Why Is South Africa Collapsing?

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10 ай бұрын

Corruption, government incompetence and policy paralysis risk turning Africa’s most-industrialized nation into a failing state, leaving the ANC struggling to hang on to power. Here is the full story
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@hadenmontgomery5888 10 ай бұрын

My Nigerian friend once summed it up perfectly. " leaders helped free Africa by becoming politicians. Politicians ruined Africa by pretending to be leaders"

@pauleypavillion6088 10 ай бұрын

Then life was better before the African took over.

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

South Africa is doing fine lol I guess this guy is mad because South Africa just hailed the brick summit, as the world gathered in South Africa last week, the leaders of China, India, Russia, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Morocco, and many others, do you think they would meet in a fallen nation, lol FAKE NEWS, they’re doing better then most countries in this world

@Ak1987... 10 ай бұрын

That makes no sense lmao

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

@@Ak1987... let me help you! Since you believe in a poorly made propaganda video lol, South Africa is part of the new world order, that’s why all the leaders of the most powerful nations was in South Africa 5 days ago, China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, and many other countries trying to join the New World order, they all met in the beautiful South Africa, for the brics summit, South Africa is getting bigger and stronger and more powerful, never believe what a white man says about Africa, because they’re lying 100% of the time

@bigevil1001 10 ай бұрын

@@Ak1987...I get it.

@aggressivelyaverage4428 10 ай бұрын

The main issue is that even for the President of the country, the ANC is more important than the people of the country. Mismanagement and corruption, appointment of people to positions that they have no business being in. The audacity of this government shocks and amazes me daily.

@EchoLog 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the kind of tribalism you see in other communist regimes. I grew up pledging to the flag and land of my country, not republicans or democrats. The ANC and CCP make you pledge to the party.

@gamervox1707 10 ай бұрын

@@EchoLog ANC are capitalist's one party state.

@gamervox1707 10 ай бұрын

@@apsoypike1956 Not really, U.S has done this.

@CTP909 10 ай бұрын

It's a result of colonialism in my opinion and a pretty logical outcome if you think about it. Pretty much every time you put in power a group that has been historically kept downtrodden for an amount of time which allowed them to adapt to that as a norm and are basically forced to get it by any means. Once that group attains power they then usually will rule with the same mindset or will adapt the same mindset as the previous group that was in power, coupled with the inexperience in governing themselves let alone an entire population, with neither option being conducive to a sustainable government. I see this as a direct result of european colonialism followed by often abrupt and inept transitions of leadership. While blame can certainly be attributed to those currently in control the lions share of the guilt remains with those european nations that initiated the cycle and then afterward found it profitable to keep the African nations weak so as to basically continue to loot them and meddle via the unequal and unfair system that is capitalism. By doing so they could claim innocence or even portray those european nations in a positive light simply because they were able to distance themselves from that physical colonialism. It is basically a grander scale of what the american governments set up post slavery and today take the stance that black americans that fail today are the sole responsible party for stated failure. Again just my opinion.

@sockgoblinamazingwtf6511 10 ай бұрын

Truthful, harsh yet true,till the gov changes its ways, we're fucked

@johanlotter5197 2 ай бұрын

The ANC has by far been the worst thing to happen to South Africa. And yet, the people continue to vote for the worst of the worst politicians. The ANC is an embarrassment for the African continent.

@JohtoMaster_Gold Ай бұрын

PREACH!!!!!!!🙌

@ashfordj81 Ай бұрын

Sounds like a lot of US cities.

@jimmycricket5366 Ай бұрын

As hard as it is to believe, many people actually secretly love the chaos. This is because of the satanic marxist spirit, whereby their desire for others to fail down to their own level is greater than their desire for an over-all successful country where people are rewarded for hard work and people live longer, healthier lives.

@jimmycricket5366 Ай бұрын

@@ashfordj81As hard as it is to believe, many people actually secretly love the chaos. This is because of the satanic marxist spirit, whereby their desire for others to fail down to their own level is greater than their desire for an over-all successful country where people are rewarded for hard work and people live longer, healthier lives.

@mj7784 Ай бұрын

I'd argue there are far more worse parties than ANC in Africa, but I get your point. They have to go.

@gregorysmillie2008 5 ай бұрын

Overthrow a racist government. Create a racist government. Wonder why nothing has changed. South Africa.

@andrewh2u Ай бұрын

Well, something has changed... the country is now a complete disaster.

@sharpasacueball Ай бұрын

Racism was just a convenient tool to get support

@animejanai4657 Ай бұрын

Years ago, the ANC wanted more white employees to be replaced by black employees. As a result, Eskom set workplace quotas in order to hire more blacks regardless of qualification. As a result, quotas were set as to the maximum number of white employees to be allowed so that blacks could be hired to fill the job openings created. Mandatory equity employment instead caused the downward spiral in the company.

@slashz8 Ай бұрын

@@animejanai4657this was the whites fault.

@cmavuso6068 Ай бұрын

We failed to govern and continued to celebrate independence unaware that the long celebrations were ruining the country.

@garethbuckeridge6910 9 ай бұрын

One of the biggest mistakes any society can make is putting individuals into roles that they are not capable of doing.

@TheBob1901 9 ай бұрын

Any city or country where blacks constitute the majority population, let alone being in charge of everything, will slide into chaos (if it wasn't already that way from the get-go).

@michaelhardman7022 9 ай бұрын

It's in their DNA.

@princessdaisy5321 9 ай бұрын

Yep, look at USA since Biden elected. USA is going to be a failed state also 😢

@erastusamenya826 9 ай бұрын

Were whites qualified or questionable when they ruled during apartheid era? Were blacks even questioning them? That was treasonous! Was there democracy in RSA then? Why portraying your atrocious era as better then now? Everyone is learning democracy even the champion thereof, stop blaming the ANC Everyone failed somebody!

@reinemarais4392 9 ай бұрын

Ask Alderman Felicity Purchase, from the DA. My rates account was overcharged in 2018. Despite deluges of documentation, she refuses to do anything about it. I voted UP until it became DA all my life. Alderman Felicity Purchase has stolen my vote. Why? Because voting for anyone else is not an option. Alderman Felicity Purchase sits in her seat and mocks the very people who put her in her seat. You have absolutely no idea the corruption that lives, eats, and breathes the people who live in places like Fish Hoek, thanks to Alderman Felicity Purchase.

@sneakyanimation 10 ай бұрын

My father worked at the nuclear research lab at WITS , Johanessburg. As i remember it, the research lab was systematically closed down after 1994, even though there was much warning given to the Government that a time would come where there was not enough energy infastructure to power the country, and that more investment, not less, was required to secure the energy future of South Africa. They had DECADES of warning about this, but chose to do something else with the money and time.

@yammoto148 9 ай бұрын

He was learning to build nukes not make power with it. The entire reasearch and anti-nuclear laws were passed to not antagonize neighbours as the Aparthied goverment were looking to hold the country hostage like North Korea. Which was starting to antagonize military intervention.

@DefinitelyNotEmma 9 ай бұрын

@@yammoto148That wasn't the case though. The South-African (and Israeli) nuclear program go further back. Nuclear power was a major research field at the time and after that program got shelved.

@yammoto148 9 ай бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotEmma Yes but again it wasn't made for recreational purposes the government wanted to make a nuke, that was pretty clear.

@oliviasambo2021 9 ай бұрын

Shutting down nuclear was one of requirements from the West to give funding to a broke South Africa.

@User47HD 5 ай бұрын

South africa was an innovative nation, far ahead of the rest of other african countries. Now we are stuck in the past.

@Guardias 4 ай бұрын

Pretending than Mandala was some beacon of integrity is absurd.

@lottewied1937 3 ай бұрын

Mandela has become a multi millionaire within the first year of his ruling .

@gerdabarnard4572 3 ай бұрын

True❤

@CarolFremel-my4hs 2 ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered about that - I was under the impression he was jailed for terrorism

@godfreyberry1599 2 ай бұрын

@@CarolFremel-my4hsThey were caught red handed planning to blow Jhb to KINGDOM COME.

