South Africa's Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse

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[@randomguy17399]

I’m from Zimbabwe.. 10 years ago when I was in highschool I told my SA friends that they needed to vote the ANC out or they’ll become like Zim. They laughed and told me SA could never become like Zim. A gross underestimation of what institutional incompetence can do to a country

[@mrttripz3236]

Oh brother....

[@seneca983]

Hopefully they will vote the ANC out. It seems that that's at least possible whereas in Zimbabwe they probably can't vote out the ZANU-PF.

[@precariousworlds3029]

DA is the only option at this point. ANC are destroying a great country

[@hypergraphic]

I love Zimbabweans! They are so friendly and hard working. It's a shame how they often get treated by other black South Africans in the townships.

[@feluto7172]

It doesn’t matter to Zuma supporters. His skin color and tribe are the only thing that matters

[@jackbacon3723]

imagine being given a fully developed country with infrastructure and tons of natural resources and not being able to do anything with it

[@MitchellPorter2025]

Lottery winners don't always know what to do with their winnings

[@diegow7504]

Black excellence , what do you expect

[@skanaraki2161]

What country? You're remembering through rose tinted glasses my dear. Significantly more than half of the population didn't have access to electricity, water, sanitation, or decent education. The crime rate was much higher during apartheid than now. And the funny part was that was all intentional. So tell me, if a country is able to provide a decent standard of living for less than only 20% of its population is that country doing a good job? If your answer is yes then you're more delusional than you realize. What you should be asking is imagine talking land from people and oppressing them, breeding them for hard labour and then when they fight for their freedom you turn around and call them ungrateful?? There's a special kind of hell for people like this. The kind of evil that doesn't even realize how evil it is the worst kind. The kind of evil that can take a cursory glance at South Africa's history and still think they're the good guys in the equation is genuinely disturbing.

[@dingahaban2288]

'... fully developed..' for whom? A country stolen from the natives who were an infinite source of captive super cheap labour? How do you give away something that was never yours? It always was a mistake by Mandela and the magnanimous Mugabe to pursue a policy of reconciliation Kumbaya BS with the racists in Southern Africa. There should have been Nuremberg style trials. Now these racists feel like they got away with murder and are emboldened to continue talking crap about Africans in their own land. .

[@dingahaban2288]

@@John.Flower.Productions So keep gathering your stones in that inauspicious European peninsula of yours. Leave Africa out of it. Africans have existed in Africa unmolested for over 100 000 years and equipped themselves splendidly from their environment.

[@faro99ru]

As a Zimbabwean this is all Deja vu. We’ve seen South Africa’s trajectory decades ago because, we saw the same thing happen to our country. We got over our own sense of exceptionality, we’ve seen it all. None of this is new to us !

[@thuthukanisjaka2597]

Zimbabwean settler.

[@faro99ru]

@@thuthukanisjaka2597 settled where? Certainly not in South Africa

[@thuthukanisjaka2597]

@@faro99ru You are a settler.

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

The South African black people will be humbled one day.@@faro99ru

[@rekamud6635]

@@thuthukanisjaka2597 not even black people want to go to south africa :(

[@zander1971shorty]

South Africa was the destination of our annual holiday for 12 years between 2001 and 2013. We loved the country, beautiful, clean and well organized. However, during these years we saw a clear decline in everything. Our last holiday in 2013 was almost unrecognizable from the first one in 2001. That was our last time sadly.

[@dyawr]

That was also the year Mandela died. I hope he didn't leave with a sense of sadness for the country... May he rest in peace.🕯

[@gavrilo8617]

​@dyawr Mandela destroyed South Africa. He and his wife were criminals, and he was imprisoned for a just reason.

[@dyawr]

@@gavrilo8617 That's completely false. Mandela did a fantastic job to transfer South Africa from an apartheid, extremely oppressive, colonial state, to a democratic one. And during his presidency things changed for the better for most ppl in the country. He was also a world-class politician who *did not* deserve to be imprisoned, and in a democracy it never would've gotten to that.

[@gavrilo8617]

@@dyawr Apartheid was so terrible that South Africa was the only nuclear-powered country in Africa to ever exist to this day, raised the South African living standards to the point of exceeding that of the majority of Europe, had a health care system that was so great that Europeans and Americans would go to South Africa for surgeries, due to its cheaper cost and excellent quality. Blacks do not deserve the continent they have been given. Africa is rich, and beautiful, and the wealth and fruits of its prosperity belong to those that have the intellect and the fervor to extract them. Blacks are a bane of any functional civilization, and South Africa is yet another victim to perils of equity and racial revisionism.

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

​@@dyawr He was a terrible politician that is responsible for hiring and promoting most of the corrupt ruling elite within the ANC today. He may have been a good freedom fighter but he did not run the state well at all.

[@psycold]

To give you an idea of how ridiculous SA is now, instead of actually fixing the blackouts, they issued a statement saying that the term "blackout" is racist, and renamed it, "load shedding". Truly the pinnacle of progress.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

Ha, the (blue) state of New Jersey did the same thing, only it's known as "peak shedding."

[@1Surt]

When SA was controlled by it's founding bloodline (Dutch), SA has a space program. Then the ferals took control and viola, Johannesburg lacks sufficient drinking water. MultiCulturalism is code for destruction of White Man's Western Civilization. Sad.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

The only lesson learned from going into such a death spiral is that the government doesn't give up until it's hit rock bottom. Just look at Zimbabwe for South Africa's future. Zimbabwe has turned itself around after decades of race blaming socialism that never solved people's issues.

[@christopherbedford9897]

Yeah, nahh, bullshit. The two terms mean different things, and were invented internationally long before SA started using them. If you heard anyone telling you that story it was probably started either mischievously (like your repetition of it) or as a joke.

[@christopherbedford9897]

@@KevinSmith-qi5yn

[@xConceptZA]

As a South African who doesn’t want to ever leave this place, this video makes me so sad and so angry. The absolute and complete incompetence and astounding corruption of the past and present president and other ANC leaders has royally screwed us all, no matter what colour we are

[@RM-el3gw]

why do you keep voting for them

[@PneumaticFrog]

​@@RM-el3gwI'm pretty sure they don't have a choice.

[@PneumaticFrog]

Honestly you should leave, you'll have a happier life. Doesn't matter where you live, you make life what you want it to be, leave the country that is going down the shitter and go to another country. Maybe in 20-30 years you can return, especially if you are rich.

[@xConceptZA]

@@RM-el3gw well I obviously don’t personally vote for them. From my experience, and people I’ve encountered, it’s predominantly the less educated who continue to vote for the ANC despite the never ending empty promises

[@ydid687]

this is what's wrong with democracies, well meaning and informed people are bound by the idiotic notions held by the idiots you think your village is making life tough? imagine a sub-continent full of jackasses who think their sky daddy is superior to another minority tribe's sky daddy all the while making the islanders and the swiss richer

[@TopHatPenguin]

It’s honestly just sad. They kicked out the people who built the place up and who went “you gotta deal with this otherwise it’s gonna be a problem” and they laughed at them and ignored it. Same thing happened with the farmers.

[@kevindoran9389]

The new farmers are now overworking the soil and not letting it rest by planting every season, now the crops are failing, same in Rhodesia (wow...KZbin did everything it could to stop me spelling that word)

[@BodhiCody-mh2ec]

@@kevindoran9389 oy vey that's antisemitic to mention that history

[@1Beta1]

They didn't kick out anyone because the ANC wanted reconciliation so they had kept the people who built the country to assist them, but things slowly deteriorated. I don't know where you people get your information from

[@yankees29]

@@1Beta1the fact is the Europeans developed the country and infrastructure. The country was basically handed over the the black population and they have no idea how to run a country.😂

[@111Rein]

We drove to the airport one last time in December 2023. It was heartbreaking and you feel gutted, but as this video explains so well, if you have the choice to leave you almost don't have the choice to stay...

[@sophrapsune]

The regression of South Africa is ultimately just a symptom of the ANC’s epic levels of corruption and misgovernance.

[@iinred1954]

I can think of other reasons.

[@dunhillsupramk3]

@@iinred1954 no hes right, the lvl of corruption of ANY government at this lvl will result into these conditions.... look at Mexico or Brazil or Spain or Ukraine (just before the Russian invasion Ukraine couldn't pay their bills and there was rolling blackouts)...

[@Toefoo100]

Africans start to run country. Country starts to turn into the average African country. Many such cases

[@tonitappous2422]

Having recently watched the ARTE tv Documentary about Mayor Chris Pappas ( fluent in isiZulu) of uMngeni Municipality on KZbin, the DA is by far the best choice to take SA and all South Africans forward in 2024!!!

