I've been on the internet with my web pages since the mid 1990s. First I started off with a wallpaper site (http://myqts.tripod.com) which expanded quite rapidly in the first two years. I had to find more space and at the time the guys offering free space and bandwidth, limited users to something like 5Megs. Thus we jumped to Angelfire with part of the MYQTS site published there.
Eventually my first publication on GPSA was with Tripod (http://gpsa.tripod.com). With a mate of mine doing very well with a (now) major internet player in South Africa, I registered and moved my website to CMC Networks. It's been there ever since.
GPSA started off as an outlet for my frustrations getting used to being under black rule since 1994. Not only the change of direction politically, but the assumption by white South Africans that they can now do as the black man did all those years under apartheid.
If you don't understand what I mean by that it will be very difficult to explain. What is important to know about South Africa is the immense diversity of cultures, each with their own unique customs.
What we see as barbaric (mostly due to different values), is the black mans culture. Like slaughtering a cow in celebration of whatever. What's happening now is that these customs are practiced amongst old white neighbourhoods. Obviously quite a shock to our systems.
Back on the farm where I spent a lot of my childhood years we used to first shoot the animal (preferably in the head for a quick and easy death) before slaughter. The black man custom is to kill it by panga - an agonising death for sure.
The white man does not know enough of the black man custom. From there the fear of the 'unknown'. But that's not it. Not totally.
The Dutch landed in the Cape and negotiated and traded with the local Bushman (Khoi). All of the various tribes in Africa were 'roamers' and thus no black men existed as far as the settlers were concerned until they expanded to the Fishriver where they bump into the Xhosa. The Xhosa initially traded with the settlers until they were forced to either work for the settlers or move further north.
Working for the Boer entitled them to certain priveleges on the condition that they abide by the white mans laws. They mostly did and the law was certainly on their side, even though they had no voting rights.
The fact that the white man arrived here and immediately started putting structures in place for towns and law, and then met up with a gypsey type roamer tribe(s) immediately put the black man at a disadvantage. They lived in huts constructed of straw and clay, they moved around by foot and used spears to hunt. They did not know God - which played a major role with the Dutch and later the British.
So obviously an advanced civilisation settled on the Southern tip of Africa. Numerous historic documents show that north of the Pietersburg, there were no indigenous people. Could it be that the trekkers just never saw them? The first civilisation encountered were at the foot of the Soutpansberge, an extensive mountain range in the far north of South Africa. They are still there today. To the east some more tribes were encountered such as the Phedi with the Sotho a bit more south (between Pretoria and Pietersburg).
That was a quick history lesson.
A corrupt government saw the white man (in general) starting to behave like our black government officials. No regard for the law nor for their neighbours. General law started breaking down. People did as they pleased and got off with bribes (most of the time). With the integration of previous freedom fighters into every possible government service, whether qualified or not saw the collapse of government institutions from which the ANC government is still trying to recover fifteen years later.
No-one ever expected a terrorist organisation like the ANC to be capable of governing a country, but they did. To the black man this was victory and come what may, they will rule (even though they cannot govern). In their initiation years the previous white government held their hands, making a lot of money out of it. Ex-government officials contracted their services out to an incapable ANC government to show them the ropes. Once these guys were confident enough to shrug off the white man, or purely because of hating the white race they took over and did as they pleased.
From a culture of a headman in charge of a kraal, they now had a free hand with little respect of the laws laid down by their own comrades. It was a free for all. Shaka (king of the Zulu nation) was probably far more advanced in his leadership than all the other tribes put together in Africa. The Zulu was by far the strongest nation the trekkers encountered in the 1700s. Devious and unforgiving, easy to retract on their promises as Piet Retief found out. He and his party of Boers were killed by Shaka after an agreement on land negotiations went south. Shaka changed his mind after he realised that the Boer cannot be messed with. He was scared of the might of the white man and was eventually killed for his cowardice.
The black man thinks he owes nothing to the white man. In fact, it's the white man who owes everything. The possessions, the houses, the streets, the towns, the businesses, the infrastructure and the economy. They've taken most and they're still taking. Not only material but life as well. Through brutal slaughtering to simple stabbings, they take. And they keep asking for more.
