5cm 6 місяців тому
South Africa was supposed to be Africa's lightning rod, showing the continent how to move beyond and integrate with its colonial past. Sadly, corruption, theft, blame, mismanagement, and any attempt to fix it is blamed as regression to apartheid. It's a shame.
@occamraiser
@occamraiser 6 місяців тому
There are so few corruption-free nations in Africa - but surely those are the model for the rest.
@user_4046
@user_4046 6 місяців тому
@@ajc-ff5cm Which version of South Africa was the model for Africa? Are you talking about the Apartheid South Africa or the current South Africa? I don't see a model in either.
@huascar66
@huascar66 6 місяців тому
The ANC has absolutely destroyed South Africa. They simply cannot govern. There was so much hope at the beginning, but the ANC corrupted that. It is a shame.
@tyrone9953
@tyrone9953 6 місяців тому
The country was destroyed long before the ANC, do you not know history?
@NearQuasar
@NearQuasar 6 місяців тому
They didn’t destroy South Africa; the economy hasn’t collapsed despite all the shit the ANC lets it endure.
@camerondunn4620
@camerondunn4620 6 місяців тому
Like the bible says man can't rule over man. Corruption is everywhere
@advan1832
@advan1832 6 місяців тому
@@NearQuasar matter of time.
@ninab.4540
@ninab.4540 6 місяців тому
​@@NearQuasarAt some point, after 29 years of governance yes. It's their fault. And no one else's.
@shaneryan7622
@shaneryan7622 26 днів тому
The amount of South Africans now coming to Ireland will tell you all you need to know about South Africa to be honest..
@chloetzang631
@chloetzang631 Місяць тому
I lived in South Africa for a couple of months 15 years ago and it was a mess then. I can imagine how it is now, it was going downhill fast then. Black corruption an incompetence managed to destroy pretty much everything. As for Zimbabwe, words fail me.....
@almighty5839
@almighty5839 Місяць тому
Yup truly heartbreaking
@i.lungsmaras7244
@i.lungsmaras7244 Місяць тому
Name a part of the world outside Scandanavia that is actually not breaking apart... German infrastuctre, wods fails the Getrmans... And that's the best they have to put u in Europe... Now that we have your racism and Chinese-superiority out of the way... Where are the facts????
@Jin-Ro
@Jin-Ro 6 місяців тому
I work for one of the biggest Corporations in the world with a presence in SA. We employ thousands there in two locations. We're almost certainly going to close them and relocate them to the Middle East and UK. The constant thefts of copper which takes down the network in the area, the load shedding, the pilfering by staff is unsustainable. We're not the only Corp that is leaving or considering it. SA is a failed State, and there's no getting around that fact.
@AHD2105
@AHD2105 6 місяців тому
Sounds like NY and other cities in the US 🤣😅
@somapersona
@somapersona 6 місяців тому
​@@AHD2105wonder what they have in common
@AHD2105
@AHD2105 6 місяців тому
@@somapersona Resentment.
@svencoles8071
@svencoles8071 6 місяців тому
Reality... believe me
@occamraiser
@occamraiser 6 місяців тому
And S.A. will be bought up by russia for it's vote in the UN.
@leagueofotters2774
@leagueofotters2774 5 місяців тому
"Gosh, we didn't see this coming" -said nobody, ever..
@carterthiessen2664
@carterthiessen2664 4 місяці тому
Ian Smith predicted everything in the 70s
@bossrabbit
@bossrabbit 23 дні тому
Moral of the story - Don't bite the hand that feeds you!
@CameronBodenham
@CameronBodenham Місяць тому
the only place with service delivery is the western cape there is still townships, but DA does not control those parts and the parts they do sometimes steal the resources for selling it to recycle centers.
@faro99ru
@faro99ru 3 місяці тому
As a Zimbabwean this is all Deja vu. We’ve seen South Africa’s trajectory decades ago because, we saw the same thing happen to our country. We got over our own sense of exceptionality, we’ve seen it all. None of this is new to us !
@thuthukanisjaka2597
@thuthukanisjaka2597 2 місяці тому
Zimbabwean settler.
@faro99ru
@faro99ru Місяць тому
@@thuthukanisjaka2597 settled where? Certainly not in South Africa
@thuthukanisjaka2597
@thuthukanisjaka2597 Місяць тому
@@faro99ru You are a settler.
@devinfraserashpole4753
@devinfraserashpole4753 Місяць тому
The South African black people will be humbled one day.@@faro99ru
@rekamud6635
@rekamud6635 Місяць тому
@@thuthukanisjaka2597 not even black people want to go to south africa :(
@Djungelurban
@Djungelurban 6 місяців тому
South Africa is just about the the most stunning display of self-sabotage that I can remember ever happening.
@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986
@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 6 місяців тому
You’ve never heard of Zimbabwe?
@emptylungs
@emptylungs 6 місяців тому
Or Haiti?
