Is South Africa Becoming a Failed State?

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Economic woes are crippling South Africa, with blackouts and ineffective politicians only exacerbating the issues. So in this video, we explore South Africa's economic and political dysfunction and whether it could become a failed state as some fear.
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00:00 Introduction
01:00 Economic Problems
02:14 Energy & Electricity Problems
06:27 Will it Become a Failed State?
08:23 Ground News

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@Charlie0l9 11 ай бұрын

ANC's knee jerk response to any criticism: 1) "You're racist!" 2) "You're a colonial sympathizer!" 3) "Apartheid!" Oh no. I just said something bad about them. Guess this makes me a pro-Apartheid racist and colonial sympathizer. Dreadful.

@peterflohr7827 11 ай бұрын

At least you'r not a satan-worshipping LGBT nazi. 🤣

@soltier8965 11 ай бұрын

Well at least it was a functioning civilization then.

@joesterling4299 11 ай бұрын

It's the same all over. The US is no different. It has become impossible to point out, let alone try to solve, the failings of a certain race, unless you're a member of it yourself.

@tshepo5537 11 ай бұрын

@@soltier8965 For a minority which is not a good thing. The ANC is still trying to rectify the past injustices. More than 90 percent of the country did not have electricity 20 to 30 years ago. Today most households have electricity.

@tshepo5537 11 ай бұрын

@@casualSimRacer3312 By back then you mean during apartheid? Back then you can pay people peanuts based on skin colour. Meaning you can pay 10 people with a salary that will pay one person today. On paper it will look like many people are employed but in reality they could not afford basic needs. Today most people might be unemployed but those who are employed can afford basic needs and are paid their true worth.

@vulcanmemes9770 11 ай бұрын

This is what happens when a political party keeps running on a single good thing they did in 1994 while never giving up the vestiges of nepotism and unchecked criminal corruption.

@matthewwatson3593 11 ай бұрын

Good take, the same party running a country for 30 years can only lead to corruption and its not like they weren't from the start

@daniyalbbd5281 11 ай бұрын

ANC is our future and our present. South Africa will only develop when all the citizens are just pure Africans ,no white or Indians

@hydromic2518 11 ай бұрын

@@daniyalbbd5281have a “pure” society doesn’t just making it a utopia

@Finkaisar 11 ай бұрын

@elfrjzYou say similar comment several times, trying to make indonesia look good by comparing it to one of the worst countries in europe?

@Aspartame69 11 ай бұрын

Good thing? Thats like saying the lord of the flies would be a good way to run a country.

@cobbler9113 10 ай бұрын

Looking in from the outside, how the entire population of South Africa hasn’t died of shame is staggering. They had such a promising outlook where the nation could have moved on from Apartheid, but instead they’re proving right, those who said the end of Apartheid would bring ruin to South Africa. Just shameful.

@baguettelauncher8839 9 ай бұрын

ending the apartheid is what killed them

@zell863 9 ай бұрын

Lol all what they have to do to see future is to look at Zimbabwe.

@youtubeisdogshit 8 ай бұрын

@@baguettelauncher8839 apartheid was evil, I think it was kicking out all the educated whites

@HistoryBuff_0 4 ай бұрын

@@baguettelauncher8839 Silence racist

@janetkoster6243 4 ай бұрын

Instead of fixing their own problems, the S African govt is now throwing genocide accusations against Israel. 🇮🇱 The idiom, People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, comes to mind. ugh!

@wilfredruffian5002 11 ай бұрын

Did anyone ever expect anything different? You can ignore reality but it never ignores you.

@nigelhamilton815 6 ай бұрын

Well said.

@prophetsnake 3 ай бұрын

Well, I certainly didn't expect anything different from the likes of you.

@ReasonAboveEverything 3 ай бұрын

True

@prophetsnake 3 ай бұрын

what th ereality of a country ruined by the Brits? Yes yes.

@wilfredruffian5002 3 ай бұрын

@prophetsnake interesting that the only countries that didn't benefit from British colonialism are in Africa.