[@backendscroll3795]

The problem is that the black majority will only vote for the ANC or EFF.

[@Codyray17ify]

My nephew did part of his internship, to become a doctor in South Africa.....he said an ER doctor in Canada could go his entire career without ever seeing a stab wound to the heart.....In South Africa....you'll see one...every day!

[@Nkanyiso131]

That’s cap

[@RosslynR]

Except for OPPENHEIMER BILLIONAIRES! "I am an African. I live there and my children live there, and as far as I understand, they intend to go on living there."- Nicky Oppenheimer, Net worth: 8.3 billion USD (2023) Forbes

[@benvalkenburg3932]

@@RosslynR0

[@Amanzi379]

I know a Brit who did the same thing, he wanted experience which they would never give him in the uk. He volunteered at baragawanth hospital and dealt with everything.

[@budgetking2591]

Yeah theres no knives in Canada

[@janstan8407]

Why is no one blaming the family at the top of the ANC? The Mandela family is corrupt to the core, but if you say anything about them, guess what? You are labeled a racist.

[@richardjones7984]

Corruption is causing poverty and pain in every country. A proper police force that views corruption as a top priority is the answer. Puerto Rico turned their country around by getting a good police force that eliminated organised crime.

[@b.v.437]

​@@richardjones7984 can you provide more detail please?

[@janstan8407]

@@richardjones7984 You obviously do not know the extent of the corruption of the ANC. I'm not talking about a few million skimmed here and there, I'm talking about hundreds of millions that was meant for infrastructure but not a dime made it there. But the Mandela family build and bought property and houses worth tens of millions of dollars. All of the family. Where'd that money come from? That's just the tip of the iceberg. Do some research into what has caused the food and energy shortages. The insane increase in rape and violent crime and why the police are ineffective. I think S.A. is the rape capital of the world now.

[@Chris-xv2gm]

​@@b.v.437Find out for yourself.

[@Tespri]

@@b.v.437 Use google. Basically their president eliminated some human rights and legal protections from criminals and threw anyone connected to crime even vaguely to jail. Worked like charm. Of course now there is the possibility that he could do same with his political enemies, so that part is still unfolded.

[@durosennen7763]

all already seen in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe. From an organized country and a large exporter of food and industrial products. With the absence of any production and hunger. Currently, SAR lives on inherited goods, and even that is being consumed and slowly disintegrating.

[@sarahwing7468]

I am a South African now living abroad. My entire family left SA one by one. My 5 siblings and I all left to different countries, wherever we found opportunities. last to leave was my parents 4 years ago. I miss SA so much but I know I have no future there, and without my parents there it doesn’t even feel like home anymore. I’m very fortunate to have the means to emigrate and start a new life, but I don’t personally enjoy being a foreigner everywhere I go. But most of all I’m terribly sad that my family is scattered across the globe. This happens to a lot of South Africans. If you are lucky enough to live near family don’t take it for granted.

[@zedrake]

I'm from the UK but my partner is from SA. Gave you a like because this is almost exactly how she feels

[@mikeg3728]

I have family there. They are woke zombies who keep explaining away how the difficulties there are really the fault of white American men. Not even joking. They talk like they are members of some kind of woke cult. Meanwhile they have private security from 4 pm to 8 am every day at their home, seven days a week, and also have iron bars over the windows, iron gate in front of the front door, even their security cameras are in little locked cages. The disconnect is... breathtaking.

[@dimodimov5298]

South Africa was the best place in the world. Your parents gave it away. Consider yourself lucky that you were able to escape.

[@christopherbedford9897]

@@dimodimov5298 If by "gave away" you mean "tried too hard to hang on to" then yes. Well maybe grandparents, probably not parents. I am continuously and repeatedly astonished at just how narrow-minded the whole colonial mindset was (and continues to be, in certain places) - they clearly thought they would be able to continue occupying countries forever, scattering favours here and there to "the natives" while raking in the riches. I was brought up with that as the prevailing received wisdom and it took me decades to realise _FFS no,_ when you try to exclude the majority of the people like that you end up having it taken away from you. Sure, colonialism didn't bring only badness. Try as you might you can't deny that having roads, rail, and electricity is better than having nothing at all, but beyond any debate the attitude to human rights was absolutely abysmal at best.

[@AltRockLover]

Didn't only bring "badness"? A culture steeped in innovation and forward thinking, aka Western civilization and values, can do nothing but crumble under the weight of "inclusion" of a civilization based on subsistence living. You can't have it both ways! To think that all cultures are equal, and all we have to do is "include" a non-Western culture into the First World is the height of white supremacy IMHO.

[@itsorcacraft9037]

As a South African I 100% agree with this video. This country is collapsing faster and faster every year.

[@abhinavgarg4598]

Why ANC banned ESKMO for building new plants ?

[@AM_101]

What's going on over there I'm from Zambia

[@greenie_687]

starting? it collapsed years and years ago bru

[@ShakitaHamilton]

South Afri is doomed to collaspe into a non functional tribe sooner or later, as all afri countries do. Afris are far too low IQ to form and maintain nation states. This is why only developed and educated peoples, almost exclusively from Europe, managed to create functioning societies and nation states. Before white people showed them the way, afris were still banging rocks together and chucking spears. Cavemen. We uplifted them. As europeans, we spent decades trying to uplift cavemen from afri, and help them rule themselves. But afris are far too low iq for that.

[@AM_101]

I've been aware of that but what really is the problem

[@davidbarsotti]

Was there 20 years ago could have told you this with 100% accuracy

[@gregsutton2400]

South Africa is declining, but declining to the Sub Saharan African Norm.

[@matthewriley5819]

SA is actually a hell of a lot worse than most other sub-Saharan African countries.

[@i.lungsmaras7244]

Germany has more potholes than South Africa and the same number of blackouts... Most electricity given to industry during the day and less for households, and at night the other way around...and will need about 13 times more to fix its infrastructure than SA needs, which it doesn't have... It's not alone, Canada too, and most of the EU outside Scandanavia... So, by your logic, declining becominmg the norm for Europe too... PS: Just google (helps to balnce your thinking when using facts not fake racial superiority)!!!

[@chuch541]

Tell me you know nothing about world history… 😂😂😂

[@Tespri]

@@chuch541 if you knew you would've been able to school him instead of acting like a child.

[@chuch541]

@@Tespri really? your expectations/ judgement mean little to me tbh…. it’s simply not my job. I will shame those who very apparently put zero effort into understand the world in which they exist. The people around you are no less important than you. The places around you, all deserving of the same security, and freedom. Anyone talking on a hateful/xenophobic/political tip. Is generally a lazy, do nothin who regurgitates all the shit they hear. Actions deserving of nothing but shame. Period. We all choose who we are. Our actions define us. Pick up a book and you’ll quickly realize we’re all way way more alike than not. History is a like a minstrel wherein every idiot ignores the red flags over and over, and we do it again… Statements like Greg posted, are sadly not few or far between

[@SenorTucano]

I was working in Honduras with a group of South African expats. I was shocked to over hear two of their wives chatting to each other about how much safer Honduras was than ‘back home’.

[@stephanieparker1250]

Ooof 😰

[@yo2trader539]

And I was under the impression Honduras was the murder capital. I suppose it's all relative.

[@SenorTucano]

@@pa_2600 in places yes

[@bruderschweigen6889]

Haha damn 😅

[@k4door789]

Honduras is the most dangerous County in Latin America

[@malbirrell]

A mate of mine was a farmer in Zimbabwe and left with nothing but his life. He told me years ago that SA was going to end up exactly the same as Zim

[@felongtw1]

And yet ... so few agreed and so few saw the writing on the wall.

[@derekp8527]

Rhodesia was also ruled by whites so your friend was smart. Any realist not afraid to hurt people's feelings predicted that.

[@bob-zi1eb]

@@derekp8527 Thanks for apologizing for racism. Zimbabwe is actually thriving but you continue on being a racist. Good for you.

[@bob-zi1eb]

You do understand that white farmers obtained lands due to colonization right? They forcibly took those lands. That wrong corrected itself that's what happens.

