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		<title>By: Erna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I loved reading this whole debate.  I am a white female business owner in South Africa.  The reason for this is that I could not find a job since I left college in 1994 as BEE was in place.  I have been forced to start my own business.  I have now 40 people in my employ (that would not have jobs if I did not start this company)  95% of my staff is black or coloured (previously disadvantaged is a word they love throwing around)  As one of the manufacturers and suppliers to the corporate industry we now have to adhere to and get BBEEE ratings.  I have spent the last two months more time on filling in these forms and getting them copies of my employee records and ledger accounts etc. 
 
Going through this process is a whole nightmare.  In stead of being out there and attanding to my business to ensure my staff has work to do, I have to spend so much time on this.  And at the end of it, if my BBEEE rating is not good enough the corporate sector they might not buy from me.  What does this mean....... another 40 families will not have an income...... 
 
I have only one question:  like Bernie said:  WHEN IS IT ENOUGH???? 
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I loved reading this whole debate.  I am a white female business owner in South Africa.  The reason for this is that I could not find a job since I left college in 1994 as BEE was in place.  I have been forced to start my own business.  I have now 40 people in my employ (that would not have jobs if I did not start this company)  95% of my staff is black or coloured (previously disadvantaged is a word they love throwing around)  As one of the manufacturers and suppliers to the corporate industry we now have to adhere to and get BBEEE ratings.  I have spent the last two months more time on filling in these forms and getting them copies of my employee records and ledger accounts etc. </p>
<p>Going through this process is a whole nightmare.  In stead of being out there and attanding to my business to ensure my staff has work to do, I have to spend so much time on this.  And at the end of it, if my BBEEE rating is not good enough the corporate sector they might not buy from me.  What does this mean&#8230;&#8230;. another 40 families will not have an income&#8230;&#8230; </p>
<p>I have only one question:  like Bernie said:  WHEN IS IT ENOUGH????</p>
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		<title>By: Bernie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bernie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Biko 
The South African government is currently dominated by a minority of blacks who use laws to disenfranchise the majority poor and minority races under a policy of financial racial segregation using a multitude of techniques including inferior education which as it stands is far inferior to world standards (inferior facilities, teachers, and with inferior textbooks) from 1996 to present. This educational blunder destroys all opportunities for all racial groups 
 
You Biko are a fine example of the current education system Every website needs its semi-literate trolls 
 
&quot;DID ANY WHITE PERSON STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH&quot; 
Is Joe Slovo, Jeremy Cronin, Hellen Zille (who has more Aparteid credentials than the ANCYL combined) black?.  
 
The question now stands: 
&quot;WHAT BLACK PERSON CAN STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?&quot; </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Biko</p>
<p>The South African government is currently dominated by a minority of blacks who use laws to disenfranchise the majority poor and minority races under a policy of financial racial segregation using a multitude of techniques including inferior education which as it stands is far inferior to world standards (inferior facilities, teachers, and with inferior textbooks) from 1996 to present. This educational blunder destroys all opportunities for all racial groups</p>
<p>You Biko are a fine example of the current education system Every website needs its semi-literate trolls</p>
<p>&#8220;DID ANY WHITE PERSON STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH&#8221;</p>
<p>Is Joe Slovo, Jeremy Cronin, Hellen Zille (who has more Aparteid credentials than the ANCYL combined) black?. </p>
<p>The question now stands:</p>
<p>&#8220;WHAT BLACK PERSON CAN STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Biko</title>
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		<dc:creator>Biko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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The South African government was dominated by a minority of whites who used laws to disenfranchise the black majority under a policy of strict racial separation 
 
Bantu Education was far inferior (inferior facilities, teachers, and with inferior textbooks) between 1953 and 1996 this widened the gaps in educational opportunities for different racial groups. Two of the architects of Bantu education, Dr. W.M. Eiselen and Dr. Hendrik F. Verwoerd, had studied in Germany and had adopted many elements of National Socialist (Nazi) philosophy 
 
Today corporate South Africa is still predominantly owned by the majority whites who practice Eurocentric approaches still no true humanity is experienced in South Africa 
 
