I am seeing a rise in chatter about many African nations failing due to a combination of government corruption and extreme short term thinking from it's people. African emigrants I meet in the UK are hardworking, forward thinking and entrepreneurial, so how true is this story currently? I worry that it has racist undertones.
How do you see big businesses trade in South Africa in the next 5-30 years, with the trade off between harsh conditions ie forcibly having to give over percentages of shares or control to Black people with govt ties purely because they are black (comments on PBD Podcast) verses the allure of the minerals and elements in the earth? Will the communism lead to the downfall of SA?
Is South Africa heading for civil war? When I left SA for the UK this is what I saw in SA's future. I ran because I am a coward. I didn't want to fight for a country that had different values to me, like Lobola. Yes, they can have there strange cultures but I don't want to take part in it or live adjacent to it.
Aussie miner here with lots of SA friends and colleagues across southern Africa. I get very conflicting info about SA; some say it's so broken to be unfixable; others accept it's broken but cite private market responses to adversity (eg for security and power). Yet others bemoan the decline in standards but maintain it's still basically a well-run place where they're happy to return. Who's in denial?
As an American is there anything that I can do to help the farmers in South Africa? Is there a charity that is helping them get out of the country, help them find jobs in a host country, or anything like that?
South African here, and my family is still there, thankfully in the Western Cape.
My question is really, do you feel hopeful for some kind of future for them or should they make a Plan B like Namibia?
I am seeing a rise in chatter about many African nations failing due to a combination of government corruption and extreme short term thinking from it's people. African emigrants I meet in the UK are hardworking, forward thinking and entrepreneurial, so how true is this story currently? I worry that it has racist undertones.
How do you see big businesses trade in South Africa in the next 5-30 years, with the trade off between harsh conditions ie forcibly having to give over percentages of shares or control to Black people with govt ties purely because they are black (comments on PBD Podcast) verses the allure of the minerals and elements in the earth? Will the communism lead to the downfall of SA?
Is South Africa heading for civil war? When I left SA for the UK this is what I saw in SA's future. I ran because I am a coward. I didn't want to fight for a country that had different values to me, like Lobola. Yes, they can have there strange cultures but I don't want to take part in it or live adjacent to it.
Aussie miner here with lots of SA friends and colleagues across southern Africa. I get very conflicting info about SA; some say it's so broken to be unfixable; others accept it's broken but cite private market responses to adversity (eg for security and power). Yet others bemoan the decline in standards but maintain it's still basically a well-run place where they're happy to return. Who's in denial?
You’ve pointed out how socialism is gaining traction with South Africa’s young people.
How do you get them to see that free enterprise and free markets, not slogans, are what actually lift people out of poverty?
As an American is there anything that I can do to help the farmers in South Africa? Is there a charity that is helping them get out of the country, help them find jobs in a host country, or anything like that?