[@tripsadelica]

@@bob-zi1eb Yeah, is that so? Read this: "Zimbabwe's annual consumer inflation eased to 17.8% in October 2023, from September's 18.4%, mainly due to slowing prices of housing & utilities (23.2% vs 25.3% in September); food & non-alcoholic beverages (17.8% vs 18.4%); education (25.4% vs 31%) and communication (42.1% vs 50.2%)." Hyperinflation has slowed since that a-hole Mugabe kicked the bucket but his party's hold on power in the country and the destruction of the rule of law have meant the economy there is a basket case. This is because of violent, tirbalist black thinking. This thinking needs to evolve and change. Botswana has managed it and if the ANC getted booted then perhaps SA can come out of its malaise. I certainly hope so.

[@JH-ck1nr]

If you can sing, shout and jump up and down your in. What could possibly go wrong 😂😂

[@anlo88]

I am a South African who moved to Canada in 2023 and I must say you are spot-on with your research. I must admit I was hesitant to watch your video based on the majority of people getting it wrong, but you did not. The biggest problem in South Africa is corruption by government officials. The country's revenue service, SARS, has in the past expressed that taxation is sufficient, but corruption is killing the country.

[@oogba71]

Why didn't corruption kill SA when whites were in power? Are you saying blacks are more corrupt? What was the genesis of this scourge of corruption? A functioning government with stable infrastructure and a comparatively safe country were left to the black majority. If the government is corrupt and blacks keep voting corrupt parties and people into power, what does that say?

[@JP-pq9xi]

Isn't there something else that you can't mention as the reason? Source: Haiti, DRC, Sudan, somalia, brundi, Niger, Ethiopia. I can keep going.

[@BryanO92]

A friend of mine was involved in the construction of Kusile power station. Kusile had a timeline of about 18 months and was supposed to be completed in time for the 2010 World Cup. It was finally finished in 2021. It was a source of many South African jobs and essentially the contractor was happy to take their cost plus and the government was happy to have a big employer and a perpetual source of bribes and nobody cared if it was ever finished. Periodically, anonymous vandals would come in and destroy months of construction and they rebuilt it over and over again. It was a 13 year makework jobs program. South African government in a nutshell.

[@jvanvuuren8461]

They are still building on Kusile. Medupi was finished until it wasn't. They designed it wrong and need to correct the mistakes.

[@rolotomasi5935]

@@jvanvuuren8461 What you are missing in your analysis is the World Bank Debt wracked up in order for South Africa to lose the asset to the world bank. Privatising our power which is the end goal just like Suez and many many other examples. Read Confessions of an ecconomic hitman. The Bought ANC leaders (not all) are owned by the Bankers who require a failed state in SA. Which is why the first use of the Phrase came long ago in 2014 when the idea was cooked up. Alan Dershowitz used the phrase tactically during the Oscar Pistorius trial.

[@arthas640]

When i see programs like that or how many Chinese governments are basically just building apartment complexes so they can tear them back down it always just depresses me. They're doing it as busy work and to keep people working but why not put that same money and resources into effective infrastructure projects? Instead of spending 13 years of funding and work on a 1.5 year project why not do 8 different projects? The country definitely needs more power but they also need some more water infrastructure as well as public housing too. It's not that bad here but I worked in government contracting in the US for awhile and found the wasted spending just depressing. I literally did work for a school where they spent around $1500-$2000 _per chair_ in the schools administration offices and replaced all the nearly new chairs with brand new ones (they "old" ones were in such good condition I took a couple and been using them for around 8 years now), they also spent around $2000 to replace a switch and a light in a closet, but that same school cant afford to give kids basic supplies like spare paper, pencils, and pens and they had to make budget cuts in some areas. Thanks to that kind of experience I look at some of these wasteful projects and all i can do is think about how the money could be better spent and i can see the many ways the money is lost due to corruption and incompetence.

[@rybuds47]

​@@Info7Dayfrom Hamas

[@rongliu1182]

This is because the people lack ownership. When socialism, communism promised you equality, and diversity, you lose accountability and ownership.

[@oagengseleke9637]

As a South African living currently in Johannesburg I'm not exaggerating when I say this is just the tip of the iceberg we have a lot more social issues. The collapse is unavoidable at this stage ANC has done too much damage.

[@Truther945]

What other social issues make this worse? Do you ear for your safety daily?

[@ruangreyling2073]

​@@Truther945 Well for Johannesburg specifically illegal mining is a massive issue and it's compromising the city's infrastructure. The public healthcare system is falling apart as well as the public school system. Basically everything the government touches turns to rot. Some people try and make it a race issue but it's a tale as old as time that stretches across all races. The exact same thing happened in multiple Eastern European countries after the fall of the Soviet union. Politicians came in and promised capitalism and democracy but instead just put in place a system if cronyism which they used to enrich themselves.

[@noreply-7069]

​@@ruangreyling2073 They promise democracy but bring socialism. Also even Eastern Europe isn't as screwed as SA is. The farm kills especially are so horrible.

[@danielcarvalho4429]

@@Truther945 being in fear of violent crime is an everyday thing is SA. But you sort of get used to that. But ya, there are just feedback looks of corruption and sadly still quite a lot of racism in the older generation that just keeps pushing the country further done the this road. Eskom being a joke of a power utility definitely doesn't help things either though.

[@Sanddollar1]

It is cultural issue, but 100% of nations led by Black African governments are abject failures--that is no coincidence. African culture must radically change.@@ruangreyling2073

[@dadoody]

Can only blame the White man for so long. Gave them a golden goose and the ANC completely turned it into rot.

[@Carewolf]

Well, if they hadnt kept the black population supressed for years, they would have been better educated and better able to see through ANC corruption. You can always blame history, even if it is entirely pointless at this point.

[@yankees29]

Reading the comments here tells me much of the population is completely brainwashed into believing it’s the white mans fault….Very naive people.

[@chloetzang631]

I lived in South Africa for a couple of months 15 years ago and it was a mess then. I can imagine how it is now, it was going downhill fast then. Black corruption an incompetence managed to destroy pretty much everything. As for Zimbabwe, words fail me.....

[@almighty5839]

Yup truly heartbreaking

[@i.lungsmaras7244]

Name a part of the world outside Scandanavia that is actually not breaking apart... German infrastuctre, wods fails the Getrmans... And that's the best they have to put u in Europe... Now that we have your racism and Chinese-superiority out of the way... Where are the facts????

[@gagenott]

I'm a South African. My dad's a primary school teacher. He spent years unable to get a stable teaching position here - something this video didn't discuss is how rampant and extreme the unemployment situation has gotten throughout the country, in every industry. My mother has been stuck in a job she hates for over a decade, with no room for promotion or growth and a salary that barely puts food on the table for all of us. The unemployment situation means looking for another job has simply never been feasible. The odds of finding anything else are slim at best. My dad finally found a job offer from Malaysia and took it. There teachers are well-paid and sought-after. We saved enough that he was able to bring my teenage sister along too. The situation in this country has torn my family apart. But if he stayed, they'd just be stuck in the same trap of desperation and poverty, with never enough money to contribute towards pension/retirement. For the people who can't afford to live in secured, gated communities, have private generators/solar panels, buy purified water, etc, who don't have high-paying and secure jobs and can handle the ever-increasing cost of living, the situation seems so hopeless.

[@kamaruleffendi]

I'm a malaysian

[@minovskyparticles1834]

are you white?

[@BBFCCO733]

BLM that's why....

[@advan1832]

So sad and so true :(

[@donk3y863]

Welcome to Malaysia

[@ricequackers]

As a British software engineer, I always wondered why I met a very disproportionate number of South Africans in my line of work in the UK (including a former SA Navy engineer with a million fantastic stories about the old country). I guess this is why.

[@Sataka23clips]

The truth is Africans ruin everything. Look at Zimbabwe. If u want to fix s.a u start by removing zanu pf . Then anc

[@IK_MK]

​@@Sataka23clipsAHH yes because White and Indian _"contractors"_ are definitely not benefitting from the corrupt ANCs kickbacks 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@carlose6010]

​@@IK_MKSo as everyone is saying ANC has been the problem from the start.. fought to keep out federalism so they have even more power.

[@bestrenderings796]

The UK is on the same track demographically speaking.

[@thisisaname5589]

Imagine being a white man in a nation that doesn't care about keeping white men in power. Well, you'll find out soon, most likely.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

"Traditionally" (if you can call it a tradition), South Africans have moved to Perth. Strict currency export rules have prevented emigrants from taking their money out except *in person* and in annual chunks. So they would fly back and forth every so often to withdraw another bit of their money. I don't know if that has changed now, because I encounter more ZAians where I live. There is now a developing enclave nearby (Vic, Australia)

[@NostraFnDamus]

Went to school in Perth in the 90s. We had several teachers with thick accents and wild stories. They got out while the getting was good...

