SOUTH AFRICA in Deep Trouble - WTF is Going on? Blackouts, Unemployment, Soaring Crime & Corruption

[@Digmen1]

This is what happens with rampant corruption, and when a country is run by tribalists.

[@ndorobei4391]

They are Christians

[@omnimetric84]

What should we have expected from a regime whose ancestors’ greatest claim to fame is the invention of the sharpened stick?

[@endikavanderwalt8231]

The ANC goverment is not tribalists. They are communists. They stand for nothing and fall for everything. Completely bribeable and corrupt. They care about nothing but themselves.

[@FuckMoMo.]

It's happening in uk as well... we are in early stages

[@TRUTHandLIGHT4809]

You mean, black people

[@smbpretoria2782]

Hello and thank you for your input. As a 76-year-old South African I have, since 1994 when the African National Congress became the new "democratic" government, seen SA steadily turn, from a vibrant first-world country, into a third-world country with, I fear, no hope of recovery. It has taken 30 years to accomplish this shocking state of affairs through mismanagement, incompetence, stupidity, theft, and corruption on a grand scale - with no end in sight.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

We will see what happens in the next election. If the ANC gets thumped, things will stop getting worse. Improvement takes many years.

[@lvtpapa7]

ANC leaders are totally incompetent and should not run for such positions. History also has a say.

[@steen8156]

M y friend fled SA ~1998 when the groups were raiding and murdering with impunity. She eventually was able to get her two sons out, but unfortunately her brother and husband didn’t make it.

[@cinnamongirl5410]

I would hope the rest of the world learns from it. But unfortunately, it is terribly obvious it has not (unless western countries are intentionally being sunk that is).

[@dawnelder9046]

​@@cinnamongirl5410 The WEF, the virtue signaling Nazis have taken over most of the western countries. They are deliberately destroying countries. I personally live in Nazi Canada, under Herr Trudulf and his New Nazi Liberal party of Canada. Backed up by Herr Jugnut and the New Nazi NDP party of Canada.

[@garnetvanderwalt5541]

From a South African: excellent assessment. Incompetence and corruption.

[@charlesmungo6782]

Plus communist Marxist ideology.

[@Planetside223]

Back when I was in university, we did a project in my economics class about South Africa corrupt government murdering all its farmers and the economic and social fallout that it’s going to have. It’s been about a decade now or so and his predictions have been spot on

[@brunopadovani7347]

Not just killing/evicting the farmers. Also displacing/replacing technical experts in infrastructure management, education, the sciences, professions and other fields with incompetent corrupt ANC party hacks. How can you expect to maintain an electrical grid, a water system or roads when they are managed by clowns who don't understand the concepts of maintenance or capital investment for projected future needs?

[@marcusmoonstein242]

As a South African, I can promise you that the root cause of all our problems is a corrupt and incompetent government. Much like Argentina, SA is a story of squandered opportunity.

[@harinathan3070]

You want Apartheid back ?

[@stormtrooper2170]

Why the people again n again love to vote in the corrupt leaders who only think of their own pockets..?👈😁😁

[@visitante-pc5zc]

Youve just described socialism

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

Yall are very different from Argentina but the net results have been similar.

[@op4y]

@@visitante-pc5zc The Scandinavian countries are all in all very close to socialism, and they work very well. Socialism in a functional democracy is correct. It gets worse when systemic corruption takes place.

[@gianfrancobenetti-longhini8192]

I left South Africa end of 1979 on the advice of my father, him having seen the changes in Tanzania, where he was living since 1946, at what happened after independence in 1961. Visiting me in Durban, he predicted that in the RSA, the situation would deteriorate once independence came. The infrastructure and economy, up to that time, was excellent due to highly competent and honest government officials. I took his advice before this was to happen, and do not regret having done so. Living now in Italy, I can see the problems that low quality politicians (incompetent and dishonest) can bring to any country, no matter which.

[@Brommear]

1 Ex-South African here. South Africa has shot itself in the foot? You wish. It has shot itself in the head! Two major issues not discussed - the AIDS levels which are close to the unemployment levels and the employment legislation which discourages employment. I was an employer before I left 20 years ago.

[@lucillekotze9537]

As South African. I think the minimum wage and Black Economic Empowerment Policies are also our downfall.

[@siggyincr7447]

Minimum wage is stupid in every country. But it's disastrous in weak economies.

[@martinbisschoff988]

The "silent" death knell to prosperity also. The 30% scandal education pass rate.

[@5anjuro]

South Africa is finished. The last person leaving, please turn off the lights. What, lights are off already? Nevermind.

[@debrutomeyer9117]

What lights?

[@commonmandenver7370]

Very good comment 👍 Loved it.😅

[@brunosmith6925]

Question: What did South Africans use before they had candles? Answer:: Electricity.

[@veikovasko5603]

Dude, thats dark...

[@narniadan]

So a L from the poorest country in Europe telling SA's finished 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@skyout19]

"There isn't one single reason why the country is in economical difficulty right now" . WRONG ! The one single reason is the ANC !

[@charlcoetzee281]

Corruption, Nepotism and no accountability. That simple.

[@Honeybadger017]

Let's not forget the cANCer and it's racist discriminatory BEE laws.

[@ruschein]

And the morons keep voting for the ANC!

