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RE: [South Africa Think Piece]~ White Genocide? A Black Perspective (My Personal Investigation Part 1)

in #southafrica6 years ago (edited)

I have studied this issue at length and can comment authoritatively on it. There is much I could say about the post in general, but to keep it short, I'll comment mainly on your conclusion - those obviously being the facts most pertinent to you.

Farm murders are completely out of control and are carried out with impunity and little fear of consequence. Attacks are extremely violent and are often carried out with little to no motive other than to kill. They are nowhere near a statistical low and are on the rise. Farmers are quitting and are moving abroad or finding other work, ultimately hurting the poor South Africans the most, blacks who rely on cheap staple foodstuffs to get by.

It is these same blacks who are kept poor, not by whites as you suggest, but by their own government. Never in your life will you have encountered such heinously evil politicians, corrupt beyond belief and interested purely in their own wealth, no matter the cost to the general population. Blacks are deliberately kept uneducated (please - investigate the post-apartheid education system in South Africa) and are fed political rhetoric which says: :blame the white man, blame apartheid".

Had political will been otherwise, the country could have been enriched and turned around by now (look at an example like Germany after World War II), instead the government increasingly steers the course towards a dictatorial and collapsed banana republic, while blaming everyone but themselves for their failings, this a quarter century after taking power.

Poverty reduction is out of the hands of whites and firmly in the hands of government, who actively steal any meaningful contributions towards it through nepotism and a uniquely South African process known as "tenderpreneuring". Other more blatant theft takes place when false companies are paid, entire project budgets disappear, or foreign entities like the infamous Gupta family simply siphon the national treasury dry. Add to this the effect that the various political and economic decisions have on their currency (the Rand) and Sotuh African poverty aleviation becomes a pipe dream.

The average South African wants nothing more than to live in peace and build the nation. But a government that sows constant divisiveness (look what they did with the Bell Pottinger campaign) seeks to actively create racial and other tension, for the sole purpose of keeping itself in power.

Crime is in no way reduced, do not believe government statistics which are manipulated or blatant lies. In fact, don't believe the official South African government take on Anything, including any reports form the state owned broadcaster (The SABC) or related media outlets like the Gupta owned ANN.

White Afrikaners (there are also many white non-Afrikaners in South Africa) created a system called Apartheid (meaning "being apart") which, while not a bad idea to state with, was horribly and extremely unjustly implemented. Blacks, Asians and "Coloureds" (mixed race) suffered terribly under it. Apartheid was abolished, but continues to leave a horrible legacy. But that legacy is nothing compared to what the current government is doing to it's own people.

Be very careful of your sources, I see a lot of government words and ideas in your post. They are simply not true.

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Its nice to get an actual feedback. I was reading my post over again and I feel I need to clear up some spots. I felt a little insensitive of the actual murders happening. When I say "Blown out of proportion" I understand its not. Do you have any sources/stats that I can use in my next piece? I really want to get a full perspective and my mind and opinion always change if there is new substantial evidence to change it. Id love to ask you more questions about your knowledge on the subject. @bitbrain you a real one man 🤙🏾

Sources - tricky... does www.google.com count? My SA knowledge is like my crypto knowledge: gleaned over a long time from a variety of sources. I can't just cite a nice one-stop-shop where everything is available, such a thing does not exist.

But I wasn't kidding, I really do know a lot on the subject and I would be more than happy to help you. What I suggest is that if you have any specific questions or requirements, you reply to me / tag me (something that will show up in my "replies" tab) and I will get back to you with an answer.

To start you off again: I think that AfriForum (A South African farmers group) normally publishes pretty reliable stats on farm related things, including murders. Try https://www.afriforum.co.za/documents-reports/ for a start. Then don't neglect to Google other things I have already mentioned: The Gupta family, tenderpreneuring, The Bell Pottinger campaign to promote racial hatred etc. Add to that wonderful extras like the corrupt ways of recently booted ex-president Jacob Zuma (Try to get a copy of this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President%27s_Keepers) , EFF madman leader Julius Malema, and all the anecdotes of SA ministers like these: Racist Lightning or Curing AIDS (a major SA problem) with garlic and beetroot. It sounds funny until you realise that these are the leaders of uneducated and uninformed masses who take their leaders at face value. If their "subjects" ever question their ongoing poverty, the ANC ruling party has only to point the finger at "the white man", hand out a free T-shirt or two (a remarkably simple way of buying votes when used on the very poor) and votes will be assured in the next election. Real issues like a major city running out of water (Cape Town) are ignored on purpose because it makes the opposing provincial party (The Democratic Alliance - also corrupt and evil, but not quite as evil) look bad when their city runs out of water.

You can't make this stuff up. Suffering people (of all colours) used as pawns... 😢

Im getting a split 50/50 view on the outcome of Zimbabwe's land reform. Whats your input on success and failure in Zimbabwe?

Ah Zimbabwe. I'm not a Zim expert, but I know a fair amount about it and fortunately I happened to be brushing up on it last month. I think that it would be hard to consider "land reform" in isolation with Zimbabwe. The land reform there was part of a much larger political game which has been playing out for decades.

Zimbabwe was a strange case: a former colony that broke away from its coloniser while still under minority rule. That gave it an extra "step" in the process towards fair governance that most other former colonies didn't have. There is no question that Zimbabwe once worked well and was developing into a powerful force, the old "breadbasket of Africa". Of course that development was done on the backs of the poor without sharing the benefits with them, in typical colonial style.

After Mugabe took power the Jubilation soon wore off. The man was a most despicable tyrant, one who has committed the worst kinds of crimes against humanity. He is the typical mad dictator: one who ruled by fear. He would build forces by kidnapping young men and boys and forcing them into his armies. These youngsters then faced a period of indoctrination. It's easy to control an army when you offer them the perks that most of society don't have: things like food and cigarettes. Women were similarly kidnapped to "service" the soldiers, a most despicable state of affairs. Under Mugabe everything was corrupt, rigged, threatened and dying - expect for those closest to him and his army.

The land was certainly redistributed as the farmers fled in waves. Each time he needed popularity another wave of farmers would be threatened. Cars of soldiers would arrive at a farm, tell the family that they had to leave now and just take over. The farmers fled to nearby countries and the farms went to ruin under mismanagement and apathy. Zimbabwe can now hardly meet it's own food needs. It will take decades to fix what Mugabe and his ZANU PF have ruined.

So sure. Land reform took place, but at what cost? Fortunately I have heard that Zim is inviting some old farmers back to their farms. After the harrowing experience I'm not sure how many will return, but Zimbabwe certainly needs them if it is to rebuild and feed it's starving population.

(Post-apartheid education system in South Africa)
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