As with Zimbabwe our economy is slowly dying. There is a bright light every now and again but the pride of being South African is dying within the white community. The infrastructure we handed to the new 'owners' were immense and it takes time to destroy, even for the black man.
Personally I'm hoping for a turn around. I am fortunate in that I've dealt with some decent like-minded black people. We can work together but for the majority who are still trapped in a mindset of ignorance and their false belief of what freedom means.
Is this what they've done with their freedom? Is this what freedom means to them? If that's the case, God help us all.
Hang on a minute!
5 hours ago
9 comments:
I agree with what you have said here. My parents brought me here from the UK in 1980 when I was 9, and I consider myself South African. My three children were all born in SA and we consider ourselves "true SAffers". It makes me sad to see the situation in our country, nothing is getting better. I have always been liberal, believing that we can work together, all races, but the reality has dawned and we have decided to "pack for perth" It breaks my heart to leave SA, but I can see no alternative, and only wish that I had done it sooner. I dont mind being governed by black people, but I do have a problem being governed by corrupt, greedy, incompetent people, whether black or white, and this is surely the case in SA. I read recently that YOU CAN NOT HAVE A FIRST WORLD CONSTITUTION IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, this, to me is SA. I hope 10 to 15 years from now that I can come back and eat humble pie and say that I was wrong, I really hope SA gets together and sorts things out as it breaks my heart to leave, but it has to be done. I shudder when I look at Zim and the truly mad man who "presides" over that country, to me, SA is next in line. Good Luck SA, and to our Safety and Security Minister, Charles Somebody or Other: another white family who have whinged and moaned about crime: yup we are leaving! Sorry we are closing down a business that employes approx 15 people with families to support, a domestic worker with a family to support, a gardener with a family to support. We have had enough.
i'm not really sure if "true african" people are welcome on this site - but all the same, i post my comment anyway.
You talk about my people being uncivilised when your people "settlers" came on our land. Everything was perfect before you came with your education systems that only teach white history. Then there were IQ test for intelligence. Then you say that we didnt know god. Your perception of god. Then you came with this political instrument called christianity. White culture still lives, but what about african culture??? as if you care...it's barbaric to you - i say your people are the barbaric ones - bullies who think they are closer to "god" than me. You say i slaughter animals and worship ancestors - what about your jesus - isnt he your ancestor? the idol that u worship (white man on a cross) - i'm supposed to give my soul to him so i may have eternal life. Not a chance. What about the fur that your people wear for fashion. Killing is killing – wheather slow or quick. For white people, it's all about convenience - things have to be to your advantage! And white people hate being under "black" rule. I dont agree with their laws, but we all have to live with it. but it's much better than having a white man telling me what's best for me. So go on to your perth where you wouldnt have to see african majority. This idea of black ‘n white living together in harmony – will never happen. Wherever I go, I’ll always be black. No matter how educated, or fluent (well-spoken) in English, the queens language – well dressed. White civilization is the only one considered right. So what if SA turns out like Zim - @ least we, Africans will be united! I may not agree with Uncle Bob, but I admire him for standing up against Bush and Blair. Even after colonization, they still feel that they want to rule Africans from wherever they sitting. To understand why Africans are the way we are read the Willie Lynch letter. Don’t take my word for it – you can google it yourself. I’ve also attached for those who do not have internet access. You’ll see just how cruel and brutal whites are. Everywhere you go – there’ll be crime, which is something that has always been there – before blacks were freed. So why complain now? Statistics lie all the time – they don’t record anything about other races, but always quick to down grade blacks. The abortion story – whites do it more often than any other. Everything has always been handed over to whites on a silver platter at our expense. So don’t come talk about how you are African, coz you are settler, u don’t have any African features. Therefore u do not deserve that title! U need to get over yourself or go back to Europe. Oh and yes, whites never talk about their pre-civilisation, the cavemen! Screw the liberals - Proudly African!
The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making Of A Slave!
This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712. Lynch was a
British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave
owners there. The term "lynching" is derived from his last name.
