A house divided - a South African perspective

South Africa is a very peculiar place – the only country with affirmative action legislation to allow the MAJORITY to reap benefit in the economy.
The only country in BRICS without a real growth rate (at 2% we are pitiful, as an emerging economy).

MARIANNE-ZUMA nkandla-MAIN PHOTO
Nkandla on the hillside (Picture Marianne Thamm) -    As stolen online by me

We are the only country having a liberation movement at the helm with two ex-presidents to speak of.

We are a country that does not fully understand its place in the world – 15% of our population lives under first world conditions while the rest endure life under third world conditions.

Well poverty and stark contrasts are nothing new, we have that all over the world – from Rio De Janeiro with its Favelas, right up next to a world city.
We have Sandton (the richest square mile in Africa) across the road from Alexandra, one of the most impoverished areas in our country.

Politicians and politically aligned people fill their coffers with state contributed wealth under the premise of economic empowerment of the majority – under the ideology that if a few become oligarchs, many more will be far better off (for we all believe that money will trickle down from the clutches of the greedy few…)

My facts may not be sound, but my point is clear – our fairly young democracy will not endure a house this divided. 
The head of the nation, our default, CEO agrees with every audience he finds himself in front of, notwithstanding the apparent contradictions to his statements.

Let us brace ourselves for another state of the nation address - more of the same.

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