[@normanmartinfischer2931]

Joe, please research the effects of BEE. I know of resl cases where projects are performed by non BEE Companies as a subcontractvto acredited BEE companies at markups of a monimum of 1000 %. This is draining the economy, I define it as legalised corruption.

[@occamraiser]

The problem is, the people looting the country are doing very well out of it, so there is no incentive to stop doing it. Look how low Zimbabwe has fallen, yet the upper ranks of Zanu PF have nothing to complain about and their hit squads of 'veterans' made a killing during the looting of white farms - now the country is hungry when it used to be a huge food exporter. Tribalism and anti-colonial racist rhetoric IS NO replacement for a viable economy, except for the thieves at the top of the pyramid.

[@johnheaton5058]

Zuma sold everything out to his cronies...

[@robertroberts2795]

what took hundreds of years to build is destroyed in 25 years

[@catman5546]

And they say we are not good at anything 🤡🤡🤡 World record!!! 😖😖

[@brunosmith6925]

Van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652 and for the next 350 years racial segregation and discrimination favoured Europeans (whites). In 1948, racisim and discrimination was formally written into law, and the apartheid system's key objective was to undermine and restrict the cultural cohesion of "non-white" communities. Then - literally overnight (April 1994) apartheid vanished - leaving the majority in limbo, ignorant of democratic principles and having been deliberately denied of any meaningful education, were unable to determine good governance. Also - for 350 years, the entire economy was developed to benefit whites (including the various colonial masters that preceded the Nationalist government that ran the country since 1948). Legally (SA apartheid law) black and other non-white South Africans were not allowed to benefit from the country's resources or economic infrastructure. Mandela did his best to handle this awful socio-economic maelstrom, but his successors were quick to take advantage of the country's riches for their own personal benefit. The result has been disastrous for all South Africans (regardless of race). I lived there for 45 years - left in 2002, and - looking back - am mow glad I left.

[@brunopadovani7347]

​@@brunosmith6925Is that why virtually all of sub Saharan Africa is such a mess? If yes, how do you account for the superior outcomes in post colonial Asia, and to a lesser extent Latin America?

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

@@brunosmith6925 did racial segregation really "favor Europeans" ? How were blks faring , as compared to their brothers and sisters in blk run Nations. Are SA blks better off now? If the system had remained in place for the past 30 years, how would the Quality of Life be blks in SA today.

[@cavebabybezerkers]

​@@brunopadovani7347CIA did all that with France and yall together

[@DC-ux1dt]

The ANC is 100% to blame.

[@wrsmith711]

a euphemism for the communist party in RSA.

[@MarcPagan]

Racism against Whites is to blame, along with Marxism.

[@visitante-pc5zc]

The root cause is socialism. ANC just follows it. South Africa People need to ditch socialism

[@HisShadow]

Some of the blame has to go to the people who keep electing them mindlessly.

[@anthonycampbell4532]

Very simplistic comment. It doesn't go into the deeper issues in this country. Do your research

[@szpunar85]

I have watched 20 second of this video and I already admire how you will avoid pointing out elephant in the room.

[@zenonvandeventer5229]

BEE. - reverse racism..

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

NOT Permitted ....Don't even IMPLY it

[@DeanRichardson-x7j]

Kleptocracy

[@tomcat4321]

It is a hard truth. Africans do not accept it.

[@rhonanack9210]

That's why i stopped watching. So obvious what's wrong.

[@drstrangelove4998]

What a surprise, B.E.E. Is degrading utilities for one, water and electrical supplies. It’s going the same way as Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.

[@Penfold-8521]

SA is going the same way as Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was called the bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe can't, now, even feed their own people. All the white farmers were either killed, forced out or left. The farms were given to family and cronies of Mugabe who had no idea what to do with them. Suprised pikachu face when productivity reduced to almost zero. This seems to be a recurring problem when former British colonies are handed back to the indigenous people.

[@mateca911]

Seems like plenty of "minorities" in the USA are keen on following Zimbabwe's and Rhodesia lead.

[@cobrabeebop]

and who was funding Mugabe? The Chinese, it would not surprise me if they are involved in the current problems in S.A.

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

​@@cobrabeebop America and Britain gave more money to Mugabe than China or Russia

[@JKweez]

​@@cobrabeebop don't blame the Chinese. They're just exploiting the incompetent people that run these countries. Without China they'd have completely collapsed years ago. At least China builds and maintains some infrastructure.

[@janwhite1361]

Why were the natives never taught how to farm? Who's decision was THAT?

[@papaalphaoscar5537]

This is what happens when institutions are demolished and people are replaced by cronies using race as an excuse.

[@uss-dh7909]

Religion and family have been replaced by race and a bajillion genders. The future of my country, America, does not look bright.

[@verzeda]

*COUGH* Disney *COUGH*

[@over07ful]

Cough Biden cough

[@Jordan-Ramses]

The ANC is a Communist insurgency group. Having them in power.. predictable.

[@TheWebstaff]

Cough cough cough Sounds like there is something wrong with you go see a doctor immediately.

[@peterbryant6156]

The answer is simple take a rich country and hand it over to a bunch of carpetbaggers who have made themselves and their mates very rich.

[@frankmcgowan3371]

Who knew that the current SA government could make apartheid look good.

[@peterfireflylund]

Anybody who was observant in the late 90’s.