@eltonphakathi5494 2 ай бұрын

@@lottewied1937 Mandela did not take any salary in the first year of his presidency. His salary was donated to the poor. Stop lying

@davidfletcher6813 6 ай бұрын

I live there during the 80s 90s 2000s , and I congratulate you on a accurate assessment of the history and current state of country. Well done , to the point and factually correct on all levels .💯

@stadot1427 10 ай бұрын

As an American, my takeaways are: 1) blind party/policy loyalty just breeds corruption. Whatever your party, if you don't reflect honestly on your party's flaws, you become complicit. 2) you can't directly legislate hearts and minds and trying to do so typically just breeds injustice and resentment 3) when you're trying to use the ends to justify the means, you really need to think about, realistically, what is the end actually going to be and what other problems might it create?

@alexanderchon9058 10 ай бұрын

And British being British. Commiting actions that will bring untold suffering all because some precious mineral is found.

@naerbo19 10 ай бұрын

@@alexanderchon9058 Not the first, not the last, not the only one's at the time.

@alexanderchon9058 10 ай бұрын

@@naerbo19 The phrase "the sun never rests on the British Empirec exists for a reason for it had a HUGE reach through out the globe.

@naerbo19 10 ай бұрын

@@alexanderchon9058 Absolutely. Spain and Portugal had major interests in South America. France in North America and Africa, South-east Asia. If we go further back, the mongols also had a huge impact. But yes, I agree that Britain's heights has not been seen since nor before to the extent they went.

@toomanymarys7355 10 ай бұрын

@@alexanderchon9058The voters causing this aren't very British.

@Croz89 10 ай бұрын

From what I've heard, one of the flipsides of BEE and similar policies was a lot of middle class white South Africans now believed, rightly or wrongly, that the system was now stacked against them, and their ambitions and advancement in corporations and organisations would be limited in favour of black African populations. So quite a few of them began to leave South Africa or encourage their children to leave, slowly but steadily over the decades, until a quarter of the white population had migrated to places like Europe, North America and Australasia. This probably helped with the goals of BEE, easier to hire or promote black candidates when there are fewer white candidates in the first place, but there were some consequences, a significant brain drain, and a white population that increasingly became polarised between a poor angry underclass who couldn't afford to leave (and couldn't get a visa anyway) and a rich upper class who had enough wealth and privilege to avoid BEE entirely.

@killcat1971 10 ай бұрын

@@thomascromwell6840 Sure hiring someone on the basis of skin colour is "balanced", it wasn't under apartheid, it isn't now, hire based on merit, nothing else.

@MK-we9sw 10 ай бұрын

@@killcat1971if you are suddenly no longer top of the food chain because of racist laws you feel like the system is stacked against you.

@nootnoot6404 10 ай бұрын

@@thomascromwell6840 the situation in south africa nowadays would prove that it was stacked against them, or would be very soon. Racial hate runs freely through the government

@Croz89 10 ай бұрын

@@thomascromwell6840 It's a matter of perspective I guess. Personally I think if SA wanted to boost the share of blacks in more senior positions in the economy, and do it faster than simply providing equal access would allow, then they would have probably had to have put the white population at a clear disadvantage until the proportions were where they wanted them to be. And from a purely selfish perspective I could see why middle class white South Africans would think that they would now have better opportunities abroad. But it is often hard to know if such a system does stack the deck because racial advantages are usually nebulous and hard to measure. You can quantify the current state of things with employment statistics, hiring rates and similar, but that often reflects the past more than the present. To say definitively that a white and black candidate of equal education and experience going for the same job that the white candidate will clearly and consistently win over the other is hard in the absence of clear discriminatory policy which post apartheid few businesses would have. Even harder is to work out how much you would have to bias the system to give the black candidate equal opportunity, it would be incredibly easy to overshoot.

@hansofkrieg8022 10 ай бұрын

@thomascromwell6840 BEE states that if a business is not majority black owned or has a majority black in management position, the business does not get acces to government grants and other such benefits. How is that not racially biased

@tessariles4488 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I am an elderly white south african. Your reporting was accurate and fair. We are not South Africa as l remember it. It is heartbreaking to see the destruction of our infrastructure and everything that made us a first world nation only 30 years ago.

@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 3 ай бұрын

South Africa has never been a first world nation

@rmf9567 3 ай бұрын

@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202it was when white people were in charge

@deanally91 3 ай бұрын

LOL maybe first world for a small privileged minority - unfortunately SA always had massive problems 🥲

@zakhapiell4142 2 ай бұрын

@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 it definitely was.

@rdm3373 2 ай бұрын

@@zakhapiell4142 How can a country where over 80% of the population didn't have human rights be a first world country?

@jtengelbrecht4613 4 ай бұрын

As a South African, I feel the biggest issue that made corruption this bad is the fact that the ANC has been in power for 30 years without having to worry about getting re-elected. Having one party dominance for so long is no different from an authorisation state, corruption just grows naturally.

@stakuyi 10 ай бұрын

Thank you all for watching I greatly appreciate you. This video took a long time to make

@CTP909 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate the video. I'm ashamed to admit this is my first hearing of these both fascinating and terrible events

@hosurosh4846 10 ай бұрын

Great job, I don't have words or dont know what to feel. As humans we need to create stable goverments and values to have better lifes. Working in a company that is trying to supply the control/monitoring for a super mega solar plant, now I will work harder in that project knowing this information.

@radosaworman7628 10 ай бұрын

I never heard anything about any locals being there by the time Portuguese and Dutch came along. Are you sure there where any?

@shanilbahadur7546 10 ай бұрын

I remember the riots and looting. Thanks to social media, I got real time vids of the destruction. Seems South Africa's woes will continue and its heading to a failed state.

@MastemaJack 10 ай бұрын

Didn't Nelson Mandela and/or his political party put tires around people's necks and light the tire on fire?

@dieselthompsons2919 10 ай бұрын

As a South African it is much appreciated that you are one of the few channels that is able to present a unbiased and insightful description of what the fuck our country has had to deal with for 2 decades and we need more channels like this to spread awareness without bias and agenda attached!

@Jedscorp 10 ай бұрын

@@SuperBrahimosand they will never leave imo

@zadinal 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely, it is so hard to get a grasp of what is happening there it is maddening

@adrianmotet5083 10 ай бұрын

Nearly 3 decades

@Justanotherconsumer 10 ай бұрын

“Unbiased” is a very dangerous assessment. It usually means “saying something I agree with.” Everyone is biased - if you can’t tell what someone’s bias is (especially your own), consider that a red flag to check facts.

@Drega001 10 ай бұрын

Just two decades?

@Its-Just-Zip 3 ай бұрын

For anybody who is not completely floored by the situation in South Africa right now, I would like to remind people that this is the country that had the high-tech base to assist Israel in building nuclear weapons. South Africa then gave up that nuclear weapons program and hasn't continued it. This country used to lead Africa in terms of technological development, not just overall economy

@gerdabarnard4572 3 ай бұрын

❤true

@whitetiana3022 2 ай бұрын

and then something happened.... remind me again, what was it... what was it.... oh yeah, black people took over.

@siphiwengidi132 2 ай бұрын

@@whitetiana3022 Can we at least say the wrong black people took over and some white corporations

@Briggsby 2 ай бұрын

@@whitetiana3022wow, racism, you're very original and your insecurities are absolutely not plunging through your thinly veiled idiocy like Donald Trump's sharts fouling up a court room.

@manicmaggie 2 ай бұрын

They also stole all our fuel reserves.

@jeanpaton166 4 ай бұрын

thanks for the publication. greatly appreciated

@Waldemarvonanhalt 10 ай бұрын

For people wondering, South Africa, a country of approximately 60 million people, is carried by around 3 million people who pay personal income tax and other taxes that aren't Value Added Tax.

@CJwyngaard 9 ай бұрын

This statement may only be some what true in relation to Personal Income Tax. However, lets not forget that the overwhelming majority of South Africans contribute to VAT and CIT in some shape or form, whether it be directly or indirectly.

@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide 9 ай бұрын

And 90% of those people are white. Honestly, just give it all back to the blacks and watch it go into underdevelopment. It'll be fun to see who they blame by then... Imagine, that south africa had nuclear weapons at some points, now they don't have regular power..... Imagine. "Diversity is our strength"

@theninjainvestor1235 9 ай бұрын

and PAYE too@@CJwyngaard regardless of what percentage it makes up.