@silverhost9782
@silverhost9782 6 місяців тому
Wonder what the connecting factor is between the 3 countries listed above?🧐
@lucasglowacki4683
@lucasglowacki4683 6 місяців тому
@@silverhost9782again…people who lived like cave men a generation or two ago can’t be expected to run a country… no matter what the race, they just happen to be THAT race🤷🏻‍♂️
@paulcoleman5512
@paulcoleman5512 6 місяців тому
​@@silverhost9782Ssshhh don't mention the obvious.
@prima6170
@prima6170 Місяць тому
There's a lot more to the story that needs to be told, and acknowledged.
@veryexcellentniceguy9641
@veryexcellentniceguy9641 2 місяці тому
It's fascinating to see how wealthy South Africans are essentially creating a parallel society by privatizing the typically public services because of how bad the ANC has proven to be at basic functions of government
@ValiantValium
@ValiantValium 6 місяців тому
It's almost as if the ANC proceeded to use it's newfound power to enrich itself and its friends, rather than actually work for the benefit of the country. Curious.
@ravanpee1325
@ravanpee1325 6 місяців тому
Tribalism and corruption is part of the system in Africa
@itsorcacraft9037
@itsorcacraft9037 6 місяців тому
@@thecatat7 what really? A country with every second headline being about corruption being corrupt. Can't be
@devondeswardt6239
@devondeswardt6239 6 місяців тому
That is exactly what happened. Pretty much from day 1
@andrewhooper7603
@andrewhooper7603 6 місяців тому
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
@DawryMike
@DawryMike 6 місяців тому
Welcome to liberal capitalism
@FlyWithMe_666
@FlyWithMe_666 6 місяців тому
I’m European and worked in South Africa (Joburg/Sandton) in the financial sector for 2 years. I was surprised and impressed by the extremely high professional standards and technical expertise of my South African colleagues. Now, 7 years after my return to Europe, it makes a little sad to see the LinkedIn profiles of so many of my former colleagues, where the vast majority now works in Australia, Ireland or England. They have (had?) so much potential as a nation, but just had the ANC ruin it all. Once the smart ones start leaving, it may be a downward spiral.
@nobodynoone2500
@nobodynoone2500 6 місяців тому
Yup. Everyone competent leaves.
@vik914
@vik914 6 місяців тому
We were once a first world country.
@QuestionsIAskMyself
@QuestionsIAskMyself 6 місяців тому
Wow this is comment is so weird
@seneca983
@seneca983 6 місяців тому
@@QuestionsIAskMyself What's so weird about it?
@patpending8134
@patpending8134 6 місяців тому
@@seneca983 Nothing. UKposts is awash with idiots posting comments.
@edjohn4590
@edjohn4590 2 місяці тому
Left that hell hole 6 years ago… what a ses pool…
@LeahInTheWild
@LeahInTheWild 2 місяці тому
I hope a miracle comes soon, I'm from Pretoria but I'm in America right now just to have a place to get out if south Africa goes into the dump, never in my life I thought this would ever happen (i am still young)
@paulvanniekerk3351
@paulvanniekerk3351 17 днів тому
Hope you'll come back to Pretoria some day. If not, be blessed in your bew home.
@thisismetoday
@thisismetoday 5 місяців тому
I’ve just come back from SA. It was the first visit in my life. I was shocked by the level of crime, the lack of freedom to just walk around after the sun sets, the amount of places you cannot go into without being killed, and the absolute acceptance of this as the status quo by the general population. I was relieved being on the place back to Europe. I wish it would’ve been differently
@kria9119
@kria9119 5 місяців тому
It was already like that in 2016, when I visited, but I cannot imagine just how much more intense it is right now. I remember landing in Frankfurt and just..breathing a sigh of relief. I could once again walk in the street without the fear of horrible crime. A truse shame
@chrisvldz
@chrisvldz 5 місяців тому
I had a great time in Cape Town and Johannesburg, danced at night, safari, amazing museums, food, so much more culture than any Eurotrip people do over and over and over again.
