The Great South African Question: Why the Consistent Pressure and Blame? Prior to the 1994 Democratic Elections, South Africa was on the Brink of a Civil War. Now that 20 years have passed, the unfulfilled expectation of the majority is fuelling a new crisis. Professor Sampie Terreblanche has gone on the record to say that White people in South Africa need to sacrifice their privileged position in order to prevent some sort of catastrophe. The only reason that this sentiment exists is because the ANC government has run out of excuses for not having the skills or capacity to run a country like South Africa. Success is bred out of a good idea (Vision) that is implemented with sound effort (Hard Work) and supported by like-minded people (21s Century Mutually beneficial Business practice). Without a good idea and hard work, nothing good can happen. We see thousands of people arriving into the workplace with qualifications and no skills. This is coupled with an expectation of instant wealth based on a pre-existing condition! That is one of the biggest reasons why the gap between rich and poor is growing. It is a lack of marketable skills, despite qualifications and more importantly, a lack of will to earn a living through a mutually beneficial relationship between the employer and employee. The ANC lied to the masses to get into power. Upon seizing the reigns, they raided the national assets for their own benefit, despite their promises to the people that voted for them. Now that this realisation is manifesting amongst the general voting population and support is starting to dwindle, the tiny group of white people, that have not had any tangible part of government for 20 years are warned that they are not doing their bit! In fact, were it not for the effects to white owned entrepreneurial efforts and initiatives; if it were not for the disciplined and structured management of large private entities, there would be no taxes to collect. No VAT, No Fuel Tax, No Company Tax! So whilst South African Corporate Business is not blameless in its conduct, it is far from the cause of the problem. The same can be said for International (Multinational) business entities operating in South Africa. Hardly paragons of virtue, but neither are they the causes of poverty. To solve this problem of poverty, individuals need to pull themselves up by their own boot strings. Poverty exists because of a lack of capacity by those in poverty, irrespective of where they are on the planet. There are people that have elevated themselves from the shackles of poverty. But whilst the ingrained perception by people living in poverty is that the condition of poverty is forced on them by someone else, there is no hope of ever removing the shackles. No hope what so ever. Without the removal of legislated racial segregation policies, South Africa is doomed to remain in its current state of hysteresis*. Of course, many predict that the situation may deteriorate. It probably will because the government does not have the courage or conviction to do what it takes to sort the problem out. Their best option to date has been to replicate racial segregation policy and blame the descendants of those that developed and built Africa from wild and undeveloped bush-veld. Blame is however always the mantra of the eternal loser… *Hysteresis is the dependence of a system not only on its current environment but also on its past environment.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 06:17:48 +0000