@andriesgrundlingh488 9 ай бұрын

@@theninjainvestor1235PAYE is a way to pay personal income tax

@sunflower381 9 ай бұрын

@deeenwulfson4343 my salary is very heavily taxed, think over 35 percent and I'm not tanned. I can't afford accountants and tax attorneys to help me reduce my taxes using active laws. I am not happy to see my country turn into a gangster state and dream of the day all South Africans could live decent lives and not be subject to the extreme poverty we see now. At this stage poverty no longer has a skin colour. I truly hate this corruption and believe me this has nothing to do with being tan or not.

@sargonyami4292 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget that they are punishing people and companies that are trying to do something about it. A company that supplied the excess power it was producing to a nearby town was punished because it was unfair towards the rest of the country and made the state look bad.

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

@MrTripleAgamer 10 ай бұрын

That's really sad

@billjames1216 9 ай бұрын

😢😢😢whaaatt???

@theninjainvestor1235 9 ай бұрын

This is a systemic problem. It's designed not for people to come out of hardship. For example if you run an NPO or NGO in the country, and you receive public funds. If you are efficient in spending and you end up with surplus which could be used to advance the organization, you will lose the portion of funds in the next cycle. However, if you use it all even if it's wasted, you will secure the same amount as the previous financial cycle or equivalent. Naturally this creates a culture of wastage and abuse of funds, because it's almost like you get punished for progress and rewarded for being dependant.

@JoburgPoefpyp 9 ай бұрын

my uncle is running on solar, and pushed power into the grid once and got a R600 fine for it

@zibu26 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I'm a South African trying to grow my overall understanding of the country. This is just what I needed.

@Toon1810 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant re-cap on what happened/is happening.... well done man... really good production....

@williamwhitehouse3422 10 ай бұрын

As a South African You did a great job and spot on with your research. Thanks for getting this out there

@suezcontours6653 9 ай бұрын

South African men are lazy. That's all

@murkspectre000 9 ай бұрын

Message was good. Research, not so much.

@Sbuda.81 9 ай бұрын

AS A REAL AFRICAN, YOUR PERSPECTIVE'S BIAS AND VERY PRO COLONIALISM. PURE AMERICAN PROPAGANDA AND HOGWASH/BULLSH*T

@suezcontours6653 9 ай бұрын

@@Sbuda.81 Yeah, BRICS is definitely gonna win. The West just hates to lose.

@heinfb 9 ай бұрын

Actually it was a crapy job. Half truths and many important facts not mentioned.

@kobusvanstaden3747 7 ай бұрын

To all my fellow Saffas who cannot leave, please please PLEASE register and actually go and vote in 2024! PLEASE! Staying away is NOT punishing the ANC, it is HELPING them!

@nickisntmyname7866 6 ай бұрын

What should we vote for?

@charmainhuysamen4136 5 ай бұрын

@@nickisntmyname7866any other party except for ANC/EFF/MK

@DuplexWeevil337 4 ай бұрын

@nickisntmyname7866 vote DA, its the biggest opposition party. They also will likely form a coalition to win too

@andrevermaak946 4 ай бұрын

DA?....also full of false promises...

@nielfindlay705 4 ай бұрын

I have registered with crossed fingers. I do sincerely hope that true change does come about for the sake of our families .

@nielfindlay705 4 ай бұрын

Thank You so much for your hard work in putting this video together… Wow!! This was so interesting!!! Thank you again.

@adrianwright6417 4 ай бұрын

True praise for this show. A lot of research went behind this on very controversial subject and nation. Thank you for cutting through a lot of the garbage to get to the real story.

@leonbotha3773 9 ай бұрын

As a SA citizen I must say you have summed up our history very well and you have articulated the reasons for the continuous downward spiral accurately.

@affiliateclimbmax9287 9 ай бұрын

Brics is coming forget the USD pretro dollar and its fiat inflation... forced upon us..

@KDean22 8 ай бұрын

THE MAIN REASON IS LOW INTELLIGENCE

@BillClinton228 8 ай бұрын

There is no doubt that the ANC has destroyed the country with 70 murders per day, home invasions and carjackings being totally normal. Not to mention that the government cant even provide clean water or stable electricity. No one in the west is crying out about any of these problems... but when pale face was in charge everything was a huge problem.

@goldenaye3 8 ай бұрын

But let him sum up what is happening in America

@aSSGoblin1488 7 ай бұрын

japan was attacked by godzilla after ww2, but they still became a world super power after being destroyed. south africa blacks was handed a flourishing country, they destroyed it. i wonder what changed?

@duck1ord273 9 ай бұрын

As a South African it shatters my heart that this is what has come of my country

@wartoaster3908 7 ай бұрын

it only goes down from here doesnt it..?

@rodgerhargoon3402 7 ай бұрын

Remember that most of the whites in south Africa got filthy rich beyond their imagination on the sweat blood and tears of the non whites .and .they still do while you are narrating...😂😂😂😂 they dont want to go back to Birmingham.... afrikaners are great people...simple and hard working without British passport.

@aSSGoblin1488 7 ай бұрын

@arthas640 7 ай бұрын

it's got to be heartbreaking since for most of the 20th century South Africa was one of the most prosperous countries in Africa and there was some much hope and expectation when Apartheid finally fell. South Africa had almost everything going right for it at the end of the 20th century and was set to become one of the leaders of the Southern Hemisphere and a leader in Africa.

@arthas640 7 ай бұрын

@@aSSGoblin1488 more of a political issue then a racial one. The main problem lies with the ANC: it started off as an underground party, more like a secretive cell, and operated like that for a lot of its history. It was also a populist movement which can be an issue. When it became a party it rose to power largely thanks to its populist rhetoric and the many promises it gave but a major problem was it still ran more like an underground cell or criminal organization then a modern political party, more like a mafia then anything else. Like a mafia "the family" or rather the party leadership is the party's first loyalty, deals arent made democratically they're made in secretive backrooms, records are carefully managed so as to prevent as much liability as possible, and the public front is just that, a front, carefully maintained like a mafia pretending to be a legitimate business and pillar of the community. They've stayed in power largely thanks to constant populist rhetoric and by relying on their past accomplishments like whoring out memory of Nelson Mandela. Populism isnt an issue in and of its self, it's something used in virtually every country and by most parties to some degree, but it becomes dangerous when it's a parties main selling point since they're basically just using it as a way to fool people. The ANC fell into the same trap many communist and socialist parties fall into: they rise to power promising equality, when they gain power they make a lot of early achievements by nationalizing tons of stuff and stripping wealth off the exploitative elites, then once they've done that they start running into issues because of corruption and incompetence. Nationalizing things isnt always an issue but it's like plundering/pillaging: you get a short term benefit but it's a finite gain that has to be carefully managed.

@gandalfgaming1 4 ай бұрын

coming at you from South Africa... you nailed the sad truth my guy. love your content

@marlenehatting9192 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your effort - it's truely revealing.

@divanbuys1484 10 ай бұрын

Wow, Steven, You truly NAILED this video. I know you're good and I gladly binge watch your and Gabby's podcast, but this video is PERFECT for anyone who doesn't know South Africa's history and why the country is going downhill.

@bobdrooples 10 ай бұрын

History? Nothing to do with it, this is Cultural.

@divanbuys1484 10 ай бұрын

@@bobdrooples yes because South Africa was established yesterday. Of course it's history! Nobody is saying it isn't cultural

@colombia3552 10 ай бұрын

His name is steven?!

@divanbuys1484 10 ай бұрын

@@colombia3552 indeed it is.

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

@calvinwalker5408 8 ай бұрын

As a young South African citizen, I can say that everything you've said here is accurate. Also, it's not only the rich that want to leave. Every single one of us that can see the downward spiral is prepping to leave as well

@OfAngelsAndAnarchist 5 ай бұрын

He’s saying, if you can afford to leave, you’re rich. And that’s pretty much the fact.

@anon2034 5 ай бұрын

Leave where?

@calvinwalker5408 5 ай бұрын

Anywhere but here, that is about how desperate it is getting. At least for me personally l.