[@nealramsey4439]

It was the fears of those that wanted the Apartheid. They should have had equal rights but this was bound to happen once they could vote in corrupt politicians. Just look at the rest of the continent. It's just a no win situation.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

​@nealramsey4439 there is. They should have not paid any attention to Western MSM howling in the 90s. It was an autarky after all.

[@k98killer]

There was a municipality that developed its own, independent electricity infrastructure that worked without these issues, but the central government shut it down and dismantled it because the ANC cronies did not want any examples of competence to demonstrate an alternative to their schemes of corruption and incompetence.

[@thedevine7963]

Liar. Lawlessness should never be encouraged. They didn't follow the law and appropriate regulations. Besides, you're not independent if you rely on national infrastructure

[@christianlibertarian5488]

The economic problems are secondary to the one party government. Until the ANC is voted out of power, there is no fix.

[@goldgeologist5320]

The next black African party will be just as bad or worse. Black African culture is when you get a chance to sit at the table, you eat everything you can. They pick all the money leaves off the tree and the tree dies! Just look at many failed African nations. I personally experienced it in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

[@dewaard3301]

One would hope that the issue is limited to that particular party, but is there any reason to believe that a new 'equitable' party is going to do any better?

[@zenonvandeventer5229]

​@dewaard3301 yes there is. Plenty, called the DA for now.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

@@dewaard3301 The issue is not that somebody else is better. The issue is that the real threat of the loss of a job (which is why democracies thrive) will force the office holder to do their job well. Perform or get out-that is why we have democracy.

[@brettmarshall5895]

@@christianlibertarian5488democracy is something you should NEVER strive for. This is why the USA isn’t a democracy. It’s a Constitutional Republic.

[@richardgrimbleby7853]

It's what they do in Africa will never change

[@LeonardTavast]

South Africa's most valuable company, Naspers, chose to move much of their capital to the Netherlands a few years ago when they realized that the South African stock market is too small and volatile to build future growth in. The ANC has had a monopoly on political power for decades by now and isn't using it responsibly. South Africa need to make a significant push now if they don't want to be turned into a failed state. The racism against the Afrikaners and the illegal immigration from the north isn't helping to build trust and prosperity. Many Afrikaners are segregating themselves to protect themselves against the social erosion.

[@andrewnielsen6498]

I think that it is very obvious "what happened" to South Africa but we're not allowed to speak the truth.

[@Johnny-bm7ry]

If Joe Blogs talks about your economy, then you're in serious trouble.

[@meilinchan7314]

Then in which case, praise God and Malaysia boleh.

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

I am waiting for and would like the occassional one of some where doing well. Even if all he can find is a small district in a small country.

[@casparides]

Joe Blogs analyzing my personal finances 🤭

[@catman5546]

We are ALL in the same boat!! Up SH-T creek without a paddle!!! 😬😬😬

[@ConstructionHoney]

Total lol

[@LordbomberD]

Welcome to Zimbabwe Mark 2. These people never learn. Corruption at the top and runs all the way to the bottom.

[@iamamoghalfmanhalfdog5325]

The guy selling them out never does thats what people forget

[@highpower3006]

Once the ANC took over, SA began degenerating at an ever-increasing rate. This is typical of the former British colonies in Africa largely due to the tribal mentality of the native blacks. You can criticize me for saying that all you want, but just because the truth is inconvenient, doesn't make it less true. Now they are openly trying to drive away the whites that have lived there for several generations. Look at what has happened in the former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, for a what happens when they are ultimately successful. I am afraid there is no hope for SA and it will keep getting worse while those running the government will continue to blame everyone but themselves for the collapse.

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

ANC are hard core communists, this combined with unbelievable corruption is a recipe for disaster anywhere. Tribal divisions exacerbate this but may not even be the root cause. Driving away (and killing) whites already started when Mandela was still around, a truly missed chance where SA could have maintained it's economic prowess and be an example of cooperation and true reparation by working together. I share your sad outlook.

[@disposabull]

If you volunteer in Ukraine (doesn't need to be a soldier) they will give you permanent residency.

[@iattacku2773]

I would say it’s more typical of French than British colonies. Ghana , Tanzania, and Botswana have been doing pretty well post colonialism. And Kenya is pretty fast in developing too

[@edwardmiller3859]

Here here

[@gedscouserable]

Instead of blaming the British, maybe blame the SA people themselves? Other British colonies (Australia, USA, India, New Zealand, Canada, Kenya, Nigeria, Much of the middle east) seem to be doing alright for themselves!

[@samconway2326]

The level of crime is staggering. No one wants to invest in S.A.

[@HellenofTroy897]

I am African but I have to acknowledge that there's a distinctly positive correlation between Black African leadership and poor governance, incompetence, and mismanagement.

[@janwhite1361]

...as seen with almost every black-run country/state in the entire world.

[@lucindawilliams6838]

Including the devastation of the USA under the (ongoing?) term of Obama

[@shawnwright5332]

And extreme corruption.So sad to see especially because how beautiful South Africa is 👍🇨🇦

[@janwhite1361]

@@shawnwright5332 ❤ 🇨🇦 ❤

[@advancetotabletop5328]

@j : Well, the white-run party that patronizes blacks is ruining the USA economy, increasing crime, etc. etc.