@chrisvldz
@chrisvldz 5 місяців тому
​@@kria9119doesn't Frankfurt have horrendous drug abuse and prostitution around the main train station. Food in Germany is horrible
@MarquisVonLion
@MarquisVonLion 5 місяців тому
" the lack of freedom to just walk around after the sun sets," hahaha! sounds like France in the present state :
@frankez1975
@frankez1975 5 місяців тому
It’s the same in Chicago…..or any Democrat city
@TimeBucks
@TimeBucks 6 місяців тому
This is heartbreaking and completely avoidable
@MdSameerali-dw6in
@MdSameerali-dw6in 6 місяців тому
👍
@ItoroOkon-em7yi
@ItoroOkon-em7yi 6 місяців тому
👍
@zubairaslam402
@zubairaslam402 6 місяців тому
👍
@user-om1tu8ur3m
@user-om1tu8ur3m 6 місяців тому
Good
@TimePass-xj9kw
@TimePass-xj9kw 6 місяців тому
Nice
@esk2k5
@esk2k5 2 місяці тому
Unemployment in 1994 - 15% Unemployment in 2023 - 55% In the last 30 years, the ANC has stolen over 3 trillion rand (180 billion dollars) of taxpayers money
@shandon360
@shandon360 17 годин тому
2:25 inspiration for the character Hugh Jack man plays in "Chappie." Hahaha
@fact6360
@fact6360 6 місяців тому
As a German, I lived in SA for 6 years. Spot on. The self destruction is insane
@fredshred5194
@fredshred5194 6 місяців тому
hahahahaha, coming from a German and the current state of affairs in Germany and your insane political leaders I'd say Germany and RSA very similar . Trying to ban political parties that you don't like ADF, scrapping nuclear energy plants and then letting Joes Biden blow up gas pipe lines providing cheap gas as it competes with US gas , and supporting a corrupt Nazi regime in Ukraine with funds and arms. mmmmm a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
@distinkt88
@distinkt88 6 місяців тому
it is a self destruction. whites come, bring serious civilization and prosperity, they get docile, allow blacks to have power, and in a few decades everything crumbles. goes to show what happens when blacks rule a nation.
@VladVlad-ul1io
@VladVlad-ul1io 6 місяців тому
May I ask why do you live there?
@fact6360
@fact6360 6 місяців тому
@@VladVlad-ul1io my dad worked there. I was just a kid back in 2010
@drawingdead9025
@drawingdead9025 6 місяців тому
And 100% predicted.
@jpaulc441
@jpaulc441 6 місяців тому
I remember in the early 90's, my school in the UK started getting an intake of white South African kids whose parents chose to emigrate instead of staying in SA. One of their parents was friends with my mum and she said that while she loved South Africa and hoped the post-apartheid country would be successful, she didn't want to risk the future of her children so she felt she had to emigrate. I think she made the right decision.
@goodshipkaraboudjan
@goodshipkaraboudjan 6 місяців тому
Same in the 2000s in Australia. We had a lot of Saffers in school and their stories were wild.
@Toefoo100
@Toefoo100 6 місяців тому
Hopefully her grandchildren won't have to experience what she did in the UK. At the current path they might
@CB-so8xd
@CB-so8xd 6 місяців тому
@@Toefoo100 Can't run forever.
@f3cktrackingmydata770
@f3cktrackingmydata770 6 місяців тому
this is gona produce some nasty conflict all western nations have heavy immigration from people who resent us. I dont know how or when but within a few decades possibly much sooner a lot of people are gona suffer over this
@keepitsharp7231
@keepitsharp7231 6 місяців тому
Yep, I'm one of them.
@scorpiovenator_4736
@scorpiovenator_4736 Місяць тому
South Africa Abroad: Were kind of cool, at home:
@Ak3rf3ldt
@Ak3rf3ldt Місяць тому
It will not sound nice may even some find it offensive but those with capabilities and technical skills just leave the country, and what is left behind are the helpless people. But for a country to progress, unfortunately you need the highly skilled individuals to be in all the important roles. The brain drain is huge.
@saraho92
@saraho92 6 місяців тому
Not so long ago, my father was speaking to a South African man who had moved to Ireland with his family. When asked what the main difference in life here was, he simply said it was the fact that his children could walk to school each day unaccompanied and without the threat of violence. It is such a shame. It is an absolutely breathtakingly beautiful country and anyone I know who has visited has been completely blown away by the stunning landscapes and kind, welcoming people. Devastating to see the country and her people in crisis.
@Byrzzaa
@Byrzzaa 6 місяців тому
It's just so difficult to understand here in Europe (for the most part) that a child couldn't walk to school across a city center or across any possible area/neighbourhood. For a person like me who has lived whole life in Finland, it's truly unbeliavable but sad above all for sure. On average, the prevelance of crime have reduced around the world and the world is a safer place on average but the fact that globally there are countries that are going to worse direction, some with an alarming pace is just freakin depressing.
@TheCatLady65
@TheCatLady65 6 місяців тому
Typical racist white
@kukasr
@kukasr 6 місяців тому
@@TheCatLady65 Commie murderer. Pay for Yalta.
@andyvirus2300
@andyvirus2300 6 місяців тому
Don’t worry thank to exactly what he did, things will change ! South Africa won’t be in a better place, it’s just that Europe will follow.
@peterflohr7827
@peterflohr7827 6 місяців тому
Time and again I read about the "kind, welcoming" people. Those kind, welcoming people keep voting the wrong party.
@AmeenRidwan
@AmeenRidwan 6 місяців тому
What's even more depressing about my country, Nigeria, is that at least in South Africa, with all the corruption and incompetence, they at least gave the data to be able to study and understand what's wrong. In Nigeria we don't. Basically every form of data collection accessible to the public is ridiculously unreliable. SA's eskom releases schedules of when they'll cut power. Nigeria's nepa doesn't even bother
@RC-rg3vz
@RC-rg3vz 6 місяців тому
Lemme give you a glimpse of the data. Corruption Citizens wont start a civil war for democracy
@millenniavisaspecialistskenya
@millenniavisaspecialistskenya 6 місяців тому
You guys can move to Kenya 🇰🇪 🚚💪😊.