@vivianoosthuizen8990 5 ай бұрын

The voters are to blame it’s a democracy not?

@OfAngelsAndAnarchist 5 ай бұрын

@@vivianoosthuizen8990 it’s a republic with democratic ideals Not a democracy Like the us and many others

@rossouwvandenberg972 6 ай бұрын

incompetence and political greed

@Shawnx-jb7sv 2 ай бұрын

Another great video by you Brother!

@jamesbotha2422 10 ай бұрын

As a South African Expatriate, who has not returned to my country of birth in over a decade, it is heartbreaking to see, and hear, what has become of my country of birth, and to know that there is absolutely NOTHING that I, or my generation, can do to help..... Thank you for bringing all of this to light...

@Stephen-lx9nm 10 ай бұрын

Are you in Holland ?

@wlhansen2068 9 ай бұрын

I agree with the above statement and I've lived in Canada my entire adult life having only visited SA a few times.

@molefejappie3284 9 ай бұрын

S.A. will never be ruled by oppressors again we were killed, kicked made to be second citizens in our mother land so now we are in a democracy just for whom you want in goverment we don't worry who you are . If don't like what all South Africans are trying to do I mean the ffplus , The DA and the ANC pack your bags and go.

@murkspectre000 9 ай бұрын

Count yourself lucky.

@molefejappie3284 9 ай бұрын

@janviljoen9554 Is something wrong in your head. Do you want National Party to be back. You hate the ANC becouse its a black party. The chickens are come home to roast during apartheid it was your time, now it our time. The DA, ANC, FFplus, ACDP and others will help to build our beatiful Country. There is no time swear " kak" You are in S.A. and if you don't like this goverment and the goverment to come after next year's elections, then you are lost.

@ChappyGrimdark 10 ай бұрын

I knew a woman that lives in South Africa. I really hope she's ok

@DuplexWeevil337 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I still have family in there, quite scared

@baha3alshamari152 10 ай бұрын

South Africa is the capital of rape in the world so she is not ok

@bozokreso5555 10 ай бұрын

Fucking same. Wish I could contact her just to see if she is doing okay

@Ironfrenzy217 10 ай бұрын

Same.

@funkwallah 10 ай бұрын

she is ok@@Ironfrenzy217

@malkav_ils 5 ай бұрын

Great analysis and expose, as we all have come to appreciate so much from you. To add to all that it's worth also mentioning the rampant problems in the agricultural sector where farm attacks have become a more consistent occurrance then US gun crime.

@lynettesmith2836 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Excellent video and explanation about all the ups and downs of South Africa.

@turdferguson9356 10 ай бұрын

I don't think it is snarky to point out that racist revenge policy doesn't work as demonstrated by South Africa we see today... the policy that led to this is an insult to Mandela's legacy

@cgmason7568 10 ай бұрын

Thank his wife

@insanehippiehippieinsane3828 10 ай бұрын

@@cgmason7568His wife was a brutal person.

@JRBDWD 10 ай бұрын

Mandela burned people alive. He was an animal.

@TheoHawk316 10 ай бұрын

Blinded by revenge. Thinking they can undo the sins of the past by sinning in the present. Hope it doesn't happen here in America.

@JRBDWD 10 ай бұрын

@@TheoHawk316 It will. Negros can do whatever they want and justice won't act against them

@christopherscott3803 10 ай бұрын

The decline of South Africa is a simple story that has been repeated all over Africa following decolonization. The native Africans are justifiably very unhappy about having no control over their respective countries during the time that they were ruled by Europeans, or in the case of South Africa, people of European descent. Further, the native Africans see that their former colonists still own a lot of stuff in the country after the Africans first take control. The Africans see this as illegitimate and start to expropriate the wealth. They also put their own people in positions of power even when they are not competent. Usually, there is also a lot of corruption and nepotism. This causes a massive loss of confidence in the state and economic activity plummets. As economic activity plummets, the country breaks out into violence which accelerates this process of national disintegration. Something similar happened in all of the major cities of the United States and is now happening state-wide in California. For example, Chicago just elected an even more radical black mayor in response to the previous black mayor failing to maintain peace in the streets of Chicago. Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Baltimore and too many other cities to list out have all had something similar happen.

@DefinitelyNotEmma 9 ай бұрын

The native Africans should think for a moment why Africa thrives in the hands of literally any foreign entity, but not in their own hands. Some people are simply not made to build successful nations.

@savioblanc 4 ай бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotEmmadisagree. If anything, the people of Africa need to look at countries like Botswana, Namibia and even Rwanda and learn how to manage their countries after their colonial masters leave or after they're done killing each other and need to work out a plan on fixing their country. As for the African-Americans and their weird ability to turn functioning cities into literal shtholes, I don't currently have a solution.

@balafama2120 4 ай бұрын

@@savioblanc Lets be honest African culture isn't very evolved to run successful modern states. There are very very intelligent Africans but as a culture they suffer from the same thing when it comes to running institutions......massive corruption,nepotism,unseriousness,poor maintenance culture,tribalism,incompetence etc. It's like African leaders are simply unable to make the connection between their own corruption/incompetence and the failure of their institutions .To top it off they will blame their enemies,witchcraft,Europeans,racism,colonialism etc for their problems rather than truthful reflection on their own incompetence, so they can seek help.It's so sad.

@lizd2943 4 ай бұрын

Oppressive police states that regularly massacred people while stealing resources is "thriving" now.@@DefinitelyNotEmma

@enzoarayamorales7220 4 ай бұрын

@@savioblancI hate racist arguments

@eliseosterbrink8000 4 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't mention the attempted genocide of white farmers. South Africa didn't have anyone to replace those farmers with, so there was mass starvation, similar to what happened in Cambodia. If I remember correctly, they're still struggling with food production as a result because there's neither enough people interested in learning to farm, nor enough people who can teach it. That's a pretty important part of South African history that really highlights a lot of the problems they face today.

@danf7411 2 ай бұрын

Gud

@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311 Ай бұрын

My understanding is that the previously well run, productive and profitable farms in Zimbabwe, thanks to Mugabe's blind desire to return the land to native Africans, are now in a state of disrepair and decay. The new owners have neither the knowledge nor the inclination to manage them efficiently and thus people either starve or suffer much more expensive food prices. This is clearly a pattern being followed by SA... Along with the endemic corruption - as people see the country fail, they take what's left and hoard it themselves - you are left with a situation across not just farming, but all sectors, where uninterested, unqualified, selfish and criminal people take the reins - and the outcomes are obvious.....

@oliviastratton2169 Ай бұрын

Cambodia was different because the Khmer Rouge forced people to leave cities and go work on collective farms. Obviously, urbanites didn't know how to farm very well, and collectivizing everything didn't help. Some people turned to foraging for food, but the Khmer Rogue killed anyone caught foraging because foraging meant you didn't believe in the collective farms. So the whole thing was more about ideological commitment and the urban/rural divide than a racial agenda.

@renacleerican7824 Ай бұрын

@@oliviastratton2169it is horrific.

@jpatpat9360 Ай бұрын

Only 10% of the many farms handed over to SA blacks are still operating.... after selling off the machinery and failing to farm the land, just running goats and cattle and doing no maintenance, once fertile land is now a desert. The few remaining farms are being diminished because of the ongoing unpublicized murder of white farmers. If you don't believe me then do some research

@charlottepage9118 3 ай бұрын

This was a brilliant analysis of my countries political history and how we got to where we are. Thank you

@divanbuys1484 10 ай бұрын

I'm finishing my Archaeology degree then I'm fking off from this country. My heart will always be South African and I will always have love for it and its people. But I cannot survive in a country run by corrupt people without any sense of responsibility and people who do not even take part in our democratic systems. It's sad, my entire family lives here, but the future is not.

@JB-yb4wn 10 ай бұрын

Miss the whites, don't you?

@N1pp4l03 10 ай бұрын

I sadly have to agree with you bud. Can't see myself having kids and raising a family here. It's tough though. As you said this is home. We are South Africans. We will always be foreigners in any country we immigrate to... it's a God damn shame

@EchoLog 10 ай бұрын

South Africans, really anyone, with their heads and hearts pointed towards a better future, aren't foreigners in my household. Never give up on that land, but definitely take care of your kith & kin and skin. The next century will be ruthless.

