[School of Rational Thought]

Today’s South Africa is generally more prosperous, as the end of sanctions and the expansion of South African businesses into Africa and abroad has tripled the South African economy from a $111 billion in 1990 to $354 billion in 2010, according to the International Monetary Fund. Some white South Africans may look fondly upon the “good old days” before the arrival of black majority rule, but the truth is that South Africa’s white apartheid government was stone-cold broke when it handed over power to the African National Congress in 1994.

This has nothing to do with the inherit nature of the population, but to do with cutting off doing business with S. Africa.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Good point. Interesting that CSMonitor completely ignored the fact that 17 years ago South Africa was being shunned, punitively restricted by state and non-state actors, and internationally boycotted for the purpose of causing their financial ruin.

Oh, that.

[Dilbert San Diego]

There is anecdotal evidence that a small but growing number of white South Africans are emigrating. Among other problems, crime has skyrocketed in S. Africa with the end of apartheid. Private security is one area of business which is doing quite well in post-apartheid South Africa The general social and business climate is causing many to decide whether they would be better off somewhere else. This is an unspoken, “politically incorrect” thing to talk about, but, some are voting with their feet and leaving the country.

[Safetgiver]

but the truth is that South Africa’s white apartheid government was stone-cold broke when it handed over power.. Commerce was taken away from the government, making them “broke”, sort of like we have now in the US. SA has a crime rate worse than any other country I'm aware of because of no government (or worse, a thugocracy). Most SA’s are fearful of coming out of their houses in the morning.

[DAC21]

And in unrelated news SA land grab from White Farmers has them leaving for other parts of Africa that is welcoming them with open arms. Where have we heard that before?

http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/18538

” With one-third of South Africa’s white-owned farmland to be transferred to black owners by 2014, many white South African landowners are keen to find new territory, though most want to keep their home farms as well, says Hall “