&quot;DID ANY WHITE PERSON STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH&quot; 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The South African government was dominated by a minority of whites who used laws to disenfranchise the black majority under a policy of strict racial separation </p>
<p>Bantu Education was far inferior (inferior facilities, teachers, and with inferior textbooks) between 1953 and 1996 this widened the gaps in educational opportunities for different racial groups. Two of the architects of Bantu education, Dr. W.M. Eiselen and Dr. Hendrik F. Verwoerd, had studied in Germany and had adopted many elements of National Socialist (Nazi) philosophy </p>
<p>Today corporate South Africa is still predominantly owned by the majority whites who practice Eurocentric approaches still no true humanity is experienced in South Africa </p>
<p>&quot;DID ANY WHITE PERSON STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH&quot;</p>
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		<title>By: Anton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This debate may carry on forever. 
The black and white people are brain washed. The whole worlds focus are on the whites of SA. Because the world is expecting something,something that is planned already in the apartheid era through secret societies and those societies stil work in the anc and in all the other countries governments(USA-example 9/11 and what about H.A.A.R.P creating global warming and mass destruction,like floods and strange weather,Japan?). They let the white people think that they can&#039;t stand together,they get it right through religion(churches) how many of you fight when you talk to each other about your religion. That is what satan wants. By the way Jesus Christ is the only Almighty God every other religion leads to sun worship(how many of you know that the intelegence of the sun is 666,thats satan. spiritualism is demonism) Can the normal black people on the ground do anything about whats PLANNED on in the GOVERMENT? NO! During apartheid could the normal white people do anything about what was planned in the government? NO. See simple,its the people in secret society giving orders in secrecy that we will never see on the news.(im curious at what grade in freemasonry mnr. Zuma is at the moment) now we know who their god is it is satan,who is satan,he is the god of destruction and hatred. The anc is starting a war and guess who will finnish it people? 
The roots and bones of africa or the massive military group that the ANC trained all over africa for years for this war to wipe out the whites? 
No!! The people who fight without guns,but with their God in front of them, that is Jesus Christ people. The whole world will then believe in Jesus Christ because He is using the Afrikaner nation and other nations to prove to the world that He is the King of kings. Wait and see how the world is changing,the new world order,this is the darkest idea ever on this earth. Good luck people. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This debate may carry on forever.</p>
<p>The black and white people are brain washed. The whole worlds focus are on the whites of SA. Because the world is expecting something,something that is planned already in the apartheid era through secret societies and those societies stil work in the anc and in all the other countries governments(USA-example 9/11 and what about H.A.A.R.P creating global warming and mass destruction,like floods and strange weather,Japan?). They let the white people think that they can&#8217;t stand together,they get it right through religion(churches) how many of you fight when you talk to each other about your religion. That is what satan wants. By the way Jesus Christ is the only Almighty God every other religion leads to sun worship(how many of you know that the intelegence of the sun is 666,thats satan. spiritualism is demonism) Can the normal black people on the ground do anything about whats PLANNED on in the GOVERMENT? NO! During apartheid could the normal white people do anything about what was planned in the government? NO. See simple,its the people in secret society giving orders in secrecy that we will never see on the news.(im curious at what grade in freemasonry mnr. Zuma is at the moment) now we know who their god is it is satan,who is satan,he is the god of destruction and hatred. The anc is starting a war and guess who will finnish it people?</p>
<p>The roots and bones of africa or the massive military group that the ANC trained all over africa for years for this war to wipe out the whites?</p>
<p>No!! The people who fight without guns,but with their God in front of them, that is Jesus Christ people. The whole world will then believe in Jesus Christ because He is using the Afrikaner nation and other nations to prove to the world that He is the King of kings. Wait and see how the world is changing,the new world order,this is the darkest idea ever on this earth. Good luck people.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is no time limit in the South African constitution on the BEE clause. Will the wrongs of apartheid still be relevant in 50 years, or will it simply be racism enshrined in the constitution? What about in 100 years. If not then, then why now? The United States had affirmative action to protect it&#039;s black minority and I believe that was struck down as unconstitutional because it failed to respect the &quot;all men are created equal&quot; preamble. True democracy is about protecting the rights of the minority, not those of the majority. That&#039;s abuse of the basic democratic principle.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no time limit in the South African constitution on the BEE clause. Will the wrongs of apartheid still be relevant in 50 years, or will it simply be racism enshrined in the constitution? What about in 100 years. If not then, then why now? The United States had affirmative action to protect it&#039;s black minority and I believe that was struck down as unconstitutional because it failed to respect the &quot;all men are created equal&quot; preamble. True democracy is about protecting the rights of the minority, not those of the majority. That&#039;s abuse of the basic democratic principle.</p>
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		<title>By: Maruis Cordier</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maruis Cordier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want to amend the statement of the 64 power stations, it&#039;s 64 turbines. 
We as whites cant do anything, we the whites gave this country to blacks on a platinum tray. 
And now we quarrel amongst our selves, each group leader claiming to be the next savior of whites. 
Yet that is the major problem that we cant stand together, too many groups and political parties. 
If we want to end BEE than as whites we got to work together, we will never get SA back, but we can make things easier for us.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to amend the statement of the 64 power stations, it&#039;s 64 turbines.<br />
We as whites cant do anything, we the whites gave this country to blacks on a platinum tray.<br />
And now we quarrel amongst our selves, each group leader claiming to be the next savior of whites.<br />
Yet that is the major problem that we cant stand together, too many groups and political parties.<br />
If we want to end BEE than as whites we got to work together, we will never get SA back, but we can make things easier for us.</p>
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		<title>By: johnels</title>
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		<dc:creator>johnels</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An article on News24 that contributes to this debate: White professionals&#039; numbers plummet in South Africa &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fin24.com/Economy/White-professionals-numbers-plummet-20100914&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.fin24.com/Economy/White-professionals-...&lt;/a&gt; </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An article on News24 that contributes to this debate: White professionals&#039; numbers plummet in South Africa <a href="http://www.fin24.com/Economy/White-professionals-numbers-plummet-20100914" rel="nofollow">http://www.fin24.com/Economy/White-professionals-&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Maruis Cordier</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maruis Cordier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reading this I as a white &quot;Afrikaner&quot; &quot;Dutch Speaking&quot; South African, I would like to point what Apartheid was all about. As a child I grow up during the Apartheid time.  When graduating in 1993, three years after Mandela walked out of prison, the world was shown the new South Africa.