@castorchua
@castorchua 6 місяців тому
@@millenniavisaspecialistskenya Kenya sounds good! Keep everyone on the continent at least!
@SuperAnimeking100
@SuperAnimeking100 6 місяців тому
​​@@millenniavisaspecialistskenyaI hear Rwanda is the big one to follow as the next rapidly growing economy world wide
@koryhardy9594
@koryhardy9594 6 місяців тому
I fear Nigeria is headed for a long time of stagnation n possible decline in economics at the rate it’s being managed, you said it all, basically everything is manipulated and lots of unreliable data. I fear for my country because no one says anything, instead we’re blinded by tribalism n ignorance, why corruption has always had a good hold in Nigeria, years of progress slowly eroding away in just a few years… I’m only 23, any Nigerian can confirm the drastic changes on the cost of living in the country over the last 20 years, one of the lowest life expectancy in the world despite being one of the biggest African economies. Pray for Nigeria, we’ll need it for th coming years
@weekendnomads7160
@weekendnomads7160 Місяць тому
Didn't see this coming.
@johnwiebe4293
@johnwiebe4293 Місяць тому
I know so many people that immigrated to the U.S. from South Africa. The situation could have been easily avoided if corruption wasn't such a big problem.
@Biloxiblues77
@Biloxiblues77 3 місяці тому
I left SA for good in 2007. The writing was on the wall. I still hope that one day my kids can maybe return but that also seems more and more unlikely. We haven't got much here in Spain but peace of mind is just priceless.
@orionxtc1119
@orionxtc1119 3 місяці тому
Spain has allowed millions of Africans in.,...
@eisbeinGermany
@eisbeinGermany 3 місяці тому
and to think the rest of the world is guilty of it happening by putting so much pressure on the regime with the anti-apartheid movement that they gave in, now today all the countries call it a 3rd world country, it was close to developing an atomic bomb that is how advanced the country was, ,was even building their own fighter jets and tanks and armored cars, and the helicopter of which other countries started to buy, not to speak of the R4/R5 rifles and the G5 canon which ranges was enormous, to think of its mineral wealth, gold copper coal tin aluminium platinum diamonds,
@carlosmango2341
@carlosmango2341 2 місяці тому
spain we left . but s a we gladly left years ago. Gibraltar is a tax free zone for many things .
@drivenmad7676
@drivenmad7676 2 місяці тому
Africa is exactly how i expect it to be. A shit show.
@antman2826
@antman2826 Місяць тому
Good move mate. Very sad. But you're right. Peace and stability is firm ground to move forward on. Being murdered by a bunch of african thugs doesn't sound like a good way to go.
@destinbenade7055
@destinbenade7055 4 місяці тому
As a South African we predict this state of arrairs more than 30 years ago but the rest of the world knew "better" and now everyone is shocked
@biltong5
@biltong5 4 місяці тому
In truth, the world really didn't...doesn't...care. A brutal realization.
@jwhiskey242
@jwhiskey242 3 місяці тому
Well, anyone that wasnt worshipping at the racial equality alter knew better. What surprises me is that how many simple-minded white South Africans supported the changes.
@biltong5
@biltong5 3 місяці тому
@@jwhiskey242 The only 'simple-minded' folks here are the obvious, oblivious racists.
@Banzai29020
@Banzai29020 3 місяці тому
You're completely right. The meddling do gooders can now see what their moronic ideas have done to this country. I have a much stronger word for this than naivety.. Once the ANC took over and Mandela died, it was always going to go into rapid decline with massive rates of corruption... and ignorance.
@roundedges2
@roundedges2 3 місяці тому
@@biltong5 If the world tried to do at say anything it would be called interference. It is up to SA to fix SA not world
@canadianlumberjack7642
@canadianlumberjack7642 Місяць тому
*sips coffee with lights on and shrugs, zero concerns here*
@paulkersey8626
@paulkersey8626 3 дні тому
How’s everyone enjoying their free preview of what’s to come to the whole of Europe and the USA?
@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 День тому
Won’t happen, SA’s history is one of the most complicated in the world and so many different aspects lead into its failing state. Europe and USA didn’t have that same history
@jakes9711
@jakes9711 6 місяців тому
I moved back to South-Africa in 2020 hoping that I can contribute in its development, but it's a lost cause and has lead me to the conclusion that the country must burn down as we do with grass during the winter. I will leave the country permanently next year but will always have the memories of my youth to get me through the difficult times.
@lethunkosi7601
@lethunkosi7601 6 місяців тому
I think we can agree that most South Africans have the desire or maybe the idea to leave, but I think to have emigration as an option is for the few - might even say it's a privilege that the average citizen does not have...All the best!