@Lufefe 11 ай бұрын

One of our biggest problems as a country, at least so far, has been this inability to move on from the ANC. Just because they played a major role in ending Apartheid, it doesn’t mean they should be the ones to carry the country forward after Apartheid as well.

@popalopagos 11 ай бұрын

EFF will get things moving

@ayylmao2569 11 ай бұрын

@@popalopagos theyll turn south Africa into a fourth world country or give us a civil war. DA is whats needed

@fullmetaltheorist 11 ай бұрын

@@popalopagos Yekela ukubhema kwere kwere.

@josephmarch7142 11 ай бұрын

@@popalopagosthey'll just become another version of Zimbabwe

@tonypepperoni3679 11 ай бұрын

Did the country really go forward after apartheid though? It was a powerhouse that had to be crushed for the sake of optics.

@robstone4537 11 ай бұрын

AC=Alternating Current, DC=Direct current, ANC=Absolutely No Current

@spaghettiisyummy.3623 11 ай бұрын

Creative!

@florinmatusea 11 ай бұрын

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️👏👏

@Hati321 11 ай бұрын

Good one.

@PastaSenpai 11 ай бұрын

💀

@friedrichjunzt 10 ай бұрын

😂

@Fantasyscribbler 10 ай бұрын

As a South African, now living in Poland, getting out opened my eyes to how bad it actually was. The idea of safely being able to walk around city streets at night seemed like an absolute fantasy. Safety, Politics, Finances, Transport and a host of other major talking points are in the gutter in S.A. I only hope that the rest of my family manages to emigrate before the situation devolves into some sort of seemingly inevitable armed conflict.

@adrianolszewski231 10 ай бұрын

I hope you are happy in Poland.I visited your country in march and I was absolutely stunned how beautiful the nature is. Garden route is amazing.

@Martina-Kosicanka 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, when so many young people is unemployed.and without any perspective, armed conflict seems like granted. Sadly

@MsJubjubbird 10 ай бұрын

My aunt came to visit us in Australia before covid. She couldn't believe that you could just walk up to the front door of people's houses

@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044 9 ай бұрын

And imagine that there are even safer countries like Japan where people literally leave their personal belongings unchecked (cellphones, wallets, purses, money, laptops) in public spaces or cafés because they know no one would steal them...

@everettduncan7543 9 ай бұрын

More and more cities in the US are similar, though rural areas remain safer.

@alexsteven.m6414 10 ай бұрын

BRICS wants to build a new currency. It is also worth noting that gold has historically been used as a store of value and a means of exchange, and some countries still hold significant amounts of gold in their reserves. However, it is unclear how a new currency backed by gold would function in the current global financial system and whether it would gain widespread acceptance. Ultimately, any decision to create a new currency would be subiect to numerous economic, political, and logistical considerations.

@fresnaygermain8180 10 ай бұрын

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@lucianioncelescu3302 10 ай бұрын

BRICS themselves just said there are no plans for any new currencies but leave it to the BRICS fanboys to dream 😂

@matthew1882 11 ай бұрын

Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and now South Africa... at some point you realise that the 'freedom fighters' just wanted their turn to act as the oppressors.

@WorldIsWierd 11 ай бұрын

Funny thing its hurts because now you know these countries could be run well because you seen it happen. Now you just got to look at yourself and your own culture for its result

@xtomistanbulx7140 11 ай бұрын

So the white people had good reasons for wanting to keep apart from them

@levismith7444 11 ай бұрын

Except unlike before there’s no power and worsening infrastructure

@joesterling4299 11 ай бұрын

It also shows that when you have a system that works, destroying it destroys the country, regardless of good intentions. Nelson Mandela understood this, and SA survived the revolt and end of apartheid rather well. He knew keeping the Western-society people who knew how things work was crucial. Then, he died. His successors went on to repeat the same errors as in the other countries you mentioned. And SA joined them in their misery.

@Bumbaclart247 11 ай бұрын

If only European powers hadn’t meddled in these countries. They could have been like Botswana

@DGoldy303 11 ай бұрын

If South Africans keep voting ANC in 2024, then they have nothing to blame but themselves!