[@vikvolks7030]

This is what the South African nation WANTED..........WAKANDA.........they got their wish now live with it

[@MrDredd1966]

Yep, and with so many highly skilled, university educated, white, and coloured, south Africans have left the country, because a lack of work opportunities, crime, corruption, and the quality of life living in south Africa!!

[@WorldCitizen0000]

True, there's a fairly big community of them in Britain and have been told by a friend many Portuguese left SA too.

[@josefk332]

South Africa is what happens when corruption and incompetence go unpunished at the voting booths.

[@nutterbutter1133]

Joe, South Africa has been struggling since the end of Apartheid. An almost linear degradation of civic culture, responsible government and accountable citizenry. Yes, apartheid was a horrible system for the non-whites, but it was not replaced with a better system. The new ANC system was utterly corrupt, and was also racist against a white minority. This state of affairs only got worse over time, and it is now basically a failed state. The black majority has too much pride to let the whites back in and help them, teach them how to effectively run a country. South Africa is 80% on the way to becoming a typical sub-saharan African country. In some ways far worse than countries like Kenya and Nigeria, that at least attempt to effectively run their economy and domestic affairs...

[@ellem2293]

BEST & MOST TRUTHFUL COMMENT!!!

[@michaelpettersson4919]

The sad thing is that apartheid existed precisely to avoid the current situation.

[@paulietv2162]

Where are Ben Elton, Bob Geldoff, Sting, Bono, and all the other 80's luvvies who caused this situation in the first place? Moved on to bigger and better things no doubt - heaven only knows what damage they will inflict on the developing world in the name of 'saving the planet'.

[@brunosmith6925]

A fact that many choose to uncomfortably ignore is that apartheid (and the discrimination that existed for 3 centuries before 1948) was deliberately designed to deny the majority a proper education, meaningful participation in their own and scoiety's affairs, participation in the economy (only whites benefitted under apartheid), and finally, to "divide and rule" (a tactic the Romans used 2000 years ago). So... to expect people (overnight - April 1994) to understand the principles of democracy, civil duty, social responsibility and the operation of a free-market economy, is akin to asking a chimpanzee to perform open heart surgery. The dearth of knowledge and experience of operating in a modern democratic society was then exploited by a tiny handful (which is growing) of criminals, who discovered that grabbing the country's wealth for personal gain, was relatively easy to achieve. I'm not making excuses for the mayhem in SA right now - but the core cause of it was apartheid and all that went on before it from the time the Dutch colonised the Cape in the 17th century.

[@paulietv2162]

@@brunosmith6925 That's interesting because Singapore, Malaysia, India, Greece, etc. etc. were colonised for hundreds of years, and Japan was a dictatorship reduced to rubble after WW2, and those countries seemed to learn pretty quick once they got their chance.

[@dorfrez]

Having the political leadership singing "kill the Boer" many years ago as its campaign song did not help.

[@kristiankruse3964]

So apparently racism is bad for business, who could have known? - except the population of Zimbabwe 😂

[@AS-010o0]

What happened in Zimbabwe?

[@christianlibertarian5488]

You mean Blacks keeping whites out of power?

[@goatman3828]

Oh, I don't know, racism seems to be growing the country for decades prior to the ANC coming to power. The majority of blacks are now worse off then they were back when the 'other' people were in charge.

[@Sadiregu1619]

@@AS-010o0 Agriculture was the core of the economy, mostly owned by whites. To please the veterans of the war, it was seized. But of course all that land and money found it's way into the hands of the Zanu PF, and not the veterans, or the people. None of which had any experience running large farming operations. Zimbabwe went from a flourishing food exporter, to now importing food and mostly exporting old 1 trillion bills.

[@theobserver6493]

​@@Sadiregu1619, and 100s of thousands of zimbabweans fled to south africa to try and survive. Still there. Many very highly skilled people, but also a lot of unskilled people that thought it would be easier to survive in s.a.

[@eddiemunster8634]

A dead man could have predicted this scenario with 100% accuracy

[@dago4133]

Africa is just Africa

[@rolyvonotter2693]

Who ever has the biggest stick

[@Tomwhite-gj4dp]

TIA- This is Africa

[@joesterling4299]

Sub-Saharan Africa is just sub-Saharan Africa, to be more precise.

[@spark300c]

yep

[@jamesmcdougall7748]

They’ll come with their cap in hand to the people they hate so much, don’t give them a penny!

[@JJ-bz4bq]

You know exactly what the problem is.

[@michaellucas4873]

Incompetence, crime, corruption, with the ANC 100% to blame.

[@dewaard3301]

They were handed a strong economy run by culturally European/Western people...

[@tonyshortland8812]

I have met a few south Africans now living here in UK. Most report a similar reason for the decline of the rainbow nation, I won't repeat that here, because I don't want to be off YT

[@MrVince8]

I can remember when S. Africa was one of the strongest economies in the world. What Happened? Self rule.

[@TheTruth-dy8ze]

ANC rule and jobs for the tribal leaders.

[@mingzhumassage7646]

South Africa should have its own house in order then worrying and taking Israeli to World the Court. Shame on you South Africa.

[@Andre_XX]

So then why hasn't your country taken Israel to the World Court?