@bandit_of_trash 10 ай бұрын

I'm only finishing my degree in 2025 😓 I really want to get out of here but it makes me really sad because I do love my home country. No idea where I'd even want to go.

@divanbuys1484 10 ай бұрын

@@bandit_of_trash I'm finishing mine next year but plan to further my studies abroad afterwards. I lived in Vietnam for 4 years and I can honestly say, if you're looking for an amazing stepping stone, then Asia is the way to go. I'm planning on going back there because I have other friends and (not blood) family there. The world is big, you just need to keep looking.

@N1pp4l03 10 ай бұрын

Store burned down at 04:30 is 5 mins from where I live in Durban. The July 2021 KZN riots was a terrifying time.

@Slippery_Pickle47.3 10 ай бұрын

It’s pronounced Dirtbin 🥲

@valkeitos 3 ай бұрын

Crazy how it was nearly 3 years ago

@cherylventer7075 6 ай бұрын

Excellent but tragically true. I must say, very well narrated, smiled in places but all in all thoroughly well documented. Nicely done ❤. I hope everybody who is anybody listens to this😊

@dawnnagel8930 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic summation of what's really happening to a country that was once the land of milk and honey. Sadly totally broken by this corrupt ANC government. So glad my children have all left and are doing exceptionally well in their new adopted countries. As they have seen the rot that has changed a first world country into a banana republic by these Morons

@danielharrhy 4 ай бұрын

Loving these videos man!

@highdesertutah 10 ай бұрын

My buddy’s friend left SA as a young man when apartheid was abolished. His entire family laughed at him for leaving. Then over the years they fled to Europe, Australia, and the United States. Last I heard only his sister remains.

@grimgoreironhide9985 29 күн бұрын

Sounds like a family filled with assholes. I hope they acknowledged they were wrong and apologised to your friend.

@bazookaman1353 10 ай бұрын

Many African countries are having a lot of trouble, I'm from Portugal and we get news of corruption of Angola. It's really sad, specially considering that Angola has 3X Portugal's population, I was blessed to be born here.

@als3022 10 ай бұрын

To be honest the whole world has this corruption issue. With technology we are seeing how corrupt all our governments happen to be. And they are fighting back in the dumbest ways and making things worse.

@byproductofcheese 10 ай бұрын

Ok?

@danielnoble9214 10 ай бұрын

@@byproductofcheesesee this is why you sont have any friends

@byproductofcheese 10 ай бұрын

@@danielnoble9214 you mean "don't" man if you are going to try to insult me at least learn how to spell

@CTP909 10 ай бұрын

@quazarKiragon 4 ай бұрын

Reminds me of that megamind meme "oh i would say free, just under new management" their is an irony to it tho, like tales of old kingdoms that rebelled against their ruler, you should be careful of wanting to quickly dismiss the old ruler, because you never know that the next one could be worse then the one you deposed

@andrelanglois1631 6 ай бұрын

TO THE POINT! FANTASTIC REPORT. WELL COVERED. You could have carried on for hours or days, detailing all the corruption!

@wimpiescholtz3060 10 ай бұрын

Great podcast. As a South African, I'm glad that the world is starting to take notice of everything that is going wrong in SA.

@Slippery_Pickle47.3 10 ай бұрын

Well it’s much easier than focusing on what’s going right. 🙄

@micaeloliveira2727 10 ай бұрын

South Africa has been agressive to the west favoring dictators like Xi or Putin probably not the best move probably the best would be neutrality at least . Best of luck 🤞

@McLoven96 10 ай бұрын

I was talking to some of my Saffa friends (I'm from Britain), and they said the same thing. I personally think the world is only now taking notice because of their friendship with Putin and China.

@micaeloliveira2727 10 ай бұрын

@@McLoven96 of course you notice someone that has agressive speach 😮 and what's funny has nothing to offer everything to lose . I fell like I'm in the car going to the beach and I passed by a barking dog 🐕🐕 doesn't affect me but is sad to see him bark is such a lovely sunny day 😎😎 they hate you Brit 🤣

@mooncake387 10 ай бұрын

The world isn't going to fix our problems we will. I don't know why everyone thinks because we see international media reporting SA issues they will fix them

@virgilvolmink4923 10 ай бұрын

Brother, I am a South-African and I say you nailed it. It's sad to see our beautiful country going the dogs. We fast heading in the same direction as Zimbabwe. Unemployment, high inflation, load-shedding, corruption, crime... The only solution I can think of is replacing the current government with a new one, However who do we vote for, cause they are all the same. God please help us....🙏

@DakaloMooi_05 9 ай бұрын

We need to vote to change the electoral system so we can only elect independent candidates instead of party loyalists

@bridges5659 9 ай бұрын

No man , Black people is the problem ! They are not fit to lead anything or anyone. Hasn't the world learned this?

@anon2034 5 ай бұрын

"We fast heading in the same direction as Zimbabwe." - Isn't Zimbabwe the name of an already collapsed state called Rhodesia?

@D.J.Sam. 4 ай бұрын

Vote for the D A. i.e. Democratic Alliance Party.

@valkeitos 3 ай бұрын

I suggest the lesser of all evils which is definitely not ANC, EFF or MF

@lulamantshephe5595 4 ай бұрын

And as a senior citizen who lived through apartheid, we were told to get good education by the and inbpreparation for taking over in future. We did, but educated people are unemployed, sitting at hone, while the semi literate are running the country. And there is nothing we can do, we were betrayed!!

@Derek032789 4 ай бұрын

That's awful. I hope South Africa improves in the years ahead, but I'm skeptical. I don't see how a country like South Africa can survive in the long run.

@user-bd6xo9ld2d 2 ай бұрын

@@Derek032789it won't improve all the skilled civilised law abiding citizens of SA are immigrating to other countries and if people don't change thier vote in the next election millions are going to move leaving SA for dust so Poverty and crime will just sky rocket after that and the unemployed here don't understand it when you still vote for the same political party you will stay in that unemployed position for the rest of your life.

@rorymonkey 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video.

@eldritch0golem698 10 ай бұрын

The more I learn about history the more I think, it doesn't matter how an organization starts, it can be religious, economic, political, etc the more power it accumulates and the less their opposition becomes the more the chances of corruption and tyranical tendencies to surface on the organization.

@paulw5039 10 ай бұрын

Historically we've seen this time and time again. Revolutionaries are good at revolution, not the boring (but necessary) stuff like balancing budgets and making the trains run on time.

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

@KDean22 9 ай бұрын

NO CURE FOR LOW INTELLIGENCE

@jarodwilson4946 9 ай бұрын

@@KDean22 you should no better then anyone

@annexton3795 9 ай бұрын

ANC's sole aim was to enrich themselves not run the country. The corruption is their policy, not a result of unchecked power, though of course they needed the power to be able to loot.

@kibcubed 9 ай бұрын

As a Malaysian, the story of a post-colonial government trying to right the wrongs of the past via affirmative action only for politicians to co-opt it for their own gain, is weirdly resonant. Here's hoping both our nations overcome this, because all of this wasted potential is deeply depressing.

@CM-ey7nq 9 ай бұрын

Guess it's just human nature, sadly. We can all just do better one by one.

@clintondamons4691 9 ай бұрын

@@CM-ey7nq I disagree. Your decisions are influenced by what your environment allows you to do. You can only make choices that don't upset the masters and enrich them. Try not paying your income tax or municipal bills and see if there are no consequences. Human nature is to survive. If a politician needs to steal to survive because the system is set up for it, then they will make the choices along those lines. There are too many contributing factors to decisions to just blame human nature for everything.

@clintondamons4691 9 ай бұрын

Most post-colonial countries will struggle with corruption because the same system of governance during colonialism is still practiced after independence. Thus the mechanisms for corruption that made the colonisers rich are still in place, this leave the door open for undue influence over the people we vote for to take care of the citizens interest. Once we break the system in place, the opportunity to create a more resilient and self sustaining country can be achieved.

@milkyyanks765 9 ай бұрын

@@clintondamons4691 what system that would be? In a Democratic nation the people elect leaders and government to lead the country assuming the election wasn't rigged. What system that would be better to replace that?

