Apartheid ended in 1994 apparently; some kept their wine farms and beach front houses; while some kept their Shacks in the Alexandra Townships (the less fortunate).
‘The less fortunate’; is a phrase often used referring the poor. To me unfortunate is an unplanned circumstance. While the poor in this country; are so because of the previously employed strategies of Apartheid and colonialism.
We (blacks) chose reconciliation without justice; which meant; starting from scratch. We mostly were uneducated; unemployed and unskilled. We are where now free participants in the South African economy.
Interventions like RDP; GEAR; affirmative action; BEE and etc, are/were awesome. Apartheid was well planned; strategically so. Apartheid; which I think is/was advanced than our current systems. I’m not pointing a finger at the ANC (current government); it’s just the how I see it.
There are those who believe that; the ANC in accepting reconciliation without justice; was selling out the poor (blacks) as they got nothing real out of the deal.
Its 2011 and this is where we are. We can only move forward from this point.
There are industries that still need to be transformed; like clothing and technology. All we need is faith in home made products. Petty sacrifices (buying local) are key in developing this economy.
I’m very proud of us as South Africans. The achievements made by blacks since 1994 are immeasurable. Literacy is awareness on how to move forward as a collective.