@user-kk4lw4mr6i
@user-kk4lw4mr6i 6 місяців тому
​@@lethunkosi7601well said yster
@kafkamatt
@kafkamatt 6 місяців тому
Exactly, why they have to burn all the grasslands down is just crazy. During winter in Gauteng the air quality is so bad you can hardly breathe. And then in Cape Town it's the same in summer when there's no wind. Eish...
@n30a
@n30a 6 місяців тому
Everyone who can leave, left or is leaving.
@TheSterlingArcher16
@TheSterlingArcher16 6 місяців тому
South Africa is just returning to its natural state. Within 50 years the population will be back to living in grass huts like it was for thousands of years.
@Ukie88
@Ukie88 4 місяці тому
One can tell a country’s well being by how many bars it has on its windows.
@ricksmith4736
@ricksmith4736 3 місяці тому
LIke the blue cities in America.....
@coraltown1
@coraltown1 3 місяці тому
@@ricksmith4736 horse 💩 from trump 🤡
@katlegomoatshe1312
@katlegomoatshe1312 3 місяці тому
Like the slums in London
@goodbarbenie5477
@goodbarbenie5477 3 місяці тому
With one exception my Mon Ami...I have also have one more😮 bar inside my house it's where I enjoy a few drinks in safety...😊😅😂...
@european-one
@european-one 3 місяці тому
​@@katlegomoatshe1312 where tf in London did you go?
@rhuonaChanel
@rhuonaChanel 28 днів тому
Great video, i hope you could do a similar one on Nigeria. Inflation rates have been crazy, and the currency has devalued at an astonishing rate.
@wfowler5
@wfowler5 27 днів тому
this is no surprise. what did you expect?
@ThinkTankTheory
@ThinkTankTheory 6 місяців тому
I'm a south African with a German passport, and because of how bad the economy is here, I can't make enough money to emigrate. I'm literally trapped in South Africa, by South Africa, and have no means of escape. I'm watching my country collapse around me and there's nothing I can do about it.
@cornballmcgoo7174
@cornballmcgoo7174 6 місяців тому
The grownups need to retake control of the country
@kafkaesqueee
@kafkaesqueee 6 місяців тому
Me too...
@lungalunga1470
@lungalunga1470 6 місяців тому
😂😅imagine your entire lineage being from here and no European passport
@f3cktrackingmydata770
@f3cktrackingmydata770 6 місяців тому
only immigrants allowed no white people allowed to moved back to europe
@laveritaforza108
@laveritaforza108 6 місяців тому
You actually have a European passport. Look at other options ( countries) in Europe. Germany is one of the most expensive and the quality of life is rather poor.
@taidee
@taidee 6 місяців тому
I'm a black South African and appreciate how you have reported on this. It's neutral in opinion just abased on facts. I would dance my aging body half the day if ANC could finally be voted out, not just to see another party in place, but rather to see a democracy in action. They are no longer afraid of being caught out on a scandal, in a democratic society getting found out is supposed to cause fear as it should mean the impeding loss of your job but not with our politicians.
@jandejong2430
@jandejong2430 6 місяців тому
What you need is meritocracy. Difficult to regain once it's lost.
@lungalunga1470
@lungalunga1470 6 місяців тому
The solution is simple we need elect a white party and let whites do as they please white everything will be fine
@fransdebruijn6763
@fransdebruijn6763 6 місяців тому
@@jandejong2430 Its easy to vote them out but to be replaced by what ?
@dirttracker7376
@dirttracker7376 6 місяців тому
The a&c has never, nor will ever, have any sense of shame. They are oblivious to it, how else can they (openly) do such evil?
@crose7412
@crose7412 6 місяців тому
@@fransdebruijn6763 The DA.
@daveerickson9524
@daveerickson9524 Місяць тому
Soon as you here this guys tone of voice you know what you are going to hear.
@DameOfDiamonds
@DameOfDiamonds 25 днів тому
Talk about the south african farmers
@pandoraalberts5267
@pandoraalberts5267 6 місяців тому
I am old now. I am not going anywhere, my bones will lie in South Africa. But like almost ALL of my friends, our children and grandchildren have left for other more civilized countries. It's very sad to live on in a country that is lost, but our families are lost too.
@CoachmanHater
@CoachmanHater 6 місяців тому
I hope you don't get butchered in your own home❤
@pandoraalberts5267
@pandoraalberts5267 6 місяців тому
@@CoachmanHater Thank you! 🙏❤️ Me too. My more immediate concern is caring for my husband, who has dementia, and my rescue dogs. Veterinary care has become unaffordable, and there is much needless suffering.