December 25, 1712
Gentlemen:
I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, I
shall thank you, the gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to help you solve some of your
problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies, where I have experimented
with some of the newest and still the oldest methods for control of slaves. Ancient Rome's would envy us if my program is
implemented.
As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King, whose version of the Bible we cherish, I saw
enough to know that your problem is not unique. While Rome used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies
along its highways in great numbers, you are here using the tree and the rope on occasions. I caught the whiff of a dead
slave hanging from a tree, a couple miles back. You are not only losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having
uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, You suffer
occasional fires, your animals are killed.
Gentlemen, you know what your problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems, I
am here to introduce you to a method of solving them. In my bag here, I have a foolproof method for controlling your black
slaves. I guarantee every one of you that if installed correctly it will control the slaves for at least 300 years [2012]. My
method is simple. Any member of your family or your overseer can use it. I have outlined a number of differences among
the slaves and make the differences bigger. I use fear, distrust and envy for control.
These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South. Take this
simple little list of differences and think about them. On top of my list is "age" but it's there only because it starts with an
"A." The second is "COLOR" or shade, there is intelligence, size, sex, size of plantations and status on plantations,
attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine hair, course hair, or
is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action, but before that, I shall assure
you that distrust is stronger than trust and envy stronger than adulation, respect or admiration. The Black slaves after
receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self refueling and self generating for hundreds of years, maybe
thousands. Don't forget you must pitch the old black Male vs. the young black Male, and the young black Male against the
old black male. You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves, and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin
slaves. You must use the female vs. the male. And the male vs. the female. You must also have you white servants and
overseers distrust all Blacks. It is necessary that your slaves trust and depend on us. They must love, respect and trust
only us. Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them, never miss an
opportunity. If used intensely for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually distrustful of each other.
Thank you gentlemen
Lets Make a Slave
It was the interest and business of slave holders to study human nature, and the slave nature in particular, with a view to
practical results. I and many of them attained astonishing proficiency in this direction. They had to deal not with earth,
wood and stone, but with men and by every regard they had for their own safety and prosperity they needed to know the
material on which they were to work. Conscious of the injustice and wrong they were every hour perpetuating and
knowing what they themselves would do. Were they the victims of such wrongs? They were constantly looking for the first
signs of the dreaded retribution. They watched, therefore with skilled and practiced eyes, and learned to read with great
accuracy, the state of mind and heart of the slave, through his sable face. Unusual sobriety, apparent abstractions,
sullenness and indifference indeed, any mood out of the common was afforded ground for suspicion and inquiry.
Let us make a slave. What do we need? First of all we need a black nigger man, a pregnant nigger woman and her baby
nigger boy. Second, we will use the same basic principle that we use in breaking a horse, combined with some more
sustaining factors. What we do with horses is that we break them from one form of life to another that is we reduce them
from their natural state in nature. Whereas nature provides them with the natural capacity to take care of their offspring,
we break that natural string of independence from them and thereby create a dependency status, so that we may be able
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to get from them useful production for our business and pleasure
Cardinal Principles for making a Negro
For fear that our future Generations may not understand the principles of breaking both of the beast together, the nigger
and the horse. We understand that short range planning economics results in periodic economic chaos; so that to avoid
turmoil in the economy, it requires us to have breath and depth in long range comprehensive planning, articulating both
skill sharp perceptions. We lay down the following principles for long range comprehensive economic planning. Both
horse and niggers is no good to the economy in the wild or natural state. Both must be broken and tied together for
orderly production. For orderly future, special and particular attention must be paid to the female and the youngest
offspring. Both must be crossbred to produce a variety and division of labor. Both must be taught to respond to a peculiar
new language. Psychological and physical instruction of containment must be created for both. We hold the six cardinal
principles as truth to be self evident, based upon the following the discourse concerning the economics of breaking and
tying the horse and the nigger together, all inclusive of the six principles laid down about. NOTE: Neither principle alone
will suffice for good economics. All principles must be employed for orderly good of the nation. Accordingly, both a wild
horse and a wild or nature nigger is dangerous even if captured, for they will have the tendency to seek their customary
freedom, and in doing so, might kill you in your sleep. You cannot rest. They sleep while you are awake, and are awake
while you are asleep. They are dangerous near the family house and it requires too much labor to watch them away from
the house. Above all, you cannot get them to work in this natural state. Hence both the horse and the nigger must be
broken; that is breaking them from one form of mental life to another. Keep the body take the mind! In other words break
the will to resist. Now the breaking process is the same for both the horse and the nigger, only slightly varying in degrees.