@ethancroft5512 9 ай бұрын

@@clintondamons4691 What you are implying is that colonisation is to blame for all the woes of the country and that decolonisation will restore some pristine benevolence, which is utterly ridiculous. The coloniser brought the concept of human rights, constitutional democracy and a reason-based judicial system. "Decolonisation" involves the removal of ethical principles and sound principles of governance, which explains why it always destroys societies. It is decolonisation, not colonisation, that is responsible for the collapse of South African society. All the evidence is at odds with your one-sided interpretation.

@stevemodlin6447 3 ай бұрын

Great summary!

@ravenpaulmabe2162 4 ай бұрын

Honestly..... God bless you for what you are doing and trying to educate our youth.....

@ChrisCouve 9 ай бұрын

Wow, that is a pretty damn accurate summary of where it’s all at. And to fit it all into a coherent 40 min video, incredible. Could easily be 4 hours unpicking a few points. Thanks and well done - hopefully more people can see this and become aware of the new ‘struggle’ faced today by South Africans.

@Mister_Blue2003 10 ай бұрын

4:00 As a South African, allow me to provide an answer to this: My parents had to buy an inverter to retain some electricity. Gender-based violence, witness reports of scammers & interviews of politicians providing half-truths permeate the news cycle. My family & I once endured inconvenient water shortages while visiting my cousins in Polokwane. Some of my intelligent friends have relocated overseas (to the USA, UK & Canada) to live better lives Overall, my South African citizenship is something I find difficult to be proud of every day😕.

@RevSinkiller 10 ай бұрын

As I find it harder every day to be an American.

@a.N..... 10 ай бұрын

Being an American is pretty flipping easy, especially compared to the rest of the world.

@icecell 10 ай бұрын

@RevSinkiller Awwww, poor american.

@RevSinkiller 10 ай бұрын

@@a.N..... it should be, I agree. But then the wealthy and politicians conspire to widen the wealth gap. We'll be 3rd world soon enough.

@RevSinkiller 10 ай бұрын

@icecell two more mass shootings; a cop kills his ex-wife, and 3 randos, then a neonazi kills 3 black people then himself. Poor American? Yeah, when you can identify the problem, but people still cling to the very thing causing the problems (namely guns and drugs), it creates a rather stressful existence.

@abramrathebe3818 6 ай бұрын

100% on point. Thank you Sir

@shamalam4371 5 ай бұрын

Very well researched 👏

@MajesticDemonLord 10 ай бұрын

See, as someone who lives in NZ, I know a *lot* of ex-Saffas - and one thing that always struck me was from different people, of different generations all said something like this "Apartheid was absolutely wrong - but the country was run well" - which always struck me as Odd. Even Black South Africans that I've spoken to have said the same thing. Many of those that moved here 20-30 years ago have been seen as borderline prophetic. A lot came after what happened in Zimbabwe - and whilst they may not have gotten the timescales quite right - the end result has and was predicted by many for some time.

@windblownleaf6450 10 ай бұрын

yes with zim so close to us as an example, its very discouraging to see the exact same stuff happening here. but its important to understand neither the country nor its people are the governments priority. not white people, nor black people despite what they say

@nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008 10 ай бұрын

I think it's important to note the importance of culture. Anyone interested should read the book "WEIRDest people in the world", it's about the social and cultural development of Europe which eventually led to it's prosperity and domination. Perhaps this culture wasn't properly realized by the rest of the country due to forced apartheid, and supposed common values ended up being just surface level. Moreover, the problem starts when people take a prosperous country but forget the factors that made it prosperous and allowed it to remain prosperous in the first place. NOTE : I'm not saying that other cultures are simply worse, one should take the good parts of every culture and adopt it, that is in fact how many good cultures end up being made. I also understand the vagueness of the term but you can understand it as value systems people use to judge right from wrong, as well as social conventions and common practices (such as family structure). While the effects aren't direct, they are certainly there and noticeable. It is also important to note that this has NOTHING to do with race. Different local populations of humans ended up looking a bit different due to geographic isolation before faster transport was invented, but that's about it.

@sierraleonediamondexplorat2080 10 ай бұрын

@@nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008 The commies did the same thing at one point killing and imprisoining all the farmers that fed them and soon the whole population was starving.

@PyromancerRift 10 ай бұрын

@@windblownleaf6450 Black people voted for this. They didn't vote for the outcome. But they voted for the policy. In africa, black people ALWAYS vote for their own tribe. No matter the outcome. This is a savage herd mentality.

@KleptomaniacJames 10 ай бұрын

I think what it was (a large contributing factor), was that the ANC did not have any major political rival. At least one other major interest group could’ve helped balance the excesses of the current government. Unfortunately, a revolution government is almost always extraordinarily popular, which leads to a massive concentration of power, and almost no accountability, because anyone who actually does have power is with you or marginalized.

@thommysides4616 9 ай бұрын

I'm an American whose been living in South Africa since 2007. I love your video here and decided to subscribe. How you were able to put all these facts together in such a correct way is to me..... amazing! It has taken me years to fully understand the workings of this country, or rather....the lack thereof, but you were able to produce all of this without even stepping foot on this soil? My guess is you've never actually been here before, but even if you have been here for a week or two....that would not give you enough time to learn the full story. I'm still learning more about the culture here, even after 15 years....lol. One thing you didn't mention is the fact that the rand at one point was actually stronger than the U.S. dollar. Up until 1982 the South African Rand had more buying power than even the U.S. dollar. When the New ANC government took over in 1994 the exchange rate was nearly 3 and a half rands to one dollar. Things have only gotten worse since that time. By the time I first arrived in the country back in 2007 the exchange rate had increased to nearly 7 and a half rands per one dollar. By 2009 when Jacob Zuma was president things spiralled down very quickly, so that it took over 10 rands to equal the buying power of one U.S. dollar. By 2018 when Zuma left office it was trading as high as 16 to one, but recently has almost touched the very monumental mark of 20 to one. So, if you ever do decide to actually visit here.... your dollars will go far! That's very nice for you, but for the average South Africa who is just trying to survive, it's not so nice. Infact, it makes all imported goods much more expensive and harder to buy. My advice to you is, if you would like to continue with this South African theme....do an expose on the "Rand to Dollar" If you are wondering why I have decided to stay here, its simply because God has brought me here, and until he tells me to leave.... I'm staying. I've been able to do alot here actually. With the help of many Afrikaans friends, and even a Zulu Pastor, who have come along beside me.... I've been able to produce a wonderfully unique music album. It's actually an American/South African project called, "Stranded No More" Here is a "Lockdown Music Video" we did in 2020 showcasing our theme song on the album. I hope you all enjoy it. Please keep South Africa, and our ministry in your prayers. God bless - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ3OqoOvYtGdm7c Cheers!!!

@guleiro 9 ай бұрын

What you've said about your musical project, reminded me the 1986 now classic, Paul Simon Graceland album. To this day, a fantastic collaboration of an American and South African musicians. Will check your link. Cheers from Angola 🙏

@leifiverson8549 5 ай бұрын

How do you know God isn't telling you to leave? What are you waiting for? A letter? How did God send you there in the first place? A letter?

@danaandrews1961 5 ай бұрын

Great job very informative

@haydenmatz3038 6 ай бұрын

Great Vid!

@rpgmusik2172 10 ай бұрын

An excellent telling of such an important cautionary tale. Between the culture of institutionalised corruption, the use of militant followers to avoid prosecution, and the total abuse of social justice as a front for relentless profiteering, it's really not hard to imagine something similar in America's future.

@acaydia2982 10 ай бұрын

“Social Justice” is straight from Stalin. There is no such thing. Either it is just, or it’s not. We’ve seen the same thing happen to every other African country that threw the baby out with the bath water after decolonization. I’m not saying everything was all good before, but communists have always exploited these grievances.

@Khorne_of_the_Hill 10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I think we're already there

@sixthcairn 10 ай бұрын

@@Khorne_of_the_HillAs an asian-american in Washington State, where africans are treated like gods, I can unfortunately confirm.

@purplefood1 10 ай бұрын

Argentina is pretty much in that situation from what I've heard

@chico9805 10 ай бұрын

This is America's present, described exactly.