[@-f-r-]

Bitcoin? Gold coins sown into clothes as buttons, in purse with other random useless coins? Diamond rings and jewelry? If I lived in SA as a white man I’d be looking to organize with friends and family to leave ASAP and move to some new place together. Hope everyone gets out safe.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

@@-f-r- You think that if any of these were really feasible options, the thousands of South Africans who have left wouldn't be doing those? My gods, they must al l be idiots, you should open a consulting business to share your advice! Ugh, I just *love* Youtubians who come along with their "duh, simples, just do XYZ, what a bunh of maroons, lolz".

[@billybambam6058]

>large, highly educated workforce. citation NEEDED

[@DROGOC0P]

they wuz kangz n shiet, no citation needed whiteboi

[@yesiam7481]

wut u talkin bout 'sai-tay-shuns' whiteboy? we wuz down dere muhfuggin WORkIN HARD den dem evil wyt peepol came & don stoleed it all again. .... shiiiiiiiieeeeeet bruh now souf afrika be fuuuuuuuuuckeddd upp

[@Ritesh-yy1zr]

Unfortunately the unskilled took over the skilled

[@jfkst1]

The whites were.

[@BobfromSydney]

The ANC is the real load that South Africa needs to shed. It's a shame they have not policed their own internal corruption.

[@Shinkajo]

I think the ANC is working as intended. What incentive do they have to fix anything if they're making money off the corruption?

[@angrydragonslayer]

@@Shinkajo oh right, mandela was a marxist this makes way too much sense now

[@resphantom]

@@Shinkajo When the money starts leaving the country. Unlike most African countries, South Africans have the privilege of an education, even though that is going backwards very quickly. Hopefully they have enough of an education to see that bad service delivery means bad government.

[@christopher9727]

No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@darmaw22]

No party polices its own internal corruption unless external mechanisms force them to do so: an independent justice system, media, other parties, etc., namely checks and balances.

[@PietSkiet-nf7jl]

I grew up in South Africa. The reason for the collapse and immanent implosion of South Africa is the corrupt ANC. The energy problem is just one of many.

[@LostInMarxism]

The South African collapse is and always has been a matter of evolution. Some races are not as intelligent as others.

[@harrykuheim6107]

How many New Cars, Jewelry, Mansions, and Drugs did the ANC buy...The same thing is happening in Chicago with Black Lies Matter.

[@christineshotton824]

The ANC was a Soviet funded and Cuban supported communist revolutionary group. Every communist regime in history has resulted in misery for its people. It was folly to believe ANC would be any better.

[@KDean22]

MOSTLY LOW INTELLIGENCE

[@KDean22]

MARCHING BACKWARDS

[@thorsvenson3530]

This was fascinating. Thank you.

[@itsvmmc]

This is insane. I remember when South Africa was around the same level economically as most post-Soviet countries. But now many post-Soviet countries are growing steadily, while South Africa seems to go backwards.

[@i.lungsmaras7244]

When was this...because as far as we, SOUTH AFRICANS, know and if we're honest, nothing was developed during apartheid except a few white towns... TRUTH...so at which point in time are you taliing about???????

[@itsvmmc]

@@i.lungsmaras7244 South Africa is one of the richest countries in Africa (if not THE richest) when it comes to GDP per capita and other metrics. This has been the case for at least the past few decades

[@i.lungsmaras7244]

@@itsvmmc Well!! The DRC, Equitorial Guinea and Argentina have some of the bet looking metrics for for economic stats... EG is the wold's fastest growing economy and richest nation (go look at the Wold Bank GDP stats & per capita numbers), but they don't have tar roads, schools, running water and most families get-by on less than $2 per day, the less said about the DRC. And Argentina just defaulted on their international loans, the currency is worthless and most people go to bed hungry - but their GDP numbers are something elswe... Same with South Africa for the last 80-90 yeas... The WHOLE WESTERN WORLD had a term for the vast majority of South Africa's white people... WHITE POVERTY!!! Ask your white grand paents what life was like before 1994, they'll tell you most white people were barely getting-by... I always say white people should vote ANC and native people should vote for anyone but the ANC... WHite people in SA never had it so good. and the native population only gained no longer having the colour-bar, nothing else... Now bring facts...not stats becaue as you know they say "There's lies, Damned lies ans STATISTICS"...

[@i.lungsmaras7244]

@@itsvmmc PS: Which point in time are you talking about... we can just look online at all sorts of historic evidence... such as percentage of raods paved, number of households with running water and electric power, and all sorts of other "REAL" socio-economic metrics, not statistics... SO go on and tell us... AT WHICH POINT WAS SOUTH AFRICA DEVELOPED BEYOND 8% of current infrastructure and AT WHICH POINT WAS THERE INDUSTRY BEYOND the PWV AREA, RICHARD'S BAY, UITENHAGE and THE SO-CALLED RAILWAY TOWNS... GO on, tell us!!!

[@TheBfutgreg]

@@itsvmmc Uneven development, probably due to all of....you know, its history and shit Proper sustainable growth can't occur overnight with a divided populace

[@FlyWithMe_666]

I’m European and worked in South Africa (Joburg/Sandton) in the financial sector for 2 years. I was surprised and impressed by the extremely high professional standards and technical expertise of my South African colleagues. Now, 7 years after my return to Europe, it makes a little sad to see the LinkedIn profiles of so many of my former colleagues, where the vast majority now works in Australia, Ireland or England. They have (had?) so much potential as a nation, but just had the ANC ruin it all. Once the smart ones start leaving, it may be a downward spiral.

[@nobodynoone2500]

Yup. Everyone competent leaves.

[@vik914]

We were once a first world country.

[@QuestionsIAskMyself]

Wow this is comment is so weird

[@seneca983]

@@QuestionsIAskMyself What's so weird about it?

[@patpending8134]

@@seneca983 Nothing. KZbin is awash with idiots posting comments.

[@Djungelurban]

South Africa is just about the the most stunning display of self-sabotage that I can remember ever happening.

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

You’ve never heard of Zimbabwe?

[@emptylungs]

Or Haiti?

[@silverhost9782]

Wonder what the connecting factor is between the 3 countries listed above?🧐

[@lucasglowacki4683]

@@silverhost9782again…people who lived like cave men a generation or two ago can’t be expected to run a country… no matter what the race, they just happen to be THAT race🤷🏻‍♂️

[@paulcoleman5512]

​@@silverhost9782Ssshhh don't mention the obvious.

[@Dayne27]

I'm a South African, currently living here. Yes our situation isn't great, but I don't plan on leaving, I'm not giving up on this country. You fellow South Africans that left, you may have your house in a country with far few problems that South Africa, but where is your home? If I have to go through tough times just to see light in this country once again, so be it.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

South Africans : You have freed us! ANC : Oh I wouldn’t say freed more like under new management

[@telcobilly]

I moved to SA as a kid from the US in 1968 and returned to the US in '79. Agood amount of my friends have left the country. AC - Alternating Current DC - Direct Current ANC - Absolutely No Current

[@telcobilly]

@@Scalwag4087 your profound comment brings so much to the table! I still have family and friends there, so your crystal ball about other people's lives might need a little Windex. This is a public forum, so I'll move along when I'm good and ready..

[@stacyliddell5038]

I'm a South African who has emigrated with no intention of ever moving back and I'm not alone. It's sad to watch the destruction of a nation with such huge potential. Corruption all the way down.

[@goldenretriever6261]

I have a SA friend here in Canada. He left in the 90s and has never gone back.

[@Georgi_Slavov79]

Where did you go?

[@ajc-ff5cm]

South Africa was supposed to be Africa's lightning rod, showing the continent how to move beyond and integrate with its colonial past. Sadly, corruption, theft, blame, mismanagement, and any attempt to fix it is blamed as regression to apartheid. It's a shame.

[@occamraiser]

There are so few corruption-free nations in Africa - but surely those are the model for the rest.

[@user_4046]

@@ajc-ff5cm Which version of South Africa was the model for Africa? Are you talking about the Apartheid South Africa or the current South Africa? I don't see a model in either.

[@matshagstrom9839]

The European culture has its flaws but European values does have some pretty strong advantages. How can one continent with soooo many resources made up of 54 countries fail in almost every single country. There is the one single obvious variable that is unmentionable. Haiti/DR is also a very interesting case study

[@MayaMaya-tj7kw]

Dominican republic isn't white, it leans more into its amerindian values. Places like Zambia are boasted as the silicon valley of africa mostly because they have no resources Europeans want

[@familhagaudir8561]

Demographics is destiny. Someone telling you otherwise is lying to you, because the truth is "offensive".