Apartheid was created by the minority White  Afrikaners for the reason that they had to protect their culture, language and infrastructure.  In return they created home states, similar to the reserves the Americans created for the Indians.  In turn the Apartheid government built schools, universities, collages, shopping malls, homes, hospitals, police stations, every thing a first world country would have.  What did they do?  They, the oppressed blacks, burned  the schools, malls and everything the whites built for them.  That (protection of their culture) is the reason why the Afrikaners started the Apartheid era.
   
South Africa had the best infrastructure in the world.  Did you know that we had the most advanced power stations in the world before 1994? Out of 64 power stations only 21 are now operational in South Africa.  The reason why this happened was after 1994, when the whites handed South Africa over on a silver platter, all white engineers were replaced by black BEE engineers.  Need I say more.  Now we borrowed billions of dollars to build an another power station and guess what?  The new BEE government took 500 million dollars for their own use.  Yep 265 government members each received new SUVs!   </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading this I as a white &#8220;Afrikaner&#8221; &#8220;Dutch Speaking&#8221; South African, I would like to point what Apartheid was all about. As a child I grow up during the Apartheid time.  When graduating in 1993, three years after Mandela walked out of prison, the world was shown the new South Africa.</p>
<p>Apartheid was created by the minority White  Afrikaners for the reason that they had to protect their culture, language and infrastructure.  In return they created home states, similar to the reserves the Americans created for the Indians.  In turn the Apartheid government built schools, universities, collages, shopping malls, homes, hospitals, police stations, every thing a first world country would have.  What did they do?  They, the oppressed blacks, burned  the schools, malls and everything the whites built for them.  That (protection of their culture) is the reason why the Afrikaners started the Apartheid era.</p>
<p>South Africa had the best infrastructure in the world.  Did you know that we had the most advanced power stations in the world before 1994? Out of 64 power stations only 21 are now operational in South Africa.  The reason why this happened was after 1994, when the whites handed South Africa over on a silver platter, all white engineers were replaced by black BEE engineers.  Need I say more.  Now we borrowed billions of dollars to build an another power station and guess what?  The new BEE government took 500 million dollars for their own use.  Yep 265 government members each received new SUVs!</p>
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		<title>By: Hein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is true what you all say, I am a white male currently living in South Africa and I see firsthand how this BEE movement is destroying this country. If you brake the word BEE down it says “Black economic empowerment” the part that states “…empowerment” indicates that it is not equalization but domination, for the definition of power is “The ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority.”. And that is what it is about, control, and they try to justify it as equalization. If you are judged in any way based on your racial status it is racism, just because the government says that it is not racial discrimination doesn’t mean that it is not .