But as we said before, there is an art in long range economic planning. You must keep your eye and thoughts on the
female and the offspring of the horse and the nigger. A brief discourse in offspring development will shed light on the key
to sound economic principles. Pay little attention to the generation of original breaking, but concentrate on future
generations.
Therefore, if you break the female mother, she will break the offspring in its early years of development and when the
offspring is old enough to work, she will deliver it up to you, for her normal female protective tendencies will have been
lost in the original breaking process. For example take the case of the wild stud horse, a female horse and an already
infant horse and compare the breaking process with two captured nigger males in their natural state, a pregnant nigger
woman with her infant offspring. Take the stud horse, break him for limited containment.
Completely break the female horse until she becomes very gentle, whereas you or anybody can ride her in her comfort.
Breed the mare and the stud until you have the desired offspring. Then you can turn the stud to freedom until you need
him again. Train the female horse where by she will eat out of your hand, and she will in turn train the infant horse to eat
out of your hand also. When it comes to breaking the uncivilized nigger, use the same process, but vary the degree and
step up the pressure, so as to do a complete reversal of the mind. Take the meanest and most restless nigger, strip him of
his clothes in front of the remaining male niggers, the female, and the nigger infant, tar and feather him, tie each leg to a
different horse faced in opposite directions, set him a fire and beat both horses to pull him apart in front of the remaining
nigger. The next step is to take a bull whip and beat the remaining nigger male to the point of death, in front of the female
and the infant. Don't kill him, but put the fear of God in him, for he can be useful for future breeding.
The Breaking Process of the African Woman
Take the female and run a series of tests on her to see if she will submit to your desires willingly. Test her in every way,
because she is the most important factor for good economics. If she shows any sign of resistance in submitting
completely to your will, do not hesitate to use the bull whip on her to extract that last bit of resistance out of her. Take care
not to kill her, for in doing so, you spoil good economic. When in complete submission, she will train her off springs in the
early years to submit to labor when the become of age. Understanding is the best thing. Therefore, we shall go deeper
into this area of the subject matter concerning what we have produced here in this breaking process of the female nigger.
We have reversed the relationship in her natural uncivilized state she would have a strong dependency on the uncivilized
nigger male, and she would have a limited protective tendency toward her independent male offspring and would raise
male off springs to be dependent like her. Nature had provided for this type of balance. We reversed nature by burning
and pulling a civilized nigger apart and bull whipping the other to the point of death, all in her presence. By her being left
alone, unprotected, with the male image destroyed, the ordeal caused her to move from her psychological dependent
state to a frozen independent state. In this frozen psychological state of independence, she will raise her male and female
offspring in reversed roles.
For fear of the young males life she will psychologically train him to be mentally weak and dependent, but physically
strong. Because she has become psychologically independent, she will train her female off springs to be psychological
independent. What have you got? You've got the nigger women out front and the nigger man behind and scared. This is a
perfect situation of sound sleep and economic. Before the breaking process, we had to be alertly on guard at all times.
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Now we can sleep soundly, for out of frozen fear his woman stands guard for us. He cannot get past her early slave
molding process. He is a good tool, now ready to be tied to the horse at a tender age. By the time a nigger boy reaches
the age of sixteen, he is soundly broken in and ready for a long life of sound and efficient work and the reproduction of a
unit of good labor force. Continually through the breaking of uncivilized savage nigger, by throwing the nigger female
savage into a frozen psychological state of independence, by killing of the protective male image, and by creating a
submissive dependent mind of the nigger male slave, we have created an orbiting cycle that turns on its own axis forever,
unless a phenomenon occurs and re shifts the position of the male and female slaves. We show what we mean by
example. Take the case of the two economic slave units and examine them closely.
