Posted on 05/28/2005 8:10:05 AM PDT by freeper1995
Q: Is the ANC better or worse than you expected in 1994?
A: The ANC turned out to be exactly as was forecasted by the renowned anthropologist Dr. Wiets Beukes who warned of an impending danger. He predicted that South Africa would follow the same patterns as all African states.
The demonisation of the Afrikaner community was crucial for the policies of black empowerment to survive international scrutiny. Black empowerment is blatant racial discrimination - even worse than under the apartheid government.
Rectifying the injustices of the past was the 'hobby horse' selected. The ANC is now turning out to be a cynical, power-hungry group of politicians, in which the Moslem community, as well as the communists have a level of influence way beyond their numerical relevance. Members of the Xhosa tribe dominate the upper hierarchy of government. The concept of Black Empowerment is turning out to be a way of getting super rich quickly for a handful of blacks, while the White s are forced by the "guidelines" to share his little business with black partners who often is unable to contribute a bean towards the future of the enterprise. A white Afrikaner cannot buy a filling station, for example, without a black partner, whereas a Indian from London, who recently arrived in this country, may do so. The oil companies would otherwise not replenish the depot's storage tanks.
A black person from Tanzania is employed ahead of a white Afrikaner on the grounds of transformation. When I called him an immigrant, he retorted that he was an African, I, a Boer, was the immigrant.
Transformation means 'changing the colour of the demographic landscape from white to black'. That is blatant discrimination and ethnic cleansing, justified by the concept of "the injustices suffered by the black majority during colonial rule".
(Excerpt) Read more at globalpolitician.com ...
A: The peaceful handover of power of 1994 was achieved after lengthy negotiations by the ruling party, the National Party and the ANC/Communist party alliance. The Conservative Party, who was the parliamentary opposition, was simply sidelined during those negotiations. Gen. Constand Viljoen, representing the 'conservative' grouping, agreed with Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma of the ANC, that the unfinished business with ethnic Afrikaners needed to be addressed constitutionally. The Volkstaat Council was to be a constitutional instrument that would make a peaceful election possible. After the elections, the newly formed Freedom Front, lead by Gen. Viljoen, nominated the 20 council members after consultation with the different factions of that grouping. About half the councillors were not members of Viljoen's party. The Council was constituted on the 16th of June, 1994 in the Old Raadsaal on Church Square, Pretoria, the historic seat of Paul Krugers' South African Republic. Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, delivered the address at the time.
The Volkstaat Council was established in terms of Section 184A(2) of the interim Constitution for the following purpose:
"...make recommendations and advise the government, the Constitutional Assembly, the Commission on Provincial Government (CPG) and other bodies concerned, regarding self-determination in general and the attainment thereof of a Volkstaat for the Afrikaner."
"The council shall serve as a constitutiuonal mechanism to enable proponents of the idea of a Volkstaat to Constitutionally pursue the establishment of such a Volkstaat."
The clear objective was an effort to tie the so-called right wing Afrikaners, into the new dispensation and to defuse an otherwise explosive situation.
Don't something like 25% of the SA population have AIDS? Might be an interesting place to visit once these guys get over the idea they have to have a servant class.
Actually, most sexually-active young women in RSA have AIDS (based on the stats of pregnant women compiled by South African hospitals).
The problem is especially severe among the minority Zulu tribe. Mandela, Mbeki, etc. belong to the majority Xhosa tribe and have neglected other tribes.
AIDS is far less common among RSA whites than blacks. Much of southern Africa, especially Zimbabwe and Botswana, are in the middle of huge epidemics that are only getting worse because Leftist Governments are telling people to have sex with condoms, rather than to avoid sex until you know if your partner if disease-free.
Which means, in the end, so to speak, the only folks left will be members of the Dutch Reformed church, and the Moslems~!
Been there recently? It's heartbreaking and your servant class remark shows how out of touch with the situation you are.
You know very well my "servant class" remarks applied to the leadership elite among the blacks.
I'm sorry, I missed the sarcasm.
The whole thing is that way, although maybe less so with the Afrikaners.
The Xhosa managed to get put in charge of the country as it goes down the tubes and the old ways pass away. In the end you will see the Chinese Navy demanding basing rights in what has become a terribly depopulated but otherwise strategic location simply to protect their commercial cargo from pirates.
I will try to remember to put the /sarcasm note in on such comments in the future.
BTW, I got a great laugh out of the full article at the referenced URL. Sounds like the Afrikaners are still blaming each other!
Look, the article referred to the "black partners" ~ it's a class society.>>
Black partners aren't rich. They are just a different tribe. In fact, minority Zulus (who are the majority in KwaZulu) are poorer than majority Xhosa.
What you have is ethnic hate, where everyone hates the majority Xhosa, so minority Black tribes always collaborated with White Afrikaners because they were less afraid of Whites than of Xhosa.
You don't know how right you are. Maybe you do.
In fact, the top class, a caste almost, in most of Europe for many centuries was a single family descended from Hugh Capet.
In fact, they're still the top dogs in most European countries.
It's no different elsewhere, and although the "partners" may be poor, they have the correct relationship to what is actually the ruling elite.
There seem to be some barely hidden "ethnic divisions" among the Afrikaners.
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