Mad at Mandela | Sisonke Msimang | TEDxSoweto

[@eddierocksteady5740]

Sisonke Msimang, I really like your presentation. May i add and make it clear that Africa is a Continent and my Country is Africa, so that makes me an African. I am also Mad at Mandela for the same reasons that you pointed out. I thank you for making it very clear here. Africa must Unite, must be our slogan! African Unity must be our Symbol! Pan Africanism must be our Eco-Political system.

[@anabamoonlight3891]

I SHARE THE SAME VIEW

[@panashefurusa1716]

Brilliant talk. You raised issues that very few dare to even consider. I wish everyone one was this woke !

[@MasekoConverse]

Significant and Relevant as well as timely

[@tiisetsokekana5170]

Here is the thing, how many South Africans are aware of this facts? How many South Africans have watched this?

[@colmansmartinez5843]

few i am shock we Africans don't watch things like this.... something else have distracted them from leaning how things work....

[@HappinessnRikhotso]

That is not entirely true..white people have a historical economic advantage and to compare a white man to a black man is bit unfair. If the black man was afforded the same opportunities as the white man, he would be smarter, more skilled and work harder. He also would be wealthy at some point.

[@davidverster9523]

Too many bantu have a below mean IQ and are mentally challenged.....

[@SmackBoothby]

I like the way this man speaks

[@nickyapenahier9214]

Only South Africa has this problem.- All African Revolutionaries threw of the outsiders after independence. Only Nelson!

[@ludacrees]

True, Nelson Mandela was a liberator not a revolutionary. All those Countries never received peace because the others like ours had and loved the outsiders, so these outsiders are basically the watchdogs for their fellows in the West, thats why the outsiders ran from Zimbabwe to here. Removing outsiders should be a continental issue, it must be a policy that all African states sign and agree to abide by and abide by!

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

That’s all! I don’t know why they tolerate them! I don’t even know why Mandela decided to create a rainbow nation! Really? After everything? Sometimes I wonder for these our African leaders! I wouldn’t be surprised if the west influenced that decision! It is so obvious today! These white devils will never change! Africa must decide to stay off them and find her own course! We need to detach all kinds of relationships with them and heal! They have wounded us and still do it unrepentantly still today! These our old leaders can’t help us! Africa needs new thinkers! Patriotic ones! Mandela didn’t help SA! All that struggle for nothing!

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

@@ludacreesthank you! We must stop trusting these unworthy white devils! They will never change!

[@pietersmal5903]

GREAT talk! But I disappointed that you did not address the cultural divide between races in SA (and that is wider than just black and white).

[@Jitesh_Dayal]

What was the point of her talk. I don't understand

[@Ntthabi]

Jitesh Dayal maybe it was not for you.

[@nickyapenahier9214]

Jitesh Dayal go back to india

[@MrKasnif]

A very interesting and in my opinion a brave thing to discuss. Mandela is kind of a big deal but I do agree with most of what she has said.

[@sunvibes22]

I expected much more from this talk.

[@chumakohlani3492]

me too

[@Ntthabi]

Szavanna Sunshine how privilaged...

[@kennedyjoseph5056]

This not a problem in South Africa alone all over the world

[@ludacrees]

South Africa is the most unequal Country in the World as things stands, your view is obscured.

[@jeanjeudi1111]