The Nigger Marriage
We breed two nigger males with two nigger females. Then we take the nigger males away from them and keep them
moving and working. Say one nigger female bears a nigger female and the other bears a nigger male. Both nigger
females being without influence of the nigger male image, frozen with an independent psychology, will raise their offspring
into reverse positions. The one with the female offspring will teach her to be like herself, independent and negotiable (we
negotiate with her, through her, by her, we negotiate her at will). The one with the nigger male offspring, she being frozen
with a subconscious fear for his life, will raise him to be mentally dependent and weak, but physically strong, in other
words, body over mind. Now in a few years when these two offspring's become fertile for early reproduction we will mate
and breed them and continue the cycle. That is good, sound, and long range comprehensive planning.
Warning: Possible Interloping Negatives
Earlier we talked about the non economic good of the horse and the nigger in their wild or natural state; we talked out the
principle of breaking and tying them together for orderly production. Furthermore, we talked about paying particular
attention to the female savage and her offspring for orderly future planning, then more recently we stated that, by
reversing the positions of the male and female savages, we created an orbiting cycle that turns on its own axis forever
unless a phenomenon occurred and resift and positions of the male and female savages. Our experts warned us about
the possibility of this phenomenon occurring, for they say that the mind has a strong drive to correct and recorrect
itself
over a period of time if I can touch some substantial original historical base, and they advised us that the best way to deal
with the phenomenon is to shave off the brute's mental history and create a multiplicity of phenomena of illusions, so that
each illusion will twirl in its own orbit, something similar to floating balls in a vacuum.
This creation of multiplicity of phenomena of illusions entails the principle of crossbreeding the nigger and the horse as we
stated above, the purpose of which is to create a diversified division of labor thereby creating different levels of labor and
different values of illusion at each connecting level of labor. The results of which is the severance of the points of original
beginnings for each sphere illusion. Since we feel that the subject matter may get more complicated as we proceed in
laying down our economic plan concerning the purpose, reason and effect of crossbreeding horses and nigger, we shall
lay down the following definition terms for future generations.
Orbiting cycle means a thing turning in a given path. Axis means upon which or around which a body turns. Phenomenon
means something beyond ordinary conception and inspires awe and wonder. Multiplicity means a great number. Sphere
means a globe. Cross breeding a horse means taking a horse and breeding it with an ass and you get a dumb backward
ass long headed mule that is not reproductive nor productive by itself.
Crossbreeding niggers mean taking so many drops of good white blood and putting them into as many nigger women as
possible, varying the drops by the various tone that you want, and then letting them breed with each other until
another cycle of color appears as you desire. What this means is this; Put the niggers and the horse in a breeding pot, mix
some assess and some good white blood and what do you get? You got a multiplicity of colors of ass backward, unusual
niggers, running, tied to a backward ass long headed mule, the one productive of itself, the other sterile. (The one
constant, the other dying, we keep the nigger constant for we may replace the mules for another tool) both mule and
nigger tied to each other, neither knowing where the other came from and neither productive for itself, nor without each
other.
Control the Language
Crossbreeding completed, for further severance from their original beginning, we must completely annihilate the mother
tongue of both the new nigger and the new mule and institute a new language that involves the new life's work of both.
You know language is a peculiar institution. It leads to the heart of a people. The more a foreigner knows about the
language of another country the more he is able to move through all levels of that society. Therefore, if the foreigner is an
enemy of the country, to the extent that he knows the body of the language, to that extent is the country vulnerable to
attack or invasion of a foreign culture. For example, if you take a slave, if you teach him all about your language, he will
know all your secrets, and he is then no more a slave, for you can't fool him any longer. For example, if you told a slave
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that he must perform in getting out "our crops" and he knows the language well, he would know that "our crops" didn't
mean "our crops" and the slavery system would break down, for he would relate on the basis of what "our crops" really
meant. So you have to be careful in setting up the new language for the slaves would soon be in your house, talking to
you "man to man" and that is death to our economic system. In addition, the definitions of words or terms are only a
minute part of the process. Values are created and transported by communication through the body of the language. A
total society has many interconnected value system. All the values in the society have bridges of language to connect
them for orderly working in the society. But for these language bridges, these many value systems would sharply clash
and cause internal strife or civil war, the degree of the conflict being determined by the magnitude of the issues or relative
opposing strength in whatever form.
