Today was the day when I realised that I no longer wanted to live in South Africa. For a while I’ve been somewhat unsure about my future as a South African but today was the day it dawned on me. As the images of people being burnt alive and beaten in the streets streamed into my consciousness through the Internet and Newspapers I knew I could not play a part in supporting the kind of people who could perform such evil acts. I never realised the magnitude of the issue until I saw the reports on BBC and it dawned on me how wide spread this issue is. How are we supposed to run the Soccer World Cup if we have the average citizen turning into a murderer.
I really don’t want to contribute not a second of my time or a cent of my tax paying money to a people as disgusting and shameful as what we have seen. To call these mobs animals is the understatement of the year and frankly the use of “animals” is unfair; a better term would be savages. It always fascinates me how human behaviour descends into such base actions when push comes to shove.
To return to my quite distressed commentary though I simply feel that an impotent government coupled with savages is not the kind of place I want to live anymore and not the kind of environment I want my kids to one day grow up in. The army should have long been called in and a State of Emergency called but Thabo Mbeki is a mongoloid and would rather concentrate on whether he should have the chicken or beef for lunch.
I truly hope this situation is sorted out rapidly. All I want is for someone to restore my faith in the average South African because to be honest the thought of the Army gunning down the savages does not bother me one bit. If you play with fire you must get burnt.
From a uniquely Jewish perspective I think this taps a certainly sensitive vein as it reminds us of the actions taken by the Nazi’s pre World War II when Jews were rounded up in the streets and removed from their houses. I can’t help but feel a bit like a German living in a town near a concentration camp. It shows me that “for evil to flourish, good must just stand idly by”.
As I’ve said, I am truly ashamed to be a South African over the last few days and feel particularly distressed that little is being done to solve the problem. The police clearly cannot cope with the issue and it feels like a war zone out there.
I must apologise for the lack of structure in this post but it is written in an even more emotional manner than usual as I feel I need to vent my emotions through my writing.
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“…As the images of people being burnt alive and beaten in the streets streamed into my consciousness through the Internet and Newspapers I knew I could not play a part in supporting the kind of people who could perform such evil acts…” – exactly the same reason I never did … and will never support the ANC.
Anyone that ever saw “VIPs of violence” – a documentary on the ANC will know that this is what they do best … this is what they trained their goons to do.
No news to me really … Africa is beginning to show the world it’s true colours after all.
I think about this every single day. Being a Sudanese, I consider leaving walking away from this mess behind for a better place.
I look at my country and I realize that it’s a failed state, I look at my people and I realize that….we are not failures.
Don’t give up, there are alot of good people left in South Africa, Sudan, Africa…the whole world
It comes down to one thing: People have been given power, but no method of applying it, causing them to react without proper thought( singing before you can talk)xenophobia ignited, but not because foreigners are taking all the work, but they are stealing all the crime. moral of the story: poverty triples, crime triples and politicians get increases. i love my country, i hate talkers, and i will stick it out here, 1985 to 1995 was good to me, 1995 to 2008 has been ever better.ONE MAN knows the truth, for HE is the truth, and we are lacking in believers.cape town