I lived in the Eastern Cape since '95 after the change of government, manufactured and exported and made a very good product at a profit by the way. I brought millions of dollars into the country and employed a lot of people. I think this girl is missing the points that matter most. The problem is not really the white people and in fact perhaps just the opposite in most cases. Most but not all white S. Africans are hardworking and decent. The real problem in Southern Africa is dishonesty, theft, home and car breakins, carjackings, terrible violent crime, corruption and incompetence as well as quite a poor work ethic which is worse among black African men than women who often take work more seriously with a more positive attitude (generally). Crime got much worse in the time I was there and rapidly by the way. While there, a lot of whites emigrated to NZ, Australia, Canada and England, the loss hurt a lot, there was a significant brain drain. Drugs are a problem, AIDS is huge, promiscuity is pretty incredible. Four young black people I knew personally died of AIDS it was very hard to see that and it's still painful to think about, one girl was only 24. I moved to Maputo more for adventure than anything else and lived with my local girlfriend for a few years, crime rose there rather quickly as well when drugs began to flow in from S. Africa via primarily (but not exclusively) Nigerian controlled criminals and it hurt Moz quickly and badly. I miss Africa very much in ways but S. Africa has become a pretty rough, it's a fact. Blaming everything on racism misses the big picture and I don't believe it's the root cause of S. Africa's deterioration. Law and order is a joke, I didn't know any black African people who didn't cheat on their mate, trust is a big weakness in dealing with just about anything. Whereas when dealing with Muslim Indians in Mozambique, I could make an arrangement and they'd come thru, S. African whites were THE glue that held most ALL business together, Chinese in Africa are mostly good to deal with as are German expats. I did clean and straight business in Africa, period. Culturally I like Africans in a lot of ways and enjoy spending time with them day in day out but the constant need to defend against theft and never ever being able to trust financially, as I learned, wears you down.. it's a wipeout for good prosperity. Nobody local ever pays anyone back without an ordeal if at all, a huge, huge problem. Moz police try to shake you down sometimes several times in one day while driving! I'm back in Taiwan, it's so vastly different, so much more fundamentally honest, you can take commercial integrity for granted mostly and in personal issues as well. I'd like to return to Africa in the future and will but I know very well that it's a rough place, I lived like a king but most people didn't. I encountered endless jealousy about money, lifestyle and about my lovely black girlfriend. Oh well. I still love Africa but I'm not as idealistic about it, believe me, you can't be trusting and you can't expose yourself without consequence, even death. S. Africa needs a good dose of moral standards and black people need to own up to that in order to prosper. The crime is the destroyer. But it's such a beautiful, beautiful country.

[@sunvibes22]

Thanks for this comment. I came to SA in 97 from Europe and was excited to start building a new country - turned my home into a computer school and ran that for 10 years - while we were living in the garage. SA is an amazingly beautiful place. But yes crime became worse and worse, people's lives are not getting better, and anti white stuff is getting overwhelming so we are on our way back to Europe. It doesn't look like solutions will be found soon.

[@bauzblak2957]

If you came in South Africa after 1995 then you have no clue. Case closed.

[@savanaerie]

I believe that part of the point she made was that racism is being used as a 'distraction' to such societal problems as you've mentioned. Thank you for your story, I'm currently also living in the Eastern Cape, thirsty times 😂.

[@altimonkelly240]

You are seeing the after effects of years of disparities. Whites divided up Africa and treated the people like dirt. The last African country got its freedom in 1989 from European powers. Whites in many ways still control parts of Africa from behind the curtains. Whites must go. Education is only one part of the the solution but Africans can’t have another race of people controlling their future.

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

Get out you white folks! Get out of our lands! Stay away from Africa! Why can’t you people leave us alone! Stay away from us!

[@MarkRyanSchulz]

What was the RDP? What was the TRC? What was the GNU? What was CODESA? Oh yes... all things cut short, undermined or ignored by the ANC government.

[@dplj4428]

He also, just like ourselves, becomes a new some of self for each stage of his life. Not just a pragmatist.

[@phumzileskosana4122]

Well spoken, Mandela would be proud of you, it is necessary to address the race issues, with empathy in hope that one day we could truly live together in harmony and trust that we are one.

[@gin3868]

Wow, yeah, what kindness.

[@paullehasa5792]

How can we be in harmony while the other race is in denial of holding resources while majority suffers and pretending to be victims of genocide. If whites wanna be taken serious then they should realise how much damage they caused and come to the table to discuss how to share the land . Unfortunately the land question can’t be denied just like the whitewash of the history...

[@benjaminnxumalo2957]

Enjoyed the talk. Very true.

[@winstonthobela9296]

A friend of mine introduced me to TED. He told me it is based on research and ideas that are worth sharing. This talk is opinion filled. I don't get the idea.

[@ludacrees]

@M.B. I think the his comment was to attract attention.