@refugeguy777 10 ай бұрын

I know of 3 or 4 families from SA who moved to Louisiana and Mississippi to farm. They were farmers/farm managers, and they left for fear of their lives after neighbors had been attacked.

@windblownleaf6450 10 ай бұрын

being a farmer in sa is very dangerous right now. high crime rates, poor police response and remoteness all contribute to make it one of the most dangerous professions in sa. it isnt just for white farmers but black farmers also. work for a security/ IT company and the stories we hear from farmers needing our services (electric fencing, cctv cameras etc.) are hair raising

@thekamotodragon 10 ай бұрын

@@windblownleaf6450 well yea, i mean a major political party in SA rn literally has a theme song about breaking into Boer homes and boiling their children alive right in front of them. I would wanna prevent that too if i was them. It's literally state-sponsored murder and the poor farmers have no way to defend themselves. I'd be moving away asap if i was them.

@KleptomaniacJames 10 ай бұрын

@@windblownleaf6450 don’t forget the fact that it’s usually now farmers and ranchers that have to be giving police stations there ammunition because the police don’t get any ammunition to actually protect the people

@DefinitelyNotEmma 9 ай бұрын

A good friend of mine moved from South Africa to the Netherlands and now here to Germany. Everything she told me just reaffirmed my view that the end of Apartheid doomed SA.

@DefinitelyNotEmma 9 ай бұрын

@@KleptomaniacJamesProtecting yourself should be more of a priority than providing for an incompetent police force

@chrissysmith1597 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your hard work. I am now so angry and depressed. This beautiful country has gone down the tubes. Too sad.

@user-vx9bt7tf3x 4 ай бұрын

Very well explained, all of it perfectly stated and as truthful as the Sun rises every day! We'll done, thank you for your courage to do this video! 🙋🤓💖!!!

@benisboop 10 ай бұрын

One group builds, another destroys. That's the story of Africa

@temporelucemtenebris5313 10 ай бұрын

The first are whites, the other are blacks

@kamogelok5315 10 ай бұрын

Dont have that mentality, south africa has been corrupt its just these hooligans are black thats why it hurts you more. Corruption must die as a whole!

@frankcogallo 10 ай бұрын

What they don't destroy they steal like the ruling party..

@LucasFernandez-fk8se 10 ай бұрын

To be fair it happens in other countries too. Right now they’re looting the Walmarts and then getting mad at the Walmarts for leaving their communities and creating food deserts. It’s not just the African continent this happens on

@pixelboss4980 10 ай бұрын

The lottery theory

@scootergrant8683 10 ай бұрын

It's incredible how, for years, many people like myself have lived not thinking much about South Africa. Being brought up in school I along with many others have been told of South Africa's dark side but the story ends in the late 1990s whilst South Africa was still a functioning nation. It my goodness, how ignorance can mislead.

@Dualbladedscorpion7737 10 ай бұрын

People say "ingorance is a bliss", ye till it hurts

@scootergrant8683 10 ай бұрын

@@SuperBrahimos And rarer is it that people discover it back-to-front with South Africa first 😅

@scootergrant8683 10 ай бұрын

@@SuperBrahimos It was definitely a canary in the coal-mine. However, South Africa handled things arguably better in many ways. Rhodesia was like the smart but hyperactive sibling whilst South Africa, the calm and collected and politically minded older sister.

@scootergrant8683 10 ай бұрын

@@SuperBrahimos It's more multidimensional than that.

@scootergrant8683 10 ай бұрын

@@SuperBrahimos You're preaching to the converted. I am aware of these things. I'm just saying your description of it in the prior comment wasn't doing it justice. You've already shown that it's multidimensional. It's not just a case off replacement but education, finance, skills, socioeconomic status, cultural perceptions et cetera.

@Nykster 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@sasjawijdenes9617 5 ай бұрын

Great video

@Killjeser 10 ай бұрын

Barring the racial issues, you just described the Puerto Rico political system. Right down to the selective power outages. I hope we make it here in P.R. 😅

@CoryMarr 10 ай бұрын

it's happening to all of America, all three continents, the devil is winning with greed apparently its the one sin we can stomach daily.

@omegaz6166 10 ай бұрын

From a Soutb African to you, God speed partner

@thereseemstobeenanerror1219 10 ай бұрын

@@CoryMarr Shut up with all of your God talk

@Zacarias_Blanco_delaBarra 10 ай бұрын

Bro I was thinking the same, this is why I left the island 7 years ago

@jessl1934 10 ай бұрын

Free Puerto Rico!!

@blank3041 10 ай бұрын

As a South African, thank you for making this video and sharing what we have to go through and deal with to a wide range of people .

@siphotheguy1870 10 ай бұрын

As a South African, I would like to say as a South African, that as a South African my honest thoughts as a South African are that as a South African the only way to start my sentences as a South African is as a South African.

@blank3041 10 ай бұрын

@@siphotheguy1870 As a South African, didnt ask.

@murkspectre000 9 ай бұрын

@@siphotheguy1870Typical destructive nonsensical response. Cringe AF

@ntshade8806 4 ай бұрын

Great video btw

@ScottyIsHim 3 ай бұрын

South African here... I just wanna say thanks for this video. The world has this idea that our country is beautiful and a fantastic place to live in or visit when truly it's just straight up rotten, and it's only getting worse.

@CorvusRex 10 ай бұрын

I was really excited to see that you did a video about South Africa as I enjoy your deep dives like this. But watching this, I was sitting here and mentally adding correction to the the things that you have said until I realized that I was being a nitpicking bastard and if you actually had to go into all the details of what has happened and how people have screwed up our country, we would be sitting here for days slogging through it. I appreciate how much time it must have taken for someone who didn't live through it to do all the research and to put all this into some sort of coherent story that the rest of the world can understand. I salute you sir.

@isaacgriffin5690 10 ай бұрын

This is why I'm kind of laughing at BRICS starting their own currency... but still just kind of ...

@chaosXP3RT 10 ай бұрын

They aren't going to have their own currency

@FrangkyMind 2 ай бұрын

Still waiting

@dayamoodley2143 2 ай бұрын

Your history is very informative tx u

@kcharles8857 4 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@orboakin8074 10 ай бұрын

Stuff like this makes me so grateful I am a Nigerian. Unlike SA, we didn't have any massive preexisting infrastructure or wealth built by whites. So we actually had to work hard as hell to improve and we also kept many things the British left us like capitalism, democracy, and federalism because we actually know what works. My country has many issues and load shedding too but we are far better than South Africa in many more ways and future prospects. Our electric grid, though flawed, is undergoing rapid modernisation and we never let our politicians rest on it. Our national unity is better. Our economy is larger (we literally outpaced SA as the largest economy in Africa). Our industrialization is increasing, not declining. Our political system, though flawed, is not as crippled and corrupt as South Africa and our politicians don't use the excuse of "apartheid" race to secure power. Plus, we are not known as a haven for xenophobic killings and murders. Good luck to South Africa

@fullmetaltheorist 10 ай бұрын

Nah. Nigeria did have British infrastructure that you guys ruined. and I still belive we are doing better in every way than Nigeria. there is no terrorism here and we have people committed to turning the country around.

@oldmanbiscuit7518 10 ай бұрын

@@fullmetaltheoristreally? Want to talk about the farmers? The calls for deliving whites by the president himself?

@sechabajohn7393 10 ай бұрын

Stop talking about what you don't know because that is Julius Malema

@vh1775 10 ай бұрын

Nigeria is doing well because of the number of Nigeria Princes that you have.

@fiachracasey7625 10 ай бұрын

Didn't you guys have such a savage civil war you don't even allow it to be taught in history? I think you'll have to wait another few decades before getting a big head

@MetalFaeriei 10 ай бұрын

Great video. As a South african, now in UK for obvious reasons, it is great to see some awareness around this. Some notes on pronunciation - Lesotho = Lasootoo - rhymes with Tutu Thabo = Tahbow - no th sound. Another note, the education system has gotten progressively worse under ANC. Matric Pass marks get lower, classrooms are over-crowded. Areas earmarked for schools are turned into developemnts because of backhanders and corruption. It benefits the ANC to keep the populace ignorant. I have heard black teens say that they are told if they vote for anyone other than ANC, apartheid will be re-instated. Why don't you talk about the extremely violent crime and high rate of rape and sexual assault? Living in SA is like living in a war zone. BEE only benefits very few. Other non whites are also penalised. An example is a colleague of Indian descent who's sibling could not get into medical school because he is not black. He was a straight A student, but the quota system meant he did not have a spot. The place was given to a black student who passed with D's. Is that the kind of doctor's they want? Someone who barely passed medical school? No wonder people are fleeing in droves.