@ow_su
@ow_su 6 місяців тому
​@@pandoraalberts5267I don't think that was meant to be nice
@CoachmanHater
@CoachmanHater 6 місяців тому
@@ow_su it absolutely was meant to be nice I feel deeply for the violently oppressed minority of South Africa. Self hating retards who make videos like this should be forced to live a year in johan
@pandoraalberts5267
@pandoraalberts5267 6 місяців тому
@@ow_su Social media is hard for oldies. I hope you are wrong, but...live and let live. It takes extra energy to assume hatred where there may be none. 🌞
@hughjass1044
@hughjass1044 6 місяців тому
I lived is a small rural town in central Alberta, Canada for a few years in the late 2000s. In Alberta's wild west, boom-&-bust, oil driven economy, it's not unusual to see large numbers of people from outside the province coming there to work; people from other parts of Canada mostly but also plenty from other countries too. Lots of money to be made in the boom cycles. But I did find it peculiar to see such a high number of South Africans in such a small town. At one point, I counted 3 doctors, 2 lawyers, 1 dentist, 1 civil engineer and 1 geologist and those were only the ones I knew about. I asked one of the doctors at the clinic one day (who was black, BTW) and he asked me if I'd ever heard tell of a place called Zimbabwe. I said I had and he further asked me if I knew its story. I replied that I knew the broad strokes but not the finer details. He said that Zimbabwe used to be one of the wealthiest countries in all of Africa. Horribly racist yes, but still wealthy. He then said that South Africa was following in exactly the same footsteps as Zimbabwe did and would soon suffer the exact same fate and anyone with anything at all to offer; wealth, talent, whatever, was getting the hell out and going wherever they could. He said that he figured the country had about 20 years before it collapsed entirely. He's proving to have been pretty accurate.
@Yuenpl
@Yuenpl 6 місяців тому
Did he say WHY Zimbabwe declined? Just wondering.
@splashafrica
@splashafrica 6 місяців тому
I'm q south african who grew up on Zimbabwe border now in my 30s I'm familiar with both countries stories comparing SA with Zim is something we did all my life at 1st the comparison seemed alarmist although we agreed on the decline this was prior to the world Cup ultimately the country does slip but its slipping in a very different way the comparison is lazy south africa has much more to deal with Zimbabwe simply needs to fall in line with global financial regulations qnd the world will rebuild it but south africa needs to retune every single sector everything is stresses from utility to skills available to competency to skills transfer where tr labour force is available and willing south africa is also massive its one of the biggest countries both in perms of population and landmass so it will take the world's combined effort to fix her up
@JohnFromAccounting
@JohnFromAccounting 6 місяців тому
@@Yuenpl The evil and oppressive Mugabe dictatorship, which made incompetent decision after incompetent decision.
@growlith6969
@growlith6969 6 місяців тому
​@@Yuenplthe quiet part out loud is that there were highly productive white people in SA, reverse racism started to take place and they were replaced in their roles or outright intimidated into leaving by people who were less productive. The whole country had a large net outflow of these productive people and everything from wealth to talent simply evaporated, leaving a power vacuum filled by corrupt and incompetent leadership and workers. If you are wondering why there is a giant gaping hole in the "but why" part of this video, it's because nobody wants to come out and say that apartheid crowd might have been cruel, but they were efficient.
@infinityslibrarian5969
@infinityslibrarian5969 6 місяців тому
​@@growlith6969black people say that the apartheid goverment was more efficient all the time. They are well aware of it. Most of them lived through it. Which is also why they're so angry at the wealth inequality and created reverse racism. Personally I'm happy that we don't have as many SJW's here, as they'd just keep pocking healing wounds and make everything worse.
@usernamekitkat
@usernamekitkat Місяць тому
South Africa could have been better than other Developped Countries. The mindset of South-Africans mainly Black will bring the country to the middle AGE. It is inevitable because concequences are increasing due to their own actions.
@anthonyburke5656
@anthonyburke5656 2 дні тому
Kind of reminds me of a story. A tourist is visiting Oxford University in England and admires the rolling, sweeping lawns, he sees one of the gardeners and stopped him and says “Man, I’d like to know the secret of lawns like these, I seeds, fertilise, mow, roll, and weed my lawns and they are no where near as good as these”. The gardener replied, saying “Why Sir, it’s simple, you dig over the area, seed it with normal grass seed, water it, cut it and roll it, you repeat the mowing, rolling and fertilising every 2 weeks for 400 years and you will find your lawn is excellent”
@bryonslatten3147
@bryonslatten3147 3 місяці тому
American here. I hired two South Africans last year to work on my house. They left their families' East Cape farms due to the impending collapse of SA. Both expressed great sadness at the loss of their way of life and having to travel the world for work. Their stories support everything I read here.
@eisbeinGermany
@eisbeinGermany 3 місяці тому
and to think the rest of the world is guilty of it happening by putting so much pressure on the regime with the anti-apartheid movement that they gave in, now today all the countries call it a 3rd world country, it was close to developing an atomic bomb that is how advanced the country was, ,was even building their own fighter jets and tanks and armored cars, and the helicopter of which other countries started to buy, not to speak of the R4/R5 rifles and the G5 canon which ranges was enormous, to think of its mineral wealth, gold copper coal tin aluminium platinum diamonds,
@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053
@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 5 місяців тому
My wife and her parents left South Africa and came to the U.S. in 1995. They saw the writing on the wall early. They couldn't even sell their land or valuables. They just got some plane tickets, some suitcases, whatever money and possesions they could take, and just left. My father-in-law says leaving was the best decision he ever made in his life.