 I do not support apartheid and what it stood for, I do not mind if a black man is appointed ahead of me because he is better educated, skilled or something to that affect, because that is equilibrium. A interesting point  always comes up when debating about BEE, it  is the fact that black people were oppressed and not given a chance of education during the apartheid era and they throw this in the white man’s face quite often, but they do have the chance, they have it now at this very moment and they do not use it.  A school was built no more than two years ago to primarily promote the education of the black youth, and that is completely fine, it is a very good thing for this country if the youth is educated but this is not what happened, the school was burned to the ground. 

It is sad to say that this country is following the same trend as Angola, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, white people were driven out, the economy collapsed, crime rates escalated to a point of genocides, food shortages, the world withdrew and said you are not worth our time.

 In this instance we can see that it will unfortunately never change as the African does not want to change.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is true what you all say, I am a white male currently living in South Africa and I see firsthand how this BEE movement is destroying this country. If you brake the word BEE down it says “Black economic empowerment” the part that states “…empowerment” indicates that it is not equalization but domination, for the definition of power is “The ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority.”. And that is what it is about, control, and they try to justify it as equalization. If you are judged in any way based on your racial status it is racism, just because the government says that it is not racial discrimination doesn’t mean that it is not .</p>
<p> I do not support apartheid and what it stood for, I do not mind if a black man is appointed ahead of me because he is better educated, skilled or something to that affect, because that is equilibrium. A interesting point  always comes up when debating about BEE, it  is the fact that black people were oppressed and not given a chance of education during the apartheid era and they throw this in the white man’s face quite often, but they do have the chance, they have it now at this very moment and they do not use it.  A school was built no more than two years ago to primarily promote the education of the black youth, and that is completely fine, it is a very good thing for this country if the youth is educated but this is not what happened, the school was burned to the ground. </p>
<p>It is sad to say that this country is following the same trend as Angola, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, white people were driven out, the economy collapsed, crime rates escalated to a point of genocides, food shortages, the world withdrew and said you are not worth our time.</p>
<p> In this instance we can see that it will unfortunately never change as the African does not want to change.</p>
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		<title>By: Nicholas Ball</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nicholas Ball</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will stay with my statement that you cannot correct an injustice by creating another injustice.  Two wrongs do not make a right and never will. 
 
You cannot turn the history books back and rewrite anything.  It stands as is.  What you can do is make sure that &quot;all&quot; are fully engaged in the collective rebuilding of a nation.   
 
Marginalizing any ethnic group for any reason only undermines a nation.  You cannot justify reverse discrimination and call it equalizing.   
 
South Africa is on the same road that all other African nations are on or arrived at.  That of abject poverty.  All this equalizing does is bring the whole population to the point to where no one has anything.  It is equalized to the lowest common denominator.  Meanwhile those lucky enough to  be at the top of the economic food chain can claim that all is well, while they skim off the top of what ever foreign aide they may ask for.  This will eventually put them in the unenviable position of being the object of their oppositions attention, setting them up to fall to the level of poverty that they so eagerly embraced while at the top.  No one stays on top forever.  Politics by its nature is cyclical and what goes up will eventually go down. 
 
The only thing that will compensate is foreign investment and continual moderate rise in a nation&#039;s GDP.  You must have productivity, not welfare to spread a nations largess. 
 
As is stands now most of South African foreign aide comes from the industrialized nations and these are populated with people who are of the same make up as the Afrikaner.  That of people northern Europe.  More investment could be had if South Africa realized this single fact. 
 
Their contribution and productivity, and knowledge is a known fact.  Marginalizing them in no way helps the South African rebuilding process.  A banker does not invest where productivity is low and welfare is high, it simply is not good business.  This only leaves one other option, foreign aid which most industrialized nations look at as simply a lost cause.   
 
