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A big part of it is years of ANC. They essentially rode the wave of Nelson Mandela (who’s biggest mistake probably was limiting himself to one term, not that he
by Semaphor 3y ago
A big part of it is years of ANC. They essentially rode the wave of Nelson Mandela (who’s biggest mistake probably was limiting himself to one term, not that he didn’t deserve his rest after decades in prison) ever since the end of apartheid, and especially the poorest kept voting for them. No matter how much corruption they openly showed.
And those outages affect the poorest more than anyone else. My wife is from SA, her family is far from rich, but well off enough to afford a generator. It’s not always on, but it really helps bridge the outages when you really need the power.
And before the usual white supremacists show up, yes, it was better during apartheid. Fascinating how you have no issues when you can just cut the power and water etc. to all the blacks in their townships.
- mrguyorama 3y ago>And before the usual white supremacists show up, yes, it was better during apartheid Better for WHO is the important thing to remember. An unequal society doesn't get to claim it's better just because a part of it was way better off.
- Semaphor 3y agoYes, that was the part I expressed with the following sentence ;)
- seydor 3y agocorruption becomes a value in itself, people adapt to prefer corruption because it gets them further ahead than following rules
- Semaphor 3y agoThe people who vote them in are often the poorest and least educated, who don’t benefit from corruption. Though tbf I’m also not sure how great the alternatives are, it’s hard enough keeping up with parties here in Germany ;)
- HideousKojima 3y ago>Fascinating how you have no issues when you can just cut the power and water etc. to all the blacks in their townships. And when you aren't legally mandated to hire a certain percentage of black employees at the power company, regardless of how many have the proper education and training. And then spend even more bringing in foreign contractors to fix their mess.