[@mingzhumassage7646]

@@Andre_XX our Country is paid by China like South Africa and the other poor African countries

[@sculptureshard377]

Its a diversion

[@Witnessmoo]

Who would have thought that aggressive, barely literate tribesmen taking over a modern country would lead to this? 😮😮😮😮

[@damonmelendez856]

But they are just like us!😂

[@valkyriedd5849]

A quote from 1992, "Could the last one to leave turn out the light and we will leave them in the dark".

[@goorgert1364]

I saw an article from December last year that The SA Government wants to use Gazprom (which had such a financial loss that the Kremlin told it not to pay dividends this year) to develop its refining capabilities, and yesterday I saw that BP and Shell has sold its refineries for one Rand to the government as they wind down their operations in SA. The only hope I have is that my Kremlin-loving government will then buy cheap oil from russia. Three quarters of our sky-high fuel prices are tax at this stage, and any price relief would benefit the economy immensely. Unfortunately, our economy is the last thing the ANC cares about. Self-enrichment seems to get all priority.

[@meilinchan7314]

More hydrocarbon consumption means more carbon emissions and less water to go around. ZA is facing carbon-driven drought.

[@goorgert1364]

@@meilinchan7314 We are not suffering from drought, we are suffering due to the ANC ruining everything good in our country due to their adoration of terrorists and communists, and their greed.

[@TheGruntski]

Does S Africa have refineries? New laws in S Africa are shutting down the refineries, nobody is going to help the SA sabaya supporters build modern refineries and we'll see to it that Russian refineries are destroyed. Supporting murderous dictators and rapists has consequences.

[@darthkek1953]

@@meilinchan7314 CO2 is a great thing for the environment, plants breathe it. It's a boost for vegetation growth. Ask any high-quality cannabis grower what they think of CO2.

[@sallywilton2236]

Gazprom doesn’t have refining facilities itself. They just lost $8 billion this year too. I expect they are pretending they can refine some oil and will take the cash

[@F3arlessWarriorMindset]

ANC shows more enthusiasm for taking Israel to court for its military action in Gaza, after Hamas passed briefcases of cash, than it has for helping its own South African citizens. It’s outrageous that the ANC can be so corrupt as to accept money from Hamas. The greed of ANC politicians knows no limits. 🤬🤬🤬

[@tomcat4321]

It’s funny when South Africa is sinking, but they worry about Israel’s actions in Gaza. Somebody should remind them that they are South Africa and they have no weight in the world stage.

[@tankianpin6944]

Results of years of incompetencies which always go hand in hand with cronic corruptions.

[@patverum9051]

Cronyism, nepotism, racism,incompetence, greed,corruption...

[@madmaximus2836]

The sentence below is from the current SA Constitution. It is the reason why I left long time ago. The Apartheid government was racist. The new government (in power since the end of Apartheid) is racist and corrupt. The sentence below is from Chapter 2, Section 9 and is why most whites, many highly educated, struggle to find jobs in SA and then emigrate if possible: 5. Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair *unless it is established that the discrimination is fair.*

[@mariusverwey2125]

Jeez Joe! I practically begged you, many times, to address the issues facing South Africa on your platform over the years. Finally! Much appreciated. Again, you present information as accurately and fairly as possible. Sometimes the truth needs to be heard. But I will promise you this Joe, if you have the correct investor friendly government in place in the RSA and no corruption. This country will be the ultimate place to be seen in, to work in, to invest in.

[@ivanflint5748]

Unlike Sweden we are hamstrung by an average IQ 30 points lower. Couple that to indemic corruption lack of delayed gratification and we have an impossible situation. T. I. A.

[@floxy20]

The end point will be something like Haiti. The absence of an absence of government.

[@truthbsaid1600]

They inherited a prosperous economy and did not know what to do with it. But did find time to file a complaint in the ICC against Israel.

[@adrianmotet5083]

Once Apartheid ended so did international sanctions and with that companies and countries started investing again, so things were on the up - in theory. And even with that it regressed further and burned bridges.

[@ZZR1200ZX]

Corruption brings poverty . Followed by crime. The end.

[@JackSmith-ou1dg]

Hello Haiti, Russians are complaining about the criminals who were released to fight in Ukraine returning to their streets.

[@jpatpat9360]

And the problem is that the uneducated masses keep voting on tribal lines

[@kobusvanstaden3747]

Actually there IS one single reason for all the country's trouble. It's called the ANC

[@timothyallbritton1961]

Joe is being politically correct and not telling what really caused the downfall of SA...

[@brunopadovani7347]

SA was preordained to go the way of Zimbabwe. The reason it took so much longer than Zimvabwe is because 1) Mandela was not an extreme radical and 2) SA had far greater wealth to destroy.

[@jjhout5988]

But they are getting there in destroying the wealth.

[@shauncameron8390]

Only because Mandela lost the Soviet support after 1991.

[@hb7of9]

Load shedding has been ongoing for a long time; I can't remember when it started, somewhere around 2011. You only need 30% to pass exams in SA. A few years ago asked a 23-year-old there what is 0 * 1, and his answer was 1. They are honestly unemployable; in my experience, 10 -13-year-old kids in Japan are usually smarter than most adults in certain demographics.

[@tc12454]

Oh, well before that. I was out in 2008, and it was going on then.

[@hb7of9]

@@tc12454 Glad you got out, mate; I got out in 2011. Every time I go back, I see how bad things are gone; it's just shocking.

[@slavkobojic3004]

Is education that bad?