[@pump1180]

I think everyone needs to take personal responsibility in the roles that they played to result in the South Africa we have today because we are nearly 30 years out of apartheid and things have gotten worse in another 30 years South Africa will be just like Nigeria or Somalia if this continues

[@ZomziWeAfrika]

If there’s no equality there will never be peace. They are still peeing on our students and beating our children. There will never be peace until people take accountability. Like any other trauma , Apartheid trauma won’t vanish because apartheid is gone . It’s a generational trauma . It’s insensitive for these people to think time will heal when there’s no change . We have a new oppressor he has a melanated skin like me and that brings more trauma .

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

That’s because you never allowed yourselves to heal! Justice wasn’t served! Dignity wasn’t restored! Again, failure on the part of leadership! South Africa is for Africans, and it should have been taken back from the cruel whites and fully restored to the owners, and not try and build a rainbow nation. Our leaders keep amazing me in the wrong sense!

[@m.n.executor1902]

Sisonke has a beautiful mind.

[@alvinyates8525]

Sister is Brilliant!

[@tlhalefoleshomo6732]

he sold us

[@msk9799]

This is one of those cognitive dissonance tactics. Don't watch it. For your own good. Title misleading she whole video she praises him

[@MegaDiva1999]

this has been said so much better and more powerfully .I struggle with comments like 'we would all agree that he was a wise man'. Her point of departure is already biased

[@jeremylunn3978]

Very impressive talk.

[@nickyapenahier9214]

Mandela had no integrity. Integrity never changes- But here we have four Mandelas!!!!

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

We Africans are too quick to dismiss the atrocities of the white Nan against us! We assume they will change or will feel remorse for their sins, but that is an illusion! Our leaders forget the clear message of Kwame Nkrumah! This world will not like Africa, ever! We must realise that, and begin to love ourselves, for we only have each other! We need to recognise our wounds and start the healing process! That healing won’t come from trying to be friends with the west , thinking because we forgave them, they will change towards us! They won’t ever! The day they stop treating us the way they do, becomes the day they goes into oblivion! It is up to us Africans today, to heed the clarion call of our pan- African leaders and love ourselves!

[@davidcollins2648]

Where in the US did this woman grow up? That's no South African accent.

[@sikhangezilencube6694]

She was raised in exile. She spent her childhood in Zambia and then moved to the US

[@mohammedmousa5138]

Iam not South African but I respect this girl talk god bless!!!

[@prinslooac1]

SO.... A spouse who was cheated on and wants to try and save a marriage, should apparently talk about it everyday, remind everyone that they were betrayed and for the next 23 years carry that grudge and lash out at their spouse at every opportunity as a constant reminder of what they did wrong. According to this talk, that will save the marriage? - OR - That spouse could maybe speak out on their pain, forgive and try their best to accept that the past should be left behind and that a new path should be found. Which approach is most likely to end in success???

[@krackhead84]

the other spouse as a way to repent and save the marriage, could let the other vent out. Its called showing remorse

[@tolotolo1737]

lmao wtf? disconnect your device from the internet please.

[@gin3868]

This is very sensitive and it has to be very treated with patience.

[@billwilson5341]

krackhead84: How long should the spouse be allowed to "vent"?

[@LornaBlakeEmpower]

The analogy of one spouse cheating on the other is actually irrelevant in S. Africa's history of the relationship between whites and blacks. To call it what it was, it's the oppressor group versus the oppressed. It seems that what happened is, there was lip service paid to reconciliation but the healing process was never even started. Hence the oppressed are still dealing with deep psychological wounds & trauma associated with their oppression. That requires serious spiritual, psychological, emotional work on the part of all concerned. And both sides need to be involved. There should also be reparations made by the oppressor group to the once oppressed group. That to me is common sense.