The most intelligent was to achieve the goal of rebuilding South African lies in cooperation with the white minority, inclusion and sharing of knowledge in business.  As it stands South Africa is losing the very people that can make rebuilding a success.  They are leaving and the nations that take them in are gaining at the same rate the South Africa loses. 
 
The result is that eventually no one will be left to run South Africa, except the black majority which as of this date has shown that it is woefully no up to the task.  When the last white South Africa has departed for a nation that wants him and acknowledges his contribution to that nation, the reality will sink in, and when they look around South Africa, the star of Africa will be no more than a beggar nation looking for handouts.  They will have gone from a African tribal nation, to a industrialized nation, and back to a tribal nation and the world will just pass them by.   Eventually, the money for investments will find a new home, a place where there is return of investment.  Tourism will drop off as the crime waves escalate because no investment means no employment.   
 
Sadly at this point in time, I see no light in any of this.  I do believe that the &quot;equalizing&quot; will continue unabated and whites will continue to leave taking the most valuable commodity a nation has, its brain trust and the nations they immigrate to will fully utilize what South Africa does not want, simply because of  petty vindictiveness for passed historical injustices.  This is a game that no one wins and a nation loses simply because it cannot find a way to forgive.  How sad is that. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will stay with my statement that you cannot correct an injustice by creating another injustice.  Two wrongs do not make a right and never will. </p>
<p>You cannot turn the history books back and rewrite anything.  It stands as is.  What you can do is make sure that &quot;all&quot; are fully engaged in the collective rebuilding of a nation.   </p>
<p>Marginalizing any ethnic group for any reason only undermines a nation.  You cannot justify reverse discrimination and call it equalizing.   </p>
<p>South Africa is on the same road that all other African nations are on or arrived at.  That of abject poverty.  All this equalizing does is bring the whole population to the point to where no one has anything.  It is equalized to the lowest common denominator.  Meanwhile those lucky enough to  be at the top of the economic food chain can claim that all is well, while they skim off the top of what ever foreign aide they may ask for.  This will eventually put them in the unenviable position of being the object of their oppositions attention, setting them up to fall to the level of poverty that they so eagerly embraced while at the top.  No one stays on top forever.  Politics by its nature is cyclical and what goes up will eventually go down. </p>
<p>The only thing that will compensate is foreign investment and continual moderate rise in a nation&#039;s GDP.  You must have productivity, not welfare to spread a nations largess. </p>
<p>As is stands now most of South African foreign aide comes from the industrialized nations and these are populated with people who are of the same make up as the Afrikaner.  That of people northern Europe.  More investment could be had if South Africa realized this single fact. </p>
<p>Their contribution and productivity, and knowledge is a known fact.  Marginalizing them in no way helps the South African rebuilding process.  A banker does not invest where productivity is low and welfare is high, it simply is not good business.  This only leaves one other option, foreign aid which most industrialized nations look at as simply a lost cause.   </p>
<p>The most intelligent was to achieve the goal of rebuilding South African lies in cooperation with the white minority, inclusion and sharing of knowledge in business.  As it stands South Africa is losing the very people that can make rebuilding a success.  They are leaving and the nations that take them in are gaining at the same rate the South Africa loses. </p>
<p>The result is that eventually no one will be left to run South Africa, except the black majority which as of this date has shown that it is woefully no up to the task.  When the last white South Africa has departed for a nation that wants him and acknowledges his contribution to that nation, the reality will sink in, and when they look around South Africa, the star of Africa will be no more than a beggar nation looking for handouts.  They will have gone from a African tribal nation, to a industrialized nation, and back to a tribal nation and the world will just pass them by.   Eventually, the money for investments will find a new home, a place where there is return of investment.  Tourism will drop off as the crime waves escalate because no investment means no employment.   </p>
<p>Sadly at this point in time, I see no light in any of this.  I do believe that the &quot;equalizing&quot; will continue unabated and whites will continue to leave taking the most valuable commodity a nation has, its brain trust and the nations they immigrate to will fully utilize what South Africa does not want, simply because of  petty vindictiveness for passed historical injustices.  This is a game that no one wins and a nation loses simply because it cannot find a way to forgive.  How sad is that.</p>
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