[@theobserver6493]

​@@slavkobojic3004Even worse than you can imagine. The problem is not the curriculum, but a lot of teachers are not great, and the tolerance of substandard performance. It is no lie. And S.A. had a great education system, with really great universities. Produced some of the best engineers and medical professionals in the world. One particular example is that the firts heart transplant was done in South Africa by a South African doctor. If at all possible, have a few coffees and a long chat with an older South African ‐ 60+. Fascinating history.

[@cobrabeebop]

@@slavkobojic3004 might as well try and educate rocks

[@oldgysgt]

To a large extent South Africa has been living off what was built up before the end of apartheid. Not much has been added to its infrastructure in the last 30 years and now that failure is coming to a head. Because the countries political power structure is dominated by Black socialist leaning politicians, a change of faces at the top will not change that political power structure. In the next 30 years South Africa will become indistinguishable from the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. It will be a "basket case", relying on handouts from America and European countries and international charitable organizations to provide even a "hand to mouth" existence for its population. And a substantial part of that foreign charity will go directly into the pockets of the Black politicians who will continue to "run" the country.

[@PAULINEC-y1o]

I would never ever donate to Africa

[@Ralph-i5m]

Do you REALLY want to know what happened to South Africa? Can you handle the truth?

[@ballsoutbob559]

They can't handle THE TRUTH only Reeeeeeeeeeee!

[@rockpadstudios]

they know

[@SubjectiveFunny]

As a South African, I can confirm there is 1 single problem. And its the same problem that exists throughout the rest of Africa, and South America, and parts of East Asia, and Australia. Guess what it is.

[@UsaqMadiq]

Climate change?😅

[@brunopadovani7347]

Scandinavians?

[@jennybodin3710]

I dont know. Something im missing? Corruption?

[@FuckMoMo.]

Wait, are you saying the white man? 😂😂

[@PhilipVaughn-ri8vb]

U forgot America

[@michaeldunham3385]

So much for being in the BRICS....absolutely pointless

[@buzzy1011]

China and Russia will come in and fix everything…..ohhh … and enslave the country for generations….

[@hikashia.halfiah3582]

BRICS is bricked.

[@charlesjames799]

Another brick in the wall

[@darthkek1953]

BRICS originated as a trader term for bonds (Jim O'Neil of Goldman Sachs) because "shithole pseudo-countries" didn't sound as appealing to investors.

[@ursulabecker730]

BRICS: Brazil economy down; Russia economy in a turmoil with a fast downward spiral; India economy stable,; China steep downward spiral economically; South Africa well your video explains it all. SAD😢.

[@retepeyahaled2961]

Shell does not want to sell petrol anymore in South Africa, because too much is stolen. This strangles the booming generator business...

[@vernonkingjr570]

They ran out all the white farmers.

[@reyalPRON]

nah, they ran out of them :P

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

When they can choose between a functioning society and their pride, they choose pride

[@Pitollie]

I heard crime was terrible there. Thanks for explaining it. Seems government's world wide are corrupt and don't care about the people.

[@JohnnyChronic18]

@@doncarlodivargas5497 Sounds like the middle east.

[@TheYORK21]

South africa not Zimbabwe. I say here and personally know a few white farmers.

[@toplyf.]

Corruption can eat up anything. I mean totally. South Africa and Nigeria, perfect example.

[@Daisyworld743]

The current black population of South Africa migrated there from the tropical region to the north. Throughout their evolution in this region there was no requirement for the natives to prepare for a harsh winter or periods of dearth. Black Africans have never needed to think very hard, or develop a concept of the future, and most African languages do not have a word for future. No word, no concept. Intelligence and forward planning had survival value for Europeans facing harsh winters, but not for black Africans. This I suggest explains the lack of maintenance of infrastructure and the priority given to instant gratification over long term investment.

[@Mrbobinge]

'Throughout their evolution' is rather presumptuous. Only after 'Livingstone I presume' , did that process begin. Not before.

[@jpatpat9360]

I think he's right. The whole of Africa is like that....no thought or planning for the future, no maintenance, no infrastructure building. The mentality seems to be ' live for today and steal what you don't have'

[@zacklewis342]

Don't forget a life expectancy in the 30s really focuses your attention on 'now'.

[@paulross9287]

​@@zacklewis342Your cause and effect is backwards.

[@roringusanda2837]

Genetics is destiny.

[@rockpadstudios]

everyone knows what the real problem is

[@tinetannies4637]

*When those at the top can freely plunder and suffer none of the consequences, there's no reason for them to stop plundering*

[@F3arlessWarriorMindset]

19:59 the ANC doesn’t see the $40 billion loss to South Africa economy as a problem because they and their business cronies are the largest beneficiary of the $40 billion. 🙄🙄🙄

[@thomasfyfield6756]

And genocidal politicians. Yeah SA is f’d.

[@williamzk9083]

Woke idiots in the west as well who can't stick up for principals. Directionless, aimless, dumb but loud and opinionated.