[@AbsentMinded619]

Racists think their Whiteness makes them prosperous, but Western Europe was irrelevant for most of history. It’s Christianity, not White genetics, that made the West so successful and progressive, especially after the Reformation. And with the West becoming post-Christian, the playing field is evening out rapidly. We never had any reason to boast in ourselves.

[@cebolenkosingcobo5122]

We have something called "ubuntu" in Zulu culture it means being respectful to others regardless of race or beliefs this concept existed years before Europeans first came onto South African soil.

[@hydoffdhagaweyne1037]

​@@cebolenkosingcobo5122 hhhh, your comment is hilarious dude, even ants have values like that. The thing is, does your value match your behaviour. Probably not.

[@prima6170]

There's a lot more to the story that needs to be told, and acknowledged.

[@Tom-yu9if]

It is such a mess. I’m from New Zealand and my neighbour moved here from South Africa 10 years ago. They had a massive ranch but one day their barn was burnt down. The arsons then went to their house with guns and told them they were taking it over. They had to surrender everything and the next week they called it quits and jumped on a plane. It’s crazy to think it has only got worse since then

[@SA_PASF]

Stop spreading fake news

[@brianw3415]

​@@SA_PASFKeep your blinders on yourself.

[@DavidWestwater-vq6qy]

People will try to tell you that that's reparations the thing is though that that ranch will now be fallow. It will produce nothing and it will go back to the wild said it was when you first found. Naturally they will be left food sent into the cities and the food prices will rise

[@humanbeing2730]

based

[@angrydragonslayer]

@@SA_PASF please explain how it's fake news, i have lost several friends in similar scenarios where the perpetrators decided to just shoot instead.

[@egregiousdave]

I spent three months in South Africa, seeing the whole country as a backpacker in 2002. People kept telling me it would be another Zimbabwe in 20 years. I wouldn't dream of going back - which is sad, as it's one of the world's most beautiful countries.

[@eisbeinGermany]

and to think the rest of the world is guilty of it happening by putting so much pressure on the regime with the anti-apartheid movement that they gave in, now today all the countries call it a 3rd world country, it was close to developing an atomic bomb that is how advanced the country was, ,was even building their own fighter jets and tanks and armored cars, and the helicopter of which other countries started to buy, not to speak of the R4/R5 rifles and the G5 canon which ranges was enormous, to think of its mineral wealth, gold copper coal tin aluminium platinum diamonds, not to speak about all the fruit it has, no fruit gets imported, the wine farms are the best,

[@carlosmango2341]

zim is safer to back pack .

[@eisbeinGermany]

Stay far away from South Africa 🌍🌍🌍

[@carlosmango2341]

we left years ago. even bulgaria on a bad day is better and normal. s a is a marxist zhit hol banana republic @@eisbeinGermany

[@dayneclark140]

Let it go back to a third world country mandala did not do them any favors they can't run a country they get what they vote for

[@gtxchufxvj]

We saw this coming in 1994 and we see what's still coming. From bad to worse.

[@ksteenkamp2466]

Good documentary. I moved back to South Africa 20 years ago after a 5 year work visa in Europe. Am I glad I did? Hell yes. Does this country have big problems? Sure. The last time I checked, we are still a democracy. The nation is more and more informed on the problems of the country and their cause. There is an election coming in 7 weeks time on May 29th, 2024. Let the people of South Africa determine their own destiny.

[@mike-ot4ux]

I have gotten so used to it that i didn't realise the irony that im watching this in loadshedding right now

[@africantraveler7004]

Same here!!! Giant generator humming in the background. How tragic

[@HyperRosee]

I'm currently in NYC with my parents and we go back to ZA in 4 years or so,I don't want to go back now that I remember how bad the country is at the moment and I'm only 13

[@ricardozk]

I'm laughing because it's the same thing for me. 😂

[@aiodensghost8645]

I'm watching this whilst camping, having charged the phone off the solar panel on the camper. I feel for all of you though... not having access to consistent power and having to rely on a generator half the time, all the time gets old

[@aiodensghost8645]

​@@ricardozkhey, sometimes laughing when you're angry or frustrated is the BEST thing to do

[@ValiantValium]

It's almost as if the ANC proceeded to use it's newfound power to enrich itself and its friends, rather than actually work for the benefit of the country. Curious.

[@ravanpee1325]

Tribalism and corruption is part of the system in Africa

[@itsorcacraft9037]

@@thecatat7 what really? A country with every second headline being about corruption being corrupt. Can't be

[@devondeswardt6239]

That is exactly what happened. Pretty much from day 1

[@andrewhooper7603]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[@DawryMike]

Welcome to liberal capitalism

[@CameronBodenham]

the only place with service delivery is the western cape there is still townships, but DA does not control those parts and the parts they do sometimes steal the resources for selling it to recycle centers.

[@edjohn4590]

Left that hell hole 6 years ago… what a ses pool…

[@thisismetoday]

I’ve just come back from SA. It was the first visit in my life. I was shocked by the level of crime, the lack of freedom to just walk around after the sun sets, the amount of places you cannot go into without being killed, and the absolute acceptance of this as the status quo by the general population. I was relieved being on the place back to Europe. I wish it would’ve been differently

[@kria9119]

It was already like that in 2016, when I visited, but I cannot imagine just how much more intense it is right now. I remember landing in Frankfurt and just..breathing a sigh of relief. I could once again walk in the street without the fear of horrible crime. A truse shame

[@chrisvldz]

I had a great time in Cape Town and Johannesburg, danced at night, safari, amazing museums, food, so much more culture than any Eurotrip people do over and over and over again.

[@chrisvldz]

​@@kria9119doesn't Frankfurt have horrendous drug abuse and prostitution around the main train station. Food in Germany is horrible

[@MarquisVonLion]

" the lack of freedom to just walk around after the sun sets," hahaha! sounds like France in the present state :

[@frankez1975]

It’s the same in Chicago…..or any Democrat city

[@Jin-Ro]

I work for one of the biggest Corporations in the world with a presence in SA. We employ thousands there in two locations. We're almost certainly going to close them and relocate them to the Middle East and UK. The constant thefts of copper which takes down the network in the area, the load shedding, the pilfering by staff is unsustainable. We're not the only Corp that is leaving or considering it. SA is a failed State, and there's no getting around that fact.

[@AHD2105]

Sounds like NY and other cities in the US 🤣😅

[@somapersona]

​@@AHD2105wonder what they have in common

[@AHD2105]

@@somapersona Resentment.

[@svencoles8071]

Reality... believe me

[@occamraiser]

And S.A. will be bought up by russia for it's vote in the UN.

[@rhuonaChanel]

Great video, i hope you could do a similar one on Nigeria. Inflation rates have been crazy, and the currency has devalued at an astonishing rate.

[@mururoa7024]

Energy competition doesn't work. In Europe every country where production, transport and distribution has been split up to foster competition, the prices have constantly increased over the past decade. While the countries where energy is nationalized (e.g. France) the prices have been kept under control.

[@fact6360]

As a German, I lived in SA for 6 years. Spot on. The self destruction is insane

[@fredshred5194]

hahahahaha, coming from a German and the current state of affairs in Germany and your insane political leaders I'd say Germany and RSA very similar . Trying to ban political parties that you don't like ADF, scrapping nuclear energy plants and then letting Joes Biden blow up gas pipe lines providing cheap gas as it competes with US gas , and supporting a corrupt Nazi regime in Ukraine with funds and arms. mmmmm a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

[@distinkt88]

it is a self destruction. whites come, bring serious civilization and prosperity, they get docile, allow blacks to have power, and in a few decades everything crumbles. goes to show what happens when blacks rule a nation.

[@VladVlad-ul1io]

May I ask why do you live there?

[@fact6360]

@@VladVlad-ul1io my dad worked there. I was just a kid back in 2010

[@drawingdead9025]

And 100% predicted.

[@Biloxiblues77]

I left SA for good in 2007. The writing was on the wall. I still hope that one day my kids can maybe return but that also seems more and more unlikely. We haven't got much here in Spain but peace of mind is just priceless.

[@orionxtc1119]

Spain has allowed millions of Africans in.,...