@bosshogster6715
@bosshogster6715 5 місяців тому
My father-in-law has just left SA after living in Cape Town for over 40 years. He was fed up to the back teeth of all the crime, ANC corruption and ANC incompetence and felt he just had to get out. He’s now back in the UK and enjoying uninterrupted water and electricity supply! When he first moved to SA the rand was worth about 30p. It’s been on a slow decline ever since and now it’s worth about 5p and still depreciating. I really hope SA pulls out of it’s death spiral because it’s a beautiful country.
@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053
@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 5 місяців тому
@@bosshogster6715 Well, let's be honest. It's been all downhill since 1994, hasn't it?
@markcredit6086
@markcredit6086 5 місяців тому
@@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 Yep what a suprise
@juneyshu6197
@juneyshu6197 5 місяців тому
Very glad to hear it.
@thomasstern6814
@thomasstern6814 5 місяців тому
sounds racist to me. that was the most prosporous and positive time in south african historyv
@tyronedeasbrailsford951
@tyronedeasbrailsford951 29 днів тому
South Africa has gone the same way as Chicago, Detroit and New York who surprised
@DROGOC0P
@DROGOC0P 27 днів тому
wonder what they have in common
@user-hn7my8ow4s
@user-hn7my8ow4s Місяць тому
Blacks have completely stripped South Africa's rail system, and thus, the system has shut down.
@Ritesh-yy1zr
@Ritesh-yy1zr 15 днів тому
Yep, now the national roads are taking a beating due to all these trucks
@user-ev6js7sk8v
@user-ev6js7sk8v 4 місяці тому
My mother vacationed in Jamaica in the late 50's, so I grew up looking at her travel pictures. When I saw it for real in 2010 I was shocked at the conditions. I did some research and found out that when the Jamaicans kicked out the British and Chinese they quickly discovered just how difficult it is managing an agriculture based economy that requires lots of knowledge and experience. Jamaica is in even worse condition today.
@Raven72
@Raven72 4 місяці тому
But they smoke pot like there’s no tomorrow.
@helloworld7818
@helloworld7818 4 місяці тому
Ignorance exists. The reason the best universities are selecting people, it's because they're teaching.
@EstherGodia
@EstherGodia 4 місяці тому
So sad condition
@redfred452
@redfred452 4 місяці тому
south Africa was destroyed when the black people took over, they are incompetent and need to beg the white people to come back and rule them again, so south Africa can become happy and healthy again !!!
@VelkePivo
@VelkePivo 4 місяці тому
The average IQin Jamaica is 75. Hard not to see it as hopeless
@Aw3some98
@Aw3some98 6 місяців тому
As a South African, I had the privilege to move abroad back in 2018 and I can say its so sad to leave the country I once loved behind, but there is no longer a point to ever go back due to the shear amount of Loadshedding and danger just commuting around the city. I feel like we need a new government who has their eye on the prize and can bring everyone together to work towards a common goal and ensure long lasting success in our nation. Thank you Sam for bringing attention to this issue, as I feel like its needs to be addressed internationally more if we have any hope of fixing South Africa’s shortcomings.
@badhabits1965
@badhabits1965 6 місяців тому
you need a government that isn't violent communists, and isn't elected by black majority who are ignorant savages
@theloniuspunk383
@theloniuspunk383 6 місяців тому
delusional
@RealFreak69
@RealFreak69 6 місяців тому
Let me guess, you didn't really pay attention to what he was saying, as one of the things that he pointed out in the video is that people like you that left this country instead of trying to help build it up, is part of the death spiral. SMH.
@heavenbaron4108
@heavenbaron4108 6 місяців тому
@@RealFreak69 Why would anyone sacrifice their wellbeing and safety when they can choose not to? You can say its cowardly and not patriotic, but when it comes to living a comfortable life, or living in fear every day, its pretty obvious which people will choose.
@hicknopunk
@hicknopunk 6 місяців тому
​@@heavenbaron4108Safety is an illusion if you do not maintain it personally.
@blackreptilian6045
@blackreptilian6045 Місяць тому
My friend lived in Cape Town from 1993 to 2015 but he had to leave SOUTH AFRICA because the place was too dangerous to live
@paulbyron1359
@paulbyron1359 Місяць тому
I wouldn't say it's collapsing. Great investment and entrepreneurial opportunities in this country - possibly because of its market volatility - if you know where to look. If you're operating according to the old 18th century school/study/look for a job mentality - then it's best you make another plan and leave for Australia or USA - but then you're ultimately limiting your own potential.
@Infindibulator1
@Infindibulator1 6 місяців тому
I’m a South African now living in Canada, IMO this is a fairly broad overview of the most visible systemic issues plaguing my home country. The root causes however are complex and deep. Corruption, incompetence and poor stewardship has brought the country to its knees. It is heartbreaking to see so much potential being frittered away.