@farhanatashiga3721 11 ай бұрын

It would simply be moronic if the majority of South Africans kept voting for them after the catastrophic deterioration of the last 5 years

@Laurentus 11 ай бұрын

The DA is absolutely shit at fixing their image and a big part of that is because they don't wade into townships and get seen helping people the way the ANC does. So tell me how someone who has no access to any technology and has been told his whole life how the ANC liberated them will ever make a different decision?

@Ilamarea 11 ай бұрын

It's them or the red shirt nazis. What they need is for the white men to come back, as crazy as that sounds xd

@CyanOgilvie 11 ай бұрын

As usual, the reality isn't that simple. South Africa isn't a homogeneous unit, and the most important fracture line isn't race any more (although that's an easy emotive lever for the corrupt politicians to pull when they want to manipulate people). Now it's the economic class divide that results from being the most unequal society in the world. There are only a few million tax payers who pay any meaningful amount of income tax trying keep a country of 60 million running, where the largest employer is the state and we're trying to institute more and more welfare initiatives. Almost none of those tax payers vote ANC (there is a strong correlation between the number of toilets in the average dwelling in an area and the party with the majority of votes, over the range 0 to 3, which tells a tragic tale of the reality of life for many South Africans). The ANC understands that the mainstay of its political support isn't the tax base, so there is nothing to lose by stealing as much of the public purse as possible - the decades of corruption revelations don't move the needle at all for them - a large part of their support base view it as stealing from the rich who richly deserve it. Additionally, because of this unfortunate dynamic, it's directly counter to the ANC's interest to actually lift the majority of voters out of poverty.

@Wamuciie 11 ай бұрын

Viva Eff viva !

@RichieRouge206 11 ай бұрын

Being a born and bred South African and even being very aware of how it’s been going for a long time and most of my family having moved away, it still breaks my heart. Great video

@jackholman5008 10 ай бұрын

When your trying to care for everyone it's hard when your trying to care for 5%ofthe population like apartheid you can have paradise,EASILY

@JustMe99999 10 ай бұрын

@@jackholman5008 Or maybe it's because the average IQ of a sub-Saharan African is 62. That might have something to do with the problems.

@yannick245 10 ай бұрын

I can't be THAT bad! If I type in any city in South Africa + _"real estate/mansion",_ I can see brand new _(not left-overs from "better times")_ beautiful houses. Houses that don't exist in my first world country of Germany. I won't say that the situation isn't bad. But I've been reading the same comments by, probably, White South Africans whining since the existence of KZfaq. While, probably, typing these comments from one of these mansions. You will never get the political power back. This ship has sailed in 1994. But you created your own police forces and still live a much better life that you will admit. And talking about migration. The White population has been pretty stable, since the huge migration wave in the years right after the end of apartheid. It even rose between 2010-20.

@henkstols9326 6 ай бұрын

@@yannick245I would like to inform you Im white and live in a rental apartment typing on my non contracted phone, dont assume all whites or anyone else are living the colonial dream out here. Food has become very expensive and in general the cost of living has shot through the roof.

@yannick245 6 ай бұрын

@@henkstols9326 I know that there are even _"Afrikaner townships"_ today and not every White person in SA lives a lavish colonial lifestyle! Btw, I have Afrikaner roots too. My last name is Erasmus. I know that not everyone was able to secure their pre 1994 _(financial)_ status and didn't have a wealthy background, but lost everything during the transition. But it's definitely true that the average White South African has a better financial background, than the average German. The housing/real estate is just amazing in SA! If I had enough money and the energy crisis would be solved, I'd settle in South Africa.

@robmancuso964 9 ай бұрын

As bad as things currently are in South Africa, the really scary thing is that it can actually get much worse and probably will.

@tokoloshi214 11 ай бұрын

Takeaway lesson: Incompetent people cannot by miracle run an advanced economy.

@coffeebean_tamer 11 ай бұрын

Someone on our local radio station said Africa has to fail be design. Why does every African country except for Namibia, Mozambique and Kenya relativity stable have this issues?

@jrpark05 11 ай бұрын

Only