[@eisbeinGermany]

and to think the rest of the world is guilty of it happening by putting so much pressure on the regime with the anti-apartheid movement that they gave in, now today all the countries call it a 3rd world country, it was close to developing an atomic bomb that is how advanced the country was, ,was even building their own fighter jets and tanks and armored cars, and the helicopter of which other countries started to buy, not to speak of the R4/R5 rifles and the G5 canon which ranges was enormous, to think of its mineral wealth, gold copper coal tin aluminium platinum diamonds,

[@carlosmango2341]

spain we left . but s a we gladly left years ago. Gibraltar is a tax free zone for many things .

[@drivenmad7676]

Africa is exactly how i expect it to be. A shit show.

[@antman2826]

Good move mate. Very sad. But you're right. Peace and stability is firm ground to move forward on. Being murdered by a bunch of african thugs doesn't sound like a good way to go.

[@johnwiebe4293]

I know so many people that immigrated to the U.S. from South Africa. The situation could have been easily avoided if corruption wasn't such a big problem.

[@familhagaudir8561]

South Africa simply transitioned to a rule under a population that dosen't know how it would have felt if it didn't have breakfest that morning.

[@saraho92]

Not so long ago, my father was speaking to a South African man who had moved to Ireland with his family. When asked what the main difference in life here was, he simply said it was the fact that his children could walk to school each day unaccompanied and without the threat of violence. It is such a shame. It is an absolutely breathtakingly beautiful country and anyone I know who has visited has been completely blown away by the stunning landscapes and kind, welcoming people. Devastating to see the country and her people in crisis.

[@Byrzzaa]

It's just so difficult to understand here in Europe (for the most part) that a child couldn't walk to school across a city center or across any possible area/neighbourhood. For a person like me who has lived whole life in Finland, it's truly unbeliavable but sad above all for sure. On average, the prevelance of crime have reduced around the world and the world is a safer place on average but the fact that globally there are countries that are going to worse direction, some with an alarming pace is just freakin depressing.

[@TheCatLady65]

Typical racist white

[@kukasr]

@@TheCatLady65 Commie murderer. Pay for Yalta.

[@andyvirus2300]

Don’t worry thank to exactly what he did, things will change ! South Africa won’t be in a better place, it’s just that Europe will follow.

[@peterflohr7827]

Time and again I read about the "kind, welcoming" people. Those kind, welcoming people keep voting the wrong party.

[@leagueofotters2774]

"Gosh, we didn't see this coming" -said nobody, ever..

[@carterthiessen2664]

Ian Smith predicted everything in the 70s

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

South Africa Abroad: Were kind of cool, at home:

[@canadianlumberjack7642]

*sips coffee with lights on and shrugs, zero concerns here*

[@jakes9711]

I moved back to South-Africa in 2020 hoping that I can contribute in its development, but it's a lost cause and has lead me to the conclusion that the country must burn down as we do with grass during the winter. I will leave the country permanently next year but will always have the memories of my youth to get me through the difficult times.

[@lethunkosi7601]

I think we can agree that most South Africans have the desire or maybe the idea to leave, but I think to have emigration as an option is for the few - might even say it's a privilege that the average citizen does not have...All the best!

[@user-kk4lw4mr6i]

​@@lethunkosi7601well said yster

[@kafkamatt]

Exactly, why they have to burn all the grasslands down is just crazy. During winter in Gauteng the air quality is so bad you can hardly breathe. And then in Cape Town it's the same in summer when there's no wind. Eish...

[@n30a]

Everyone who can leave, left or is leaving.

[@TheSterlingArcher16]

South Africa is just returning to its natural state. Within 50 years the population will be back to living in grass huts like it was for thousands of years.

[@AmeenRidwan]

What's even more depressing about my country, Nigeria, is that at least in South Africa, with all the corruption and incompetence, they at least gave the data to be able to study and understand what's wrong. In Nigeria we don't. Basically every form of data collection accessible to the public is ridiculously unreliable. SA's eskom releases schedules of when they'll cut power. Nigeria's nepa doesn't even bother

[@RC-rg3vz]

Lemme give you a glimpse of the data. Corruption Citizens wont start a civil war for democracy

[@millenniavisaspecialistskenya]

You guys can move to Kenya 🇰🇪 🚚💪😊.

[@castorchua]

@@millenniavisaspecialistskenya Kenya sounds good! Keep everyone on the continent at least!

[@SuperAnimeking100]

​​@@millenniavisaspecialistskenyaI hear Rwanda is the big one to follow as the next rapidly growing economy world wide

[@koryhardy9594]

I fear Nigeria is headed for a long time of stagnation n possible decline in economics at the rate it’s being managed, you said it all, basically everything is manipulated and lots of unreliable data. I fear for my country because no one says anything, instead we’re blinded by tribalism n ignorance, why corruption has always had a good hold in Nigeria, years of progress slowly eroding away in just a few years… I’m only 23, any Nigerian can confirm the drastic changes on the cost of living in the country over the last 20 years, one of the lowest life expectancy in the world despite being one of the biggest African economies. Pray for Nigeria, we’ll need it for th coming years

[@LeahInTheWild]

I hope a miracle comes soon, I'm from Pretoria but I'm in America right now just to have a place to get out if south Africa goes into the dump, never in my life I thought this would ever happen (i am still young)

[@paulvanniekerk3351]

Hope you'll come back to Pretoria some day. If not, be blessed in your bew home.

[@weekendnomads7160]

Didn't see this coming.

[@hughjass1044]

I lived is a small rural town in central Alberta, Canada for a few years in the late 2000s. In Alberta's wild west, boom-&-bust, oil driven economy, it's not unusual to see large numbers of people from outside the province coming there to work; people from other parts of Canada mostly but also plenty from other countries too. Lots of money to be made in the boom cycles. But I did find it peculiar to see such a high number of South Africans in such a small town. At one point, I counted 3 doctors, 2 lawyers, 1 dentist, 1 civil engineer and 1 geologist and those were only the ones I knew about. I asked one of the doctors at the clinic one day (who was black, BTW) and he asked me if I'd ever heard tell of a place called Zimbabwe. I said I had and he further asked me if I knew its story. I replied that I knew the broad strokes but not the finer details. He said that Zimbabwe used to be one of the wealthiest countries in all of Africa. Horribly racist yes, but still wealthy. He then said that South Africa was following in exactly the same footsteps as Zimbabwe did and would soon suffer the exact same fate and anyone with anything at all to offer; wealth, talent, whatever, was getting the hell out and going wherever they could. He said that he figured the country had about 20 years before it collapsed entirely. He's proving to have been pretty accurate.

[@Yuenpl]

Did he say WHY Zimbabwe declined? Just wondering.

[@splashafrica]

I'm q south african who grew up on Zimbabwe border now in my 30s I'm familiar with both countries stories comparing SA with Zim is something we did all my life at 1st the comparison seemed alarmist although we agreed on the decline this was prior to the world Cup ultimately the country does slip but its slipping in a very different way the comparison is lazy south africa has much more to deal with Zimbabwe simply needs to fall in line with global financial regulations qnd the world will rebuild it but south africa needs to retune every single sector everything is stresses from utility to skills available to competency to skills transfer where tr labour force is available and willing south africa is also massive its one of the biggest countries both in perms of population and landmass so it will take the world's combined effort to fix her up

[@JohnFromAccounting]

@@Yuenpl The evil and oppressive Mugabe dictatorship, which made incompetent decision after incompetent decision.

[@growlith6969]

​@@Yuenplthe quiet part out loud is that there were highly productive white people in SA, reverse racism started to take place and they were replaced in their roles or outright intimidated into leaving by people who were less productive. The whole country had a large net outflow of these productive people and everything from wealth to talent simply evaporated, leaving a power vacuum filled by corrupt and incompetent leadership and workers. If you are wondering why there is a giant gaping hole in the "but why" part of this video, it's because nobody wants to come out and say that apartheid crowd might have been cruel, but they were efficient.

[@infinityslibrarian5969]

​@@growlith6969black people say that the apartheid goverment was more efficient all the time. They are well aware of it. Most of them lived through it. Which is also why they're so angry at the wealth inequality and created reverse racism. Personally I'm happy that we don't have as many SJW's here, as they'd just keep pocking healing wounds and make everything worse.

[@taidee]

I'm a black South African and appreciate how you have reported on this. It's neutral in opinion just abased on facts. I would dance my aging body half the day if ANC could finally be voted out, not just to see another party in place, but rather to see a democracy in action. They are no longer afraid of being caught out on a scandal, in a democratic society getting found out is supposed to cause fear as it should mean the impeding loss of your job but not with our politicians.

[@jandejong2430]

What you need is meritocracy. Difficult to regain once it's lost.