[@OakMantis2]

I lived next door to a Power Station there, and over a 2 year period my family had no power for 8 months out of 24 months. So annoying seeing the Power Station's 1000 lights on while all the houses next to the station sat in darkness. My generator cost a fortune to run in petrol. But its not just the poor maintenance of Power Stations. Its the massive wide spread cable theft, transformer theft, broken roads that coal trucks had to navigate and were actually the cause of the bad roads, stolen coal rail lines (and believe it or not stolen coal trains - yes I worked for Eskom and had meetings where they complained about whole coal trains disappearing), transformers that blow due to constant load shedding, and municipalities that dont pay their electrical bills due to corruption and locals not paying bills etc. This was a big part of why I left SA... oh and yes I lived on what was considered the worst road in SA which was 15km long road made purely of potholes due to coal trucks - got sick of replacing the wheels on my car too - this road looked like the moon with all its craters LOL. Poor power supply also caused civil unrest, we lost 2 municipal mayors in our area due to assassination over lack of electricity (and water since electricity pumps the water into town water tanks). Also had several drive by shootings right in front of the entrance gates to my local station. Also we had large protests that blocked three neighbouring towns due to no power... they blocked roads with burning trees that they used tractors to drag onto the roads and put rocks all over the roads and lit up 44 gallon drums full of flammables and burned tyres. According to local police, a lot of the destruction caused to the distribution network and rail lines were caused by neighboring countries. For example our local rail lines were stolen by foreigners driving trucks in cross border, loading up rail lines into these trucks and driving back over the border. A big portion of cable theft is driven by foreign copper cartels. And many of the protestors were informal settlers many of whom are illegal immigrants. So problem made worse by South Africa having infrastructure that many countries on that continent don't

[@antonychipman3088]

one imagines many Saffa diaspora around the world, grumbling ‘I told you so’

[@OutOfElmo]

I watched a South African university classroom erupt in laughter when the single white student in the room denied that a tribal chief could cause someone to be struck by lightning using magic. Every single black student in that room believed in magic. At the college level. That's WTF is going on. After decades of apartheid and white rule, the natives still believe in their ancient superstitions rather than science, technology or engineering. Africa will always revert back to the ingrained patterns that have existed for hundreds of thousands of years. You can't fix that, and you probably have no business trying to impose Western enlightenment on it. As the line from the movie goes - 'Africa always wins'.

[@dannyarcher6370]

Actually, that single voice was a black kid. You could hear by the accent. That's why they were saying that he should go back and decolonise his own mind. The sad reality is that the handful of smarts ones are suffocated and drowned out by the heaving masses.

[@steveleroux6116]

They are 1000 years behind the smart brains

[@EamonnMurphy-cc1dt]

Modern science was began by Catholic laity and in Catholic colleges.

[@tiagoramalhais5493]

It's no different than people believing the earth was created in 7 days and that the son of the Christian God resurrected from his tomb.

[@EamonnMurphy-cc1dt]

@@tiagoramalhais5493 Ok tell Me this, do you believe in the big bang, the popular explanation for the beginning of our Universe.Do you believe it was random? If you do how do you explain all the complexity, where do all the laws of science, maths/physics come from?

[@calendarpage]

I watched a reaction video in which the KZbinr went to the Post Office to return an item. The reactor is South African and commented that she wished she could do the same and how bad their postal system was. I was surprised to learn that, as I think of SA as a relatively developed country. It turns out that the post office is in/near bankruptcy and services are often nonexistent. It's hard to imagine that things have fallen so far, that they can't even depend on the post office.

[@JackSmith-ou1dg]

All Post Office properties in the suburbs have auction posters on them.

[@markhusinka4952]

Just like Britain.

[@veritasfiles]

The real problems of South Africa cannot be described accurately in a public fashion because it is soooooo politically incorrect to tell the truth. If you were to start your analysis 50 years ago until today, you would see the start of the difficulties, and you could describe the slow and steady decline after the start of its decline. Now, the circumstances of South Africa are so corrupt and so entrenched that it will probably end up as a failed state due to the legal enforcement of circumstances that are contrary the circumstances necessary for South Africa to see success. It's sad.

[@markc6714]

Well you can't expect them to make false genocide claims against other countries AND manage their own country.......

[@lvtpapa7]

First one i seen on South Africa Joe Blogs, Joe. Thank you

[@The_D_Man]

South africa has successfuly decolonized 😂😂😂😂

[@jjhout5988]

Also de-industrialized, de-educationalized, de- farminglized, just about anything that ends in a "zed"

[@joecruiser]

Also de brained on top of that.

[@brian13105]

I must disagree with one thing in your points ,. S.A. is not a " developing country ", it is a " devolving country " .

[@goldgeologist5320]

Very true! It was a developed modern country. Suffering with skilled and educated people leaving for decades!

[@tedzehnder961]

At one time SA had nuclear weapons, which they gave up. Thank god for that.

[@Andre_XX]

I call it "de-developing". You see it in most ex-colonial African countries where the colonial infrastructure is left to decay.

[@jjhout5988]

@@Andre_XX Yes I agree. The new buildings and store houses being erected is not a sign of a country doing well. It is just capitalist that will benefit due to the collapse. More things need to be imported and stored, as we went from an exporting industrial nation to a nation of imports.

[@shauncameron8390]

You mean regressing.

[@johanfourie9949]

Closed my business...packed my bags.... Very good overview Joe. I think the problem is simply cultural - its acceptable to steal - no fix for that

[@steveleroux6116]

Look around in parliament seating and then see why SA is going backwards !

[@kurtwinslow2670]

A person or a country will reap what's been sown.

[@Dutchy-1168]

The Coloured South Africans needed the White , Dutch South Africans !!!! Now it is what it is !!!!