@Stephen-lx9nm 10 ай бұрын

Why you in uk?

@MetalFaeriei 10 ай бұрын

@@Stephen-lx9nm Why would I stay in a country that is unsafe for me and my children? UK is great, except for the erosion of free speech. I feel safe here and I can get a job based on merit, not skin colour!

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

@karabokhwiane7593 10 ай бұрын

@@MetalFaeriei so 350 years of white preferential treatment under 2 different regimes wasn't enough to deter your merit > colour criteria? Lol.

@eddyvos2628 9 ай бұрын

@@karabokhwiane7593Instead of hate you should care for people... Black and others are suffering because of corruption ...

@ricdias3208 5 ай бұрын

This should be a part 1 of four

@bvaux 5 ай бұрын

great content

@mozax8118 10 ай бұрын

South Africa's story would be the perfect setting for an assassin's creed game. Also slight correction, when you pronounce a South African name like "Thabo", the "Th" is not emphasized so while it is spelled Thabo is pronounced as Tabo with the H being silenced. This goes for pretty much every South African name with the letters "Th". Also please may you do a part 2 of South Africa's corruption?

@leevan-N 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for such powerful insight. Im a black young man from Soweto and it pains me to see that our brothers and sister fought and died for nothing. Freedom is incomplete without economic freedom. Please also look at the illigal imigration corruption in South Africa.

@ritchirodenbach8972 9 ай бұрын

I am from germany. But nowadays its much better for Blacks in south africa, always remember White people used to treat like animals under Apartheid.

@murkspectre000 9 ай бұрын

@@ritchirodenbach8972If you say so.

@carolmcneill1165 Ай бұрын

Informative

@user-lk6oj4bu1k 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant brave man!! Thank you .

@N1pp4l03 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Stakuyi. Steven. Bud as you said in your video. You have only just scratched the surface on this quagmire that both I and the rest of my fellow South Africans live in. Been following your content for the last year or 2. Love your stuff on spotify as well. Thanks for taking the time to get our story out there to the rest of the world. As for me as a paramedic in South Africa for the last decade. I dont see a solution other than immigration and getting my family and I the f*** out of this situation. Its sad though man. I love my country and I love my South Africans... But I dont see a future for my own kin here... Anyway keep up the good work.

@als3022 10 ай бұрын

Sometimes you need to abandon ship because there is no solution. How you abandon ship depends on how many people you have with you. Good luck.

@Zestone01 10 ай бұрын

Me being a farmer that has to work in another country just to make ends meet, plus being a farmer in south africa is dangerous "Kill the farmer kill the Boer"

@ADayintheLifeoftheTw 10 ай бұрын

I know a few Rhodesians who have restarted and had a better life out of the 3rd world.

@justinkozak7779 10 ай бұрын

I'm curious..... did you love south Africa when it was literally a legal racist state? I'm not insinuating, I am genuinely curious

@Zestone01 10 ай бұрын

@justinkozak7779 it was safer but since then I've made alot of friends that aren't white soooo, if we could just make it safer and less corrupt, then there might be a future

@thenamesianna 10 ай бұрын

I had no idea of what was going on in South Africa, I thought it was a relatively poor country, not a country in crisis ! This helped me understand so much more regarding this state, thank you !

@jensphiliphohmann1876 10 ай бұрын

Neither did I.

@flavvsdasilver6442 10 ай бұрын

South Africa used to be so powerful that it used to have nukes - about a dozen of them. At one point, the South African currency (the rand) was worth more than the USA dollar - about 1.1 dollar would purchase 1 rand.

@regumkoyu6620 10 ай бұрын

@@flavvsdasilver6442then the blacks came into power💀

@PyromancerRift 10 ай бұрын

The media don't talk about it because of the overtly anti white racism. Equal oportunity and equal treatment is what people think will happen. But racial revenge always come and horrible things happen. Only the whites and a few asian countries are not like that. If you gave that much power to a pro black party in the USA, similar things would happen. The left is already promoting it.

@John-pl8fe 10 ай бұрын

It is a poor country now. Before it was on European standards!

@user-ld1tb2tc5e 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@joannuttall1508 Ай бұрын

Thank you for you history of how it happened. The writing on the wall was so evident to me and we left in 1976. I was back in Oct '23. My heart was so sad.

@susanerasmus8978 8 ай бұрын

Please please make more of these videos of what going on in South Africa ...its very sad to see this once beautiful country falling apart 😥😥😥😥

@deanally91 3 ай бұрын

Once beautiful for who?

@susanerasmus8978 3 ай бұрын

@@deanally91 for us South Africans but these days it looks like a dump and Ramaphosa don't give a damm😡😡😡

@gerdabarnard4572 3 ай бұрын

❤

@deanally91 3 ай бұрын

I think you mean for a minority - the majority didn’t even have access to basics like running water, electricity, roads and pavements

@deanally91 3 ай бұрын

I think you mean for the minority in power - the majority didn’t have access to basics like water, electricity and roads

@Strepsiades14945 10 ай бұрын

My cousins, my aunt and uncle, live there, and I worry for them. This paints a starker picture than I thought. Thanks, Stayuki. At least I know how bad it is without them filtering what's happening

@jarodwilson4946 10 ай бұрын

@musasabelo2192 9 ай бұрын

Take them with you

@madokaimura1733 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@DivusMagus 4 ай бұрын

Corruption is a problem in every country but the problem is when it becomes this widespread it becomes dangerous to try and stop it. It's like joining the Mafia and saying you want to snitch on everyone.

@pathfinderlight 10 ай бұрын

At 9 minutes in, it seems like you've skipped over the distinct native groups that were there before European colonization, namely the Khoisan people from the cape region and the Zulu people from Natal. Zulus are an expansionist people, part of the larger Bantu expansion that started roughly 1,000 years ago.

@Mabena430 10 ай бұрын

Yes exactly I was sad to see he didn't mention the Mfecane in his video it is such a big part of zulu culture

@dannyarcher6370 10 ай бұрын

@@Mabena430 Are you Zulu, mfwethu?

@Mabena430 10 ай бұрын

@@dannyarcher6370 Yes

@isaac6077 10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately he has to treat blacks as one group for his liberal jonsence to scan

@gariongama 10 ай бұрын

I'm actually a direct decendant of Vasco Da Gama living in South Africa. Thanks for bringing light to the situation in my country. I'm so sad to see the massive potential of my once beautiful land lost. An example for all others how corrupt officials will use whatever progressive language they need too justify mass looting and state corruption.

@bobdrooples 10 ай бұрын

Colonialism only gets blamed when a country goes on to fail at governance, not succeed. India embraced democracy and bureaucracy. Zimbabwe and South Africa embraced it's potential to get in power, stay in power and line their pockets. Sorry for your loss.

@justinkozak7779 10 ай бұрын

@@bobdroopleslol so what was SA doing before? Literally the exact same thing you are complaining about..... Boy watching you speak with blinders is hilarious

@justinkozak7779 10 ай бұрын

The same way the gov used its power to oppress and exploit blacks....

@bobdrooples 10 ай бұрын

@@justinkozak7779 before? The stable economy and infrastructure? Please explain to my how colonialism supercharged the AIDS epidemic, mixed it with super TB. Explain how there was enough food...and now there isn't. How do untrained labourers and ex soldiers make for better farmers than than the farmers running at surplus? Why is SA failing when India, Hong Kong. How does South America survive! Also... Boy? Mind your mouth mutt .

@childofthesoil1163 10 ай бұрын

Thats your problem ia not your country to claim it it belong to the indigenous of this land .let it collapsed we will fix it without colonizers telling us how to run our country .can i claim portugal or any ueropean country nope .so opions doesnt matter to us