[@lungalunga1470]

The solution is simple we need elect a white party and let whites do as they please white everything will be fine

[@fransdebruijn6763]

@@jandejong2430 Its easy to vote them out but to be replaced by what ?

[@dirttracker7376]

The a&c has never, nor will ever, have any sense of shame. They are oblivious to it, how else can they (openly) do such evil?

[@crose7412]

@@fransdebruijn6763 The DA.

[@naverno]

Even Dave Chapelle ran away.

[@wallacepienaar8015]

A well balanced & well presented report

[@jpaulc441]

I remember in the early 90's, my school in the UK started getting an intake of white South African kids whose parents chose to emigrate instead of staying in SA. One of their parents was friends with my mum and she said that while she loved South Africa and hoped the post-apartheid country would be successful, she didn't want to risk the future of her children so she felt she had to emigrate. I think she made the right decision.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Same in the 2000s in Australia. We had a lot of Saffers in school and their stories were wild.

[@Toefoo100]

Hopefully her grandchildren won't have to experience what she did in the UK. At the current path they might

[@CB-so8xd]

@@Toefoo100 Can't run forever.

[@f3cktrackingmydata770]

this is gona produce some nasty conflict all western nations have heavy immigration from people who resent us. I dont know how or when but within a few decades possibly much sooner a lot of people are gona suffer over this

[@keepitsharp7231]

Yep, I'm one of them.

[@huascar66]

The ANC has absolutely destroyed South Africa. They simply cannot govern. There was so much hope at the beginning, but the ANC corrupted that. It is a shame.

[@tyrone9953]

The country was destroyed long before the ANC, do you not know history?

[@NearQuasar]

They didn’t destroy South Africa; the economy hasn’t collapsed despite all the shit the ANC lets it endure.

[@camerondunn4620]

Like the bible says man can't rule over man. Corruption is everywhere

[@advan1832]

@@NearQuasar matter of time.

[@ninab.4540]

​@@NearQuasarAt some point, after 29 years of governance yes. It's their fault. And no one else's.

[@bicuriousgeorge1649]

the bellcurve

[@ivanbeach1665]

Yep. Neurological deficits due to twelve thousand years of speciation in a very savage environment.

[@reaux3921]

Racist

[@ivanbeach1665]

@@reaux3921 'Race', an informal rank in the taxonomic hierarchy, below the level of subspecies that has been used as a higher rank than strain, with several strains making up one race? Or 'race', a genetically distinct phenotypic population of interbreeding individuals within the same species? Asking for the kids.

[@Masicka4Dem]

​@ivanbeach1665 that's very interesting, this explains why white british people are the most uneducated in Britain, I was so confused at first but the genetic explanation makes sense now.

[@charlesmckenzie5250]

Name just 1. nation, country, province, state, city or town that has been improved when this happens.

[@UnfunnyDaffenDales98775]

Cape towns white communities

[@BurningMad]

Singapore. Mauritius. Bangladesh. All three places improved when they stopped being exploited by others.

[@juannaym8488]

Namibia Botswana Some black lead communities in the 30s-50s in the US Some West African nations are on a pretty good track, like Ghana When you look at the histories of every nation that "this" happened to, you will very soon see that the reasons are a little more complex

[@The_Reality_Filter]

@@juannaym8488 Like Ghana hey? This Ghana? Violent crime has been on the rise since 2018 when record started. This includes murder and non-negligent manslaughter, sexual assault, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. Reported violent crimes increased by 40.8% from 2020 to 2021. Deaths associated with violent crimes also increased by 53.7%. In Figure 2 below the top three violent crimes reported in 2021 were murder/manslaughter, armed robber and aggravated assaults.

[@user-dl2iy5yv2k]

I can name one at the bottom of every demographic scale. Every demographic scale every time. Worldwide. That much I can do

[@pandoraalberts5267]

I am old now. I am not going anywhere, my bones will lie in South Africa. But like almost ALL of my friends, our children and grandchildren have left for other more civilized countries. It's very sad to live on in a country that is lost, but our families are lost too.

[@CoachmanHater]

I hope you don't get butchered in your own home❤

[@pandoraalberts5267]

@@CoachmanHater Thank you! 🙏❤️ Me too. My more immediate concern is caring for my husband, who has dementia, and my rescue dogs. Veterinary care has become unaffordable, and there is much needless suffering.

[@ow_su]

​@@pandoraalberts5267I don't think that was meant to be nice

[@CoachmanHater]

@@ow_su it absolutely was meant to be nice I feel deeply for the violently oppressed minority of South Africa. Self hating retards who make videos like this should be forced to live a year in johan

[@pandoraalberts5267]

@@ow_su Social media is hard for oldies. I hope you are wrong, but...live and let live. It takes extra energy to assume hatred where there may be none. 🌞

[@bryonslatten3147]

American here. I hired two South Africans last year to work on my house. They left their families' East Cape farms due to the impending collapse of SA. Both expressed great sadness at the loss of their way of life and having to travel the world for work. Their stories support everything I read here.

[@eisbeinGermany]

and to think the rest of the world is guilty of it happening by putting so much pressure on the regime with the anti-apartheid movement that they gave in, now today all the countries call it a 3rd world country, it was close to developing an atomic bomb that is how advanced the country was, ,was even building their own fighter jets and tanks and armored cars, and the helicopter of which other countries started to buy, not to speak of the R4/R5 rifles and the G5 canon which ranges was enormous, to think of its mineral wealth, gold copper coal tin aluminium platinum diamonds,

[@shaneryan7622]

The amount of South Africans now coming to Ireland will tell you all you need to know about South Africa to be honest..

[@annacarter6559]

10:45 look how wastefully those water cans were being filled

[@Ukie88]

One can tell a country’s well being by how many bars it has on its windows.

[@ricksmith4736]

LIke the blue cities in America.....

[@coraltown1]

@@ricksmith4736 horse 💩 from trump 🤡

[@katlegomoatshe1312]

Like the slums in London

[@goodbarbenie5477]

With one exception my Mon Ami...I have also have one more😮 bar inside my house it's where I enjoy a few drinks in safety...😊😅😂...

[@european-one]

​@@katlegomoatshe1312 where tf in London did you go?

[@Aw3some98]

As a South African, I had the privilege to move abroad back in 2018 and I can say its so sad to leave the country I once loved behind, but there is no longer a point to ever go back due to the shear amount of Loadshedding and danger just commuting around the city. I feel like we need a new government who has their eye on the prize and can bring everyone together to work towards a common goal and ensure long lasting success in our nation. Thank you Sam for bringing attention to this issue, as I feel like its needs to be addressed internationally more if we have any hope of fixing South Africa’s shortcomings.

[@badhabits1965]

you need a government that isn't violent communists, and isn't elected by black majority who are ignorant savages

[@theloniuspunk383]

delusional

[@RealFreak69]

Let me guess, you didn't really pay attention to what he was saying, as one of the things that he pointed out in the video is that people like you that left this country instead of trying to help build it up, is part of the death spiral. SMH.

[@heavenbaron4108]

@@RealFreak69 Why would anyone sacrifice their wellbeing and safety when they can choose not to? You can say its cowardly and not patriotic, but when it comes to living a comfortable life, or living in fear every day, its pretty obvious which people will choose.

[@hicknopunk]

​@@heavenbaron4108Safety is an illusion if you do not maintain it personally.

[@alcopersino7855]

Hell on earth, just like the rest of the continent. Why is this a surprise to anyone?

[@user-jq1ss9qd6e]

Loved your video, could you do Mozambique next please

[@ThinkTankTheory]

I'm a south African with a German passport, and because of how bad the economy is here, I can't make enough money to emigrate. I'm literally trapped in South Africa, by South Africa, and have no means of escape. I'm watching my country collapse around me and there's nothing I can do about it.

[@cornballmcgoo7174]

The grownups need to retake control of the country

[@kafkaesqueee]

Me too...

[@lungalunga1470]

😂😅imagine your entire lineage being from here and no European passport

[@f3cktrackingmydata770]

only immigrants allowed no white people allowed to moved back to europe

[@laveritaforza108]

You actually have a European passport. Look at other options ( countries) in Europe. Germany is one of the most expensive and the quality of life is rather poor.

[@destinbenade7055]

As a South African we predict this state of arrairs more than 30 years ago but the rest of the world knew "better" and now everyone is shocked

[@biltong5]

In truth, the world really didn't...doesn't...care. A brutal realization.

[@jwhiskey242]

Well, anyone that wasnt worshipping at the racial equality alter knew better. What surprises me is that how many simple-minded white South Africans supported the changes.