[@TheGruntski]

What a laugh. South Africa has a lower GDP than Israel despite the disparity in population. South Africa has high interest rates and high inflation, but all the government can do is support HAMAS and its practice of sabaya.

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

ANC = corrupt communists = ties with Russia = ties with Iran

[@Toaster-v1z]

They support Russia too.

[@TheGruntski]

@@Toaster-v1z Of course. There is only one war, and that is the war the Russo-Iranian war machine initiated. It has many battlefronts, including Ukraine, Northern Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Pakistan and numerous civil wars throughout Africa.

[@consortiumexpert]

The country is led by charlatans. They failed to mind their business but to do the bidding a terrorist organisation. The leadership, especially the mama Africa, chose to believe and propagate a lie against Israel.

[@darthkek1953]

And natural resources. South Africa could be really, really rich. But it would require population replacement.

[@rosemarygodley8628]

I live in a capital city in South Africa... The ANC didn't keep waterworks maintained so now water shortages mean that some areas people have to queue every day fowater from water trucks.😕

[@ianbotha9912]

South Africa is a miniature Russia in terms of how it operates. The legislation basically forces businesses to take an oligarch onto its staff. Additionally South Africa trends towards Russian and Chinese style in economic policy. Crime in terms of assistance packages being stolen is massive, and does not appear in the statistics. This is possibly the most telling thing about South Africa's economy. It would be a good audit to see: how much of the funds arranged by South Africa actually gets to be used for the purpose. As for the election its about as honest as an election in Russia. There is no doubt that the ANC will retain power and there is no debate on what will change because nothing will. Historically governments in South Africa change every forty years and seldom without a body count. this trend will probably continue.

[@darthkek1953]

South Africa wants to be Russia or China. Russia, a land of palaces and chess grandmasters. China, a land of palaces and maths geniuses. Zululand, a land of poop huts and sharp sticks.

[@samanthaerasmus7530]

Do you guys actually do ANY research on Russia??? Reading this comment, I'd say no.

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

What's wrong with SAfrica? The people who came to power didnt know a thing about governing, they thought that hiring relatives and friends and people of the same color is enough qualification to run a country and it's economy. Maybe Russia will help them😂.Even my colored S A wife thinks her former country gone down the drain.

[@Ukie88]

The kremlin is devolving as we speak.

[@steverawsthorne3624]

Yeah, the floppies couldn’t organise a brew-up in a pissery.

[@GHST995]

Welcome to the Jungle, we have fun and games.

[@uss-dh7909]

We got no-thing that you want, an' ya better not tell us your name.

[@darthkek1953]

@@uss-dh7909 "We have ten million triggers.... held by ten million errrr POTENTIAL SCIENTISTS."

[@asikbanget5041]

This is what happens when you get rid of competent people from your country, regardless of the race. SA now sadly fits to the stereotype of just another struggling African country.

[@MichaelPepera]

True.

[@cordellwordlaw3390]

❤ You're definitely doing something right! ❤

[@Brommear]

3 South Africa had quite a lot of spending money in the 1970s due to the rise in the gold price. This was spent on major highway construction, ports and power generation. No super yachts for the political leaders, but power stations. It was said that, in the early 80s, South Africa was responsible for 40% of the power generation orders for new plants in the West. I worked on two - Koeberg (Not coal fired but nuclear) and Matimba which was designed to run on low grade coal leaving the better grade stuff for export

[@LarryLaird-if6sc]

It is not surprising to me, the indigenous peoples took over the country and that's the main reason that south Africa is in decline 😅

[@Klaudiuszeg]

The problem is, whites were indigenous people, they created this country on basically empty land, blacks came after them for employment and took over

[@2639theboss]

Oh fuck off with that racism. Its corruption.

[@nox5555]

Thats not True, the majority of black south africans migrated in way after the dutch and english. The Natives are good people.

[@RCXDerp]

@@nox5555 They seem pretty short sighted

[@nox5555]

@@RCXDerp The natives? they just dont care, they run around like its 10000 BC and they are much more happy than much "civilised" people.

[@isaganipalanca8803]

Thank you for another superbly researched and measured segment!

[@philipgr100]

The constant switching off and on of power is causing substations to explode. On Sunday two weeks ago I had a power cut that lasted 14 hours. The owner of a cafe I regularly shop at experienced an eight day power cut in her area which is not far from where I reside due to two substations exploding in her residential area and the neighbouring residential area. Koeberg is our only nuclear powered power station which is North of Cape Town. Kuseli and Medupi will never run at full capacity due to poor construction, corruption, design and low grade parts. Eskom top management told the ANC in the late 200's that South Africa needed to build new power stations to avoid the crisis we now have. The ANC ignored them.

[@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul]

ANC didn't know infrastructure like power plants and hydro systems didn't need regular maintenance?

[@johnahern6140]

BRICS Economies in the mud.

[@mirkoritter1976]

BRICS only exits so that its members can rip off other members!

[@jarjarbnks340]

South Africa is going to become Zimbabwe in a short amount of time.

[@colindutton7254]

It is already a cousin of Zimbabwe. As a person who was brought up in Zambia. African culture is not western culture. Yet you give African western cultural countries.

[@danielbrown8943]

South Africa chose the devils path.

[@michaelotoole1807]

the melanin marauder's?