third world

The very thing that makes us South-Africans or African is where we came from and what we are a part of. I always wonder what some South Africans consider to be living in the third world, on top of living in Africa.

Perhaps it is because many have traveled, and expect a similar sort of structure, many think we deserve to live like Australians, or somewhere else in the world “where shit just works” and health care is for free. Wouldn’t it be nice: people think to themselves, to not have to struggle just to live and more importantly not have to see that struggle everyday at robots? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was no crime?

Well it is nice, for a lot of South Africans who are rich. They have the money to build big walls around their houses and have holiday houses in still bay where is no crime because I quote “the closest informal settlement is some ridiculous amount of miles away” it was nice for those really wealthy inhabitants of Hout bay and Melkbos and even Camps Bay- until the reality of those who have nothing began to creep into their paradise worlds and squatter camps began to pop up and grow rapidly causing an increase in crime.

I wonder if those people ever stop and ask themselves what causes crime and come to the conclusion that it was indeed poverty. I hope that if they do they think about how much money they have, and how many people in our country have nothing. I hope that they think about how they got that rich \ and if it contributed in any way to helping society develop in any way. Many people have this idea that they deserve to have whatever their money can buy them. That spending ridiculous amounts of money something is justified because it can be afforded. I wonder if those people can even remember what their needs were, and how many people do not even have the basic needs of running water and bread.

When did knowledge and learning become less important highly powered jobs? Is it not the very pillars which hold up such positions and allow them to do their jobs to the best of their ability and ultimately benefit society at large.

If the judiciary and the government do not practice what they preach, and Judge Hlophe remains in the system, the very ideals and values of the organizations involved are going to be severely compromised and lose the trust of the people altogether, which will severely affect the development of South Africa and the lives of its people in time to come.
It would indeed be nice not have to worry about the skills shortages and BBE, the current downfall of the justice system, which is fundamental in dealing with crime and corruption, the political tensions and what they could very possibly be leading too without anybody really noticing or being able to do anything.

BBE is causing skilled people to leave to leave the country. It is affecting the very systems which are fundamental to our development as a nation and it is causing so much bitterness amongst those who want to be here and contribute to innovative development. The frustrations experienced by white males who are starting their careers out in South Africa has lead to a rapid increase in suicide since BBE policies were incorporated.

Recently I heard a story a about a BEE employment in a large corporation which made me think that perhaps the thing more tragic is the humiliation which such appointments cause.
The story was about the employment of a highly empowered women in management who was given a company car, credit card, laptop, the works. But had very little knowledge of what she was suppose to be doing to earn all of this. One day she met with the CEO and told him that she had contacted her old boss, from when she was a domestic worker and asked for her old job back. That she didn’t felt like she didn’t fit in the world she was working in.
I suddenly imagined for the first time the embarrassment which she must have felt in that position. People deserve the right to have the knowledge and skills to perform their jobs, it is a part of the very core of who they are. There is no working your way down you are almost deprived of the information necessary to empower you as a person.

This is just one women who represents so many appointments in public service which is serving to be a much larger disservice to people. I have tried to discuss two sides of an a thousand side argument to try and justify something to myself but im not quite sure what it is anymore.
Went on a bit of a rant about BEE, please don’t get me wrong I strongly support the ideals behind the constitution and the idea there-of but the implementation is *%^$$$&&ing up all the systems necessary to our development as a democratic nation. The politics and corruption is taking over all other legs which our country needs to stand on. Power is becoming conceited and being used for the wrong reasons and people need to start becoming aware of why these things are happening, and what they mean.