@nevrrcared1600
@nevrrcared1600 6 місяців тому
They’ve impacted the world
@martinsmolik2449
@martinsmolik2449 6 місяців тому
still, 23 minute videos can't usually do more than the broad overview - especially if they can't assume that the viewer knows the basic context.
@tubester4567
@tubester4567 6 місяців тому
There was wholesale robbery of funds by officials. Government and power officials took out multi-million dollar loans from Europe and World Bank to upgrade the power grid, then they stole all that loan money for themselves and they let the power grid collapse.. It was fraud on a massive scale. State sponsored fraud. Corruption is rife across Africa..
@FeintMotion
@FeintMotion 6 місяців тому
@@davidlightman9551 boer posting
@lukeperry8271
@lukeperry8271 6 місяців тому
@FeintMotion​ is he wrong? And if he is how? Instead of pointing out his background why not create a better argument
@MrBikeagraman
@MrBikeagraman 5 місяців тому
Let’s all be honest with ourselves. We all saw it coming when ANC took over in 1994. I remember telling my dad back then that it is guaranteed SA will end up being a 3rd rate country. I am not surprised at all by the current development.
@thomasarchambault9463
@thomasarchambault9463 24 дні тому
Respectfully, Black people in the United States who think that the U.S. is so bad, should be offered a one way plane ticket and ability to relocate to South Africa. The White people in South Africa should be offered the same opportunity to relocate to the USA.
@tarsiere7308
@tarsiere7308 22 дні тому
so no one should be able to complain about their country because another is worse? nice own, racist.
@thomasarchambault9463
@thomasarchambault9463 22 дні тому
@@tarsiere7308 Nope, I’m an American. If you don’t like the country or the United States Constitution, as written, GET OUT!
@BodhiCody-mh2ec
@BodhiCody-mh2ec 19 днів тому
@@tarsiere7308 lol typical N'
@alexa.9446
@alexa.9446 25 днів тому
Human right and dignity are universal, competence is not.
@noodengr3three825
@noodengr3three825 6 місяців тому
My first visit to South Africa was in Feb 2013. Capetown and points northward. I was charmed by the city and explored it without fear, solo. I returned in January 2020 and after a 10 day safari in Kruger we ended up in Durban. EVERY person I talked to from our guide to my Uber driver and Airbnb host cautioned me about safety. I had very uncomfortable 3 days. At the airport to fly home I talked to a local couple. I mentioned how unsafe I had felt compared to Cape Town 7 years before. Their comment " you would feel as unsafe in Cape Town now". A very sad thing to hear in such a lovely country.
@barrettoliver1986
@barrettoliver1986 6 місяців тому
Durban is a dump. I live on the outskirts of Durban. The municipality here is largely the ANC. Cape town is run by the DA (Democratic Alliance). That party has problems of its own, but they are the reason why Cape town is not a dump.
@magnusgranskau7487
@magnusgranskau7487 6 місяців тому
cape town did feel safe when i was there last autumn, but johannesburg was the least safe place ive ever been. zimbabwe kinda looked unsafe but wasnt in comparison
@senianns9522
@senianns9522 6 місяців тому
I worked in Capetown in the early to mid 70's. Law and order was good, the place was safe and I had no issues at all. So sad the country has lost all that!
@LDNpat
@LDNpat 6 місяців тому
To be completely honest, I visited Cape Town in February this year and felt so safe. I was walking around by myself everywhere with no issue whatsoever in different parts of the city.
@noodengr3three825
@noodengr3three825 6 місяців тому
@@LDNpat great to hear. I am glad you got to enjoy it
@rileyfitzsimons8875
@rileyfitzsimons8875 6 місяців тому
As a South African, it really saddens me to see the slow collapses of our beautiful nation 😢
@Synergy7Studios
@Synergy7Studios 6 місяців тому
It's was better before the war.
@DonKey496
@DonKey496 6 місяців тому
This just proves that a certain group of violent and primitive people will never be capable of making thriving and peaceful society regardless of the resources given to them. There's a reason why they've never built anything close to fully functioning civilization.
@johnnybaxter1953
@johnnybaxter1953 6 місяців тому
@@Zenth-cq1tb Hmm it's a mystery
@osheridan
@osheridan 6 місяців тому
​@@Zenth-cq1tb 19:56
@lonemaus562
@lonemaus562 6 місяців тому
You guys kicked out the whites 🤷‍♂️ didn’t have a plans or the brains to keeep South Africa strong 🤷‍♂️
@jonathanpettigrew4986
@jonathanpettigrew4986 2 місяці тому
First five minutes made me “huh?” So many times
@Dave_Parrott
@Dave_Parrott Місяць тому
"There was hope after apartheid ended." What? Prettymuch everyone who was talking seriously about South Africa saw this coming thirty years ago. The only amazing thing was that it lasted as long as it did without apartheid.
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