[@nattypthegeneral2450]

strong up sis

[@anniemkhungo2242]

Ok then what 're you doing Mandela is dead went to jail 27 years ure alive what re you doing for your people ,after all its the people who re lazy not doing anything think everything will come by try lets Mandela rest in peace

[@ngqiqolemuel8600]

Very true

[@alvinyates8525]

She did the talk for her people. Respect to her and Mandela

[@tfmkhonza5084]

Mental colonized peoples thinks Mandela stayed in jail for 27 years wich is a lie and think that he was a hero of blacks thsts a lie he is a hero for whites no natives never will, ask him where is the land and freedom of economy

[@mpumelelolindanimchunu746]

first time i saw the lady , it was at BigDebate.., she is well spoken I believe.

[@starwonder8324]

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[@nonhlanhlapreciousRadebe]

Bua! Truth!

[@sylviasworld993]

Maybe there needs to be a third option.

[@keithnkazana2745]

Being a 'teddy bear' was not Mandela's character. He was just embraced for being inspirational. Was he supposed to reject the admirers?

[@simply_nebulous]

IDK my mind automatically went to Winnie instead.

[@theoadelaidabondocabe7261]

Why are you Mad @ the late hero & former President of South Africa “Nelson Mandela” after 27 years in prison to FREED apartheid?

[@taboudiop3175]

I think that Madiba has done his best while he was alive just think him and let him R I P cute the past and focus on the future do something new if you can and help! Stop being Mad.

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

What best? By forgiving the perpetrators and sitting at table to dine with them in the name of a rainbow nation?

[@erstereiheTV]

does she really talk only about discrimination of black people in SA, or does she realize the need for a changed mindset for education and fighting corruption by SA´s leaders - and also the inversed racism discriminating and driving out non blacks?

[@hbvanengelsdorp]

A terrible display of victimhood and non-responsibility this is!

[@Formed123]

such lies. so much integration. even during apartheid. for me south africans are some of the most friendly, open people i come across in all the world.

[@rachekane]

How many apartheid beneficiaries do you know "integrated" in poor townships?

[@vellytyre5658]

who tf cares what you think wht man.

[@nattyp7801]

one Mandela (Winnie )she said give us how land

[@starwonder8324]

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[@Bavuma_]

She is so confused

[@gavinjohnson3065]

Why?

[@billwilson5341]

Redistribution is not justice.

[@spudwesth]

She is lying.

[@spudwesth]

South Africa is one of the most violent societies.

[@tfmkhonza5084]

@@spudwesth America? White European world wars for what bombing Iraq for what calling people horrible names for what that's the way of beast thinking or Barbaric way

[@Iridescence7770]

sisonke how is 2016 looking for you? whuweee

[@Francois_vanderMerwe]

Yes, blame apartheid for everything you lack.

[@rachekane]

Yes, refuse to acknowledge the role apartheid played in everything you have.

[@maureenjackson2041]

@@rachekane Agree this francois is a Boer, they always trivialize abd downplay the injustices of apartheid. They love to call themselves African, these boers will NEVER be African.

[@sfisolungisani3799]

Msoon wakhe

[@ART-SLAMMER]

😂😂😂😂

[@simontanner6990]

I've just wasted 16 minutes watching this mediocre one-sided monolougue on "dreaming of a better yesterday"

[@exhainca]

Only if she could write as well as she speaks.

[@brianmcneal150]

Yea yea yea yea oh and yea

[@Leon_Sila]

Waste of 16 mins

[@jaymylotto8134]

What a monster.

[@savanaerie]

Boo.

[@davidverster9523]

Do these bantu really know what they are talking about?....let the Bantu rule themselves in their own areas

[@savanaerie]

Until another Shaka comes along and decides to mix it up again? Segregation is far too neat and ordered a policy to ever be sustained by us erratic and often messy humans. It only leads to false security, while enforcing the idea that our shared humanity is something to be guarded against. I mean, YOU could try moving over to Oranje, keep us updated on how that works out for you.

[@tfmkhonza5084]

@@savanaerie problems started with a white man showing in our shores

[@warrenharrison5572]

women are so emotional. Don't be mad at the guy who ended apartheid.

[@simontanner6990]

I've just wasted 16 minutes watching this mediocre one-sided monologue on "dreaming of a better yesterday"

[@QuotesFromTheMotherland]

I'd be concerned if you felt otherwise