For example, if you put a slave in a hog pen and train him to live there and incorporate in him to value it as a way of life
completely, the biggest problem you would have out of him is that he would worry you about provisions to keep the hog
pen clean, or the same hog pen and make a slip and incorporate something in his language where by he comes to value
a house more than he does his hog pen, you got a problem. He will soon be in your house.
africanpride - of course you're welcome to your own views which no doubt are shared by many others.
Yes, the whites are settlers. So are the blacks in the Western Cape with the Khoi being the only true inhabitants.
It's communication like this that make us understand each other better. Unfortunately for you we are here and will be here for some time to come still. You don't have to like it but as we're all in the same boat (more or less) wouldn't it be so much better if we be more tolerant and try to live together?
As mentioned on the blog - whites never bothered to understand the black. The felt superior by virtue of what they've accomplished. They tried (right or wrong) to uplift the indigenous peoples to their level through religion and education.
Don't tell me that blacks did not benefit out of this. We all speak the "Queens" language and unfortunately so does the majority in the first world.
Is it the whites mans fault that cultures are being lost today? Tradition is one of the most important aspects of "being" and one can only blame oneself if that is lost. If you don't know where you're from, how will you know where you're going?
The Willie Lynch speech is interesting (thanks for posting it) but not quite relevant as far as Boer occupation is concerned. Whites were jailed if mishandling their "slaves". Slaves had more rights in the Dutch and later British courts than their "owners".
Just another point, many black slaves were imported from other countries, does that make them African today?
It’s quite interesting to read the GPSA’s comment especially the one that states “They tried (right or wrong) to uplift the indigenous peoples to their level through religion and education” which to my own view still stipulates that the person who wrote it thinks whites are superior in terms of religion and educational values. This basically would mean if something is not done according to their values and beliefs it’s of inferior quality or barbaric. I also find it fascinating to have documents of land which was not occupied by Africans without any understanding how Africans (including the Khoi which in this Blog seems that they are not Africans, maybe its their light skin that seems to have given them that privilege) divide land and how they choose which section of the land they are going to dwell in.
I reckon it's fairly obvious that at the time, the indigenous people were living in huts constructed from clay and grass & hunted with spears. Would it not be fair then to deduct from this that the (mostly) white settlers were a decade or two ahead as far as civilisation goes?
Of course the way of life at the time seemed barbaric to the whites, as their history has long moved past the traditions of the locals.
Do not confuse the "then" with the "now".
The remark on the Khoi stems from the fact they they were the sole inhabitants of the Western Cape, the first people the settlers came in contact with. The Xhosa roamed North of the Fish River and some years passed before first contact was made.
During the course of early white history the Khoi were never referred to as Africans and it was on this basis that I wrote the summary.
The fact that many "trekkers" would travel for days on end without finding any locals could well be (and here my honest speculation) that the locals moved around a lot in search of grazing land for their livestock. The document I have supporting the claim originate from an annual kept by my a great great grandfather which was published in book form (Dutch) many years ago.
I hope this clarifies things a bit.
African pride:
What worries me, as a European extremely interested in Africa, is that there seems to be a current of opinion stating it is more dignifying for "true africans" (I suppose "blacks") to live in a totally decayed country like Zimbabwe, provided there is a president ranting against "colonialists", rather than
in a country that works more or less, like, for the moment as it seems, South Africa, where there are "whites" contributing.
Reading what is happening in Zimbabwe now, compared to what I saw there personally 15 years ago, makes me very pessimistic about South Africa. Being in Zim in 1992, I would never have thought such a country could sink in 15 years, but it did. But I realize now it is about the time it took for other post-colonial countries to sink after the 1960's wave of African independence.