[@biltong5]

@@jwhiskey242 The only 'simple-minded' folks here are the obvious, oblivious racists.

[@Banzai29020]

You're completely right. The meddling do gooders can now see what their moronic ideas have done to this country. I have a much stronger word for this than naivety.. Once the ANC took over and Mandela died, it was always going to go into rapid decline with massive rates of corruption... and ignorance.

[@roundedges2]

@@biltong5 If the world tried to do at say anything it would be called interference. It is up to SA to fix SA not world

[@shalashaska5851]

Is anyone surprised by this? When left to their own devices…..

[@Anomic-mo9ji]

The South African government profits from crime. When people replace their stolen goods through insurance or personal finances the government gets a hefty 15% of the retail cost. When a person passes on from a violent crime the value of their estate above roughly $180,000 USD is taxes progressively higher starting at 20%. The biggest beneficiary of crime in South Africa just may be the government, where is their incentive to stop crime?

[@Infindibulator1]

I’m a South African now living in Canada, IMO this is a fairly broad overview of the most visible systemic issues plaguing my home country. The root causes however are complex and deep. Corruption, incompetence and poor stewardship has brought the country to its knees. It is heartbreaking to see so much potential being frittered away.

[@nevrrcared1600]

They’ve impacted the world

[@martinsmolik2449]

still, 23 minute videos can't usually do more than the broad overview - especially if they can't assume that the viewer knows the basic context.

[@tubester4567]

There was wholesale robbery of funds by officials. Government and power officials took out multi-million dollar loans from Europe and World Bank to upgrade the power grid, then they stole all that loan money for themselves and they let the power grid collapse.. It was fraud on a massive scale. State sponsored fraud. Corruption is rife across Africa..

[@FeintMotion]

@@davidlightman9551 boer posting

[@lukeperry8271]

@FeintMotion​ is he wrong? And if he is how? Instead of pointing out his background why not create a better argument

[@SocratesAth]

People have been voting for the ANC about twenty years longer than they should have.

[@goodfes]

Absolutely, anywhere in the democratic world and a political party stays in power for 30 years, no wonder it is a mess. Very sad to see the decline.

[@clown134]

and been allowing rich investors to control everything

[@pieterniemandt1098]

​@@clown134You wanna chase the rich investors away? Communism never worked anywhere.

[@RazorsharpLT]

Uh. No Singapore? @@goodfes

[@joetrump2983]

@@RazorsharpLT Singapore? Nice joke, look at the political crisis they having in june when dozens of MPs resigned and their ruling party is facing a succession crisis.

[@daveerickson9524]

Soon as you here this guys tone of voice you know what you are going to hear.

[@wfowler5]

this is no surprise. what did you expect?

[@user-ev6js7sk8v]

My mother vacationed in Jamaica in the late 50's, so I grew up looking at her travel pictures. When I saw it for real in 2010 I was shocked at the conditions. I did some research and found out that when the Jamaicans kicked out the British and Chinese they quickly discovered just how difficult it is managing an agriculture based economy that requires lots of knowledge and experience. Jamaica is in even worse condition today.

[@Raven72]

But they smoke pot like there’s no tomorrow.

[@helloworld7818]

Ignorance exists. The reason the best universities are selecting people, it's because they're teaching.

[@EstherGodia]

So sad condition

[@redfred452]

south Africa was destroyed when the black people took over, they are incompetent and need to beg the white people to come back and rule them again, so south Africa can become happy and healthy again !!!

[@VelkePivo]

The average IQin Jamaica is 75. Hard not to see it as hopeless

[@jasonx4590]

I’m an American who has always been intrigued with South Africa. Sounds like the ANC is incompetent and not fit to run the country. There is a lot of potential in South Africa they just need the right leadership.

[@OmphileCedrick]

Exactly that. We’re having elections next year and it looks like the ANC might finally be unseated.

[@soakupthesunman]

They had the right leadership

[@OmphileCedrick]

@@soakupthesunmanfor a small portion of the population.

[@chendaforest]

Absolutely true, South Africa could be a paradise with competent leadership.

[@Endwankery]

@@OmphileCedrickIt’s better to be at the bottom of a functional society then the top of a broken one

[@yolandavanhollstein8438]

they knew about the problems with Electricity and the non maintenance of power stations since 1987 and did NOTHING. Were allocated funds and SQUANDERED IT !!

[@stevenleslie8557]

It was predicted over 30 years ago.

[@noodengr3three825]

My first visit to South Africa was in Feb 2013. Capetown and points northward. I was charmed by the city and explored it without fear, solo. I returned in January 2020 and after a 10 day safari in Kruger we ended up in Durban. EVERY person I talked to from our guide to my Uber driver and Airbnb host cautioned me about safety. I had very uncomfortable 3 days. At the airport to fly home I talked to a local couple. I mentioned how unsafe I had felt compared to Cape Town 7 years before. Their comment " you would feel as unsafe in Cape Town now". A very sad thing to hear in such a lovely country.

[@barrettoliver1986]

Durban is a dump. I live on the outskirts of Durban. The municipality here is largely the ANC. Cape town is run by the DA (Democratic Alliance). That party has problems of its own, but they are the reason why Cape town is not a dump.

[@magnusgranskau7487]

cape town did feel safe when i was there last autumn, but johannesburg was the least safe place ive ever been. zimbabwe kinda looked unsafe but wasnt in comparison

[@senianns9522]

I worked in Capetown in the early to mid 70's. Law and order was good, the place was safe and I had no issues at all. So sad the country has lost all that!

[@LDNpat]

To be completely honest, I visited Cape Town in February this year and felt so safe. I was walking around by myself everywhere with no issue whatsoever in different parts of the city.

[@noodengr3three825]

@@LDNpat great to hear. I am glad you got to enjoy it

[@TimeBucks]

This is heartbreaking and completely avoidable

[@MdSameerali-dw6in]

👍

[@ItoroOkon-em7yi]

👍

[@zubairaslam402]

👍

[@user-om1tu8ur3m]

Good

[@TimePass-xj9kw]

Nice

[@user-tf8vh8uw9f]

Interesting how black majority rule always leads to the same conditions, whether it be in Haiti, Zimbabwe, South Africa or even cities like Baltimore.

[@veryexcellentniceguy9641]

It's fascinating to see how wealthy South Africans are essentially creating a parallel society by privatizing the typically public services because of how bad the ANC has proven to be at basic functions of government

[@wihanuys]

In 1990, Eskom was the biggest producer of electricity in Africa, it was not built to service the white minority, it was built for a growing country, and with a lack of maintenance and corruption, the current government made it fall apart

[@sugabelie8881]

Yeah I went to South Africa last last year, and I was very surprised that we will have power shortages

[@nsh1980gmail]

Can’t miss a single opportunity to suggest racism as the cause of everything

[@wihanuys]

@@nsh1980gmail not racism, just government, there's a massive difference, i believe there are better black leaders than the pathetic ones we have now

[@Brysonhundley]

@@nsh1980gmailyeah it'd be ridiculous to think that racism had an impact on the infrastructure of a country that was an apartheid state as recently as the 90s

[@mtheranamtherana2182]

As far and deep as my memory serves me Eskom served the white minority i remeber those days having a wood stove you were considered rich by nabours who were struggling to buy one the only change came after ANC took power

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

My wife and her parents left South Africa and came to the U.S. in 1995. They saw the writing on the wall early. They couldn't even sell their land or valuables. They just got some plane tickets, some suitcases, whatever money and possesions they could take, and just left. My father-in-law says leaving was the best decision he ever made in his life.

[@bosshogster6715]

My father-in-law has just left SA after living in Cape Town for over 40 years. He was fed up to the back teeth of all the crime, ANC corruption and ANC incompetence and felt he just had to get out. He’s now back in the UK and enjoying uninterrupted water and electricity supply! When he first moved to SA the rand was worth about 30p. It’s been on a slow decline ever since and now it’s worth about 5p and still depreciating. I really hope SA pulls out of it’s death spiral because it’s a beautiful country.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

@@bosshogster6715 Well, let's be honest. It's been all downhill since 1994, hasn't it?

[@markcredit6086]

@@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 Yep what a suprise

[@juneyshu6197]

Very glad to hear it.

[@thomasstern6814]

sounds racist to me. that was the most prosporous and positive time in south african historyv

[@the5gen]

Feels like this same narrative befell many countries in Africa. All started with hopes, now staring at the abyss.

[@howardsontz983]

People get the government they deserve.

[@AshkanPacino13]

exactly, that's why you're getting the government that is replacing you every day.