Since the end of white rule and apartheid South Africa has been a mess.
The country is in deep recession. Overall unemployment is 36 percent. Close to 50 percent of South Africans between the ages of 15 and 34 are unemployed. In the last 23 years, incomes per person rose by about 1 percent per year, 23%. In neighboring Botswana, they rose (cumulatively) by over 80 percent.
South Africa is one of the most stunning countries in addition to having most commercially important minerals mined in significant quantities. It’s gold and diamond mines are legends. De Beers is a South African powerhouse that controls the diamond market. Period. Rich place.
there’s even more bad news, unfortunately. The World Economic Forum in Davos ranked South Africa’s healthcare as 132nd out of 144 countries surveyed. The country’s Corruption Perception Index ranking fell from 21st in 1994 to 62nd in 2015. And, according to The Economist, South Africa’s education system is “one of the worst in the world.”
Even worse for the people, the Western idea of personal Liberty doesn’t exist in South Africa. The American spirit is characterized by independence, individualism, political and economic freedom, and productive ambition.
South Africa is run by three dictators. they get away with it because South Africa hasn’t yet come to realize how important each person is. they are tribal in some ways. They are trying to achieve economic stability. Only the rich or the powerful can live a great life in South Africa but in many ways South Africa is in better shape than other countries and cultures who do not have the enormous resources of South Africa.
But freedom is about the attitude and the ideas that come from inside a person. It’s a set of feelings and feelings are often just emotions but the pursuit of Liberty requires both mind and body to be integrated, meaning working together. the problem for people in a place like South Africa is the difficulty of staying alive. A lot of people immigrated into South Africa after apartheid ended. the population soared from about 35 million in 1991, when apartheid ended to about 53 million in 2016 and most things weren’t able to keep up with all of the additional people. More people means more traffic on the highways, more food to be delivered, more electricity to be generated , more water and plumbing and more sewers, to name a few of the more obvious things.
South Africa has a foot in two worlds. Whether life will improve in South Africa is a gamblers bet. In the short term it’s been getting a bit worse. In the long term, there’s no way to predict because of the pent up hate,
there’s even more bad news, unfortunately. The World Economic Forum in Davos ranked South Africa’s healthcare as 132nd out of 144 countries surveyed. The country’s Corruption Perception Index ranking fell from 21st in 1994 to 62nd in 2015. And, according to The Economist, South Africa’s education system is “one of the worst in the world.”
Even worse for the people, the Western idea of personal Liberty doesn’t exist in South Africa. The American spirit is characterized by independence, individualism, political and economic freedom, and productive ambition.
South Africa is run by three dictators. they get away with it because South Africa hasn’t yet come to realize how important each person is. they are tribal in some ways. They are trying to achieve economic stability. Only the rich or the powerful can live a great life in South Africa but in many ways South Africa is in better shape than other countries and cultures who do not have the enormous resources of South Africa.
But freedom is about the attitude and the ideas that come from inside a person. It’s a set of feelings and feelings are often just emotions but the pursuit of Liberty requires both mind and body to be integrated, meaning working together. the problem for people in a place like South Africa is the difficulty of staying alive. A lot of people immigrated into South Africa after apartheid ended. the population soared from about 35 million in 1991, when apartheid ended to about 53 million in 2016 and most things weren’t able to keep up with all of the additional people. More people means more traffic on the highways, more food to be delivered, more electricity to be generated , more water and plumbing and more sewers, to name a few of the more obvious things.
South Africa has a foot in two worlds. Whether life will improve in South Africa is a gamblers bet. In the short term it’s been getting a bit worse. In the long term, there’s no way to predict because of the pent up hate,
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