From my observations, browsing blogs and forums in southern Africa, it looks like some people here are dominated by such a loathing of all things "white" that they do as if they wanted to destroy the whole "white" inheritance/heritage, like maintained roads, a working telephone and sanitation system, etc., in a few words an organized country? It seems that for some "True Africans" this heritage is shameful and must be dilapidated.
This self-destruction is obvious in the actions of the Mugabe clique, and in this they succeeded: Zimbabwe is now in the bottom ten of the countries with the lowest life expectancy in
world (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp%C3%A9rance_de_vie), and is probably the only place in this 2009 world where people die of cholera, which can be easily be cured with a few US$ of antibiotics and prevented by access to clean water.
I wonder if the Mugabe clique cares more about the well-being of the general population than the white Ian Smith regime did? (not in words, but in acts). Neither in words not acts, visibly.
About Willie Lynch: this text should provoke shudders and disgust to any balanced human of this time. To me this is just as much evil and filth as Hitler's writings. A person pretending that in the "western" countries there is a general current of opinion/thought going in this direction, shows just his/her own
ignorance. On the opposite in the reality there is a current of "political correctness" which absolutely prohibits this kind of thinking, except for a few maniacal extremists, as one of the other commenters pointed out.
I am writing this from the safety of a well-run country without colonial past (Switzerland), have "black" colleagues in the electronic engineering company I work with, and I firmly want to hope all Africans (whatever their skin color) can tackle the challenge of progress.
Please, please surprise the world, Rainbow Country!
Zirik - Can't agree with you more on the Willie Lynch story. To be honest, this was the first time I saw it. I doubt it very much that my great grandparents, not to mention my grandparents, would've subscribed to such intimidation and drivel.
As far as Africa is concerned.., something we don't understand is the fact that black mentality is totally different to that of the modern Western world.
Take Botswana as an example of what can be done - the country is stable and a lot of money is spent on infrastructure.
Lesotho though is a different story. The king takes wifes on a regular basis. He lives in the lap of luxury while his people suffer. 42% of employers are HIV/Aids positive. Yet, his people adore him? Don't understand the logic, but that's their custom. The richer the king, the more prosperous the country.
Mugabe though reminds me of Idi Amin (Uganda). The cholera endemic is man-made. The western world is blamed by Mugabe because of sanctions - he cannot indulge the way he used to and South Africa has only so much to offer.
Interesting comparison - Mad Bob & Ian Smith. The same can be said for South Africa. The previous white government did a fair job looking after all of their people - in spite of the heavy restrictions on all non-whites. But look at the infrastructure they left behind.
The ANC government only had to maintain the this infrastructure they "got", yet they dismally failed to do so.
It is painful to see the masses suffer. I grew up amongst farm workers and I'm fairly familiar with some of their customs, but I do not understand the continuous hold the ANC has over the masses.
We truly are a rainbow nation and all we can do is hope and pray that we will become what we know we are.
This still serves as proof that whites do not have a place in SA. We are all disappointe d at the current state of affirs of MZANTSI (RSA), however, u dont hear any non-white person saying they are planning on leaving the country! On a second note this has more to do with the THE INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AND OFFICIALS than BLACK vs WHITE. The ANC is not an entirely a Black only organisation nor does it isolate or prohibit white participation in many spheres of its structures or the government. If u are white and u feel sidelined, Shame on u.
Donald -
Wake up and smell the coffee!
I regularly correspond with seven black individuals who all relocated (mostly Europe) due to their disillusion with our ANC led government.
I've received e-mails from colored folk as well.
If you're based in South Africa and watch the news on a regular basis, you would've noticed the amount of black people in foreign countries who were over the moon that they could actually vote on April 22.
Personally I don't feel "sidelined" by the new dispensation (okay, not so new anymore). The way the ANC operates though makes it very difficult for any "white" person to accomplish anything in the workplace.
Simple example, we have so many qualified and experienced white cops whom have reached the end of their careers as far as promotion goes. Many of them are leaving because of unqualified and dare I say racist non-white superiors.
BEE has made it extremely difficult for any white person to "climb the ladder" in our current government.
And if you really want to see what an arse a white man in the ANC can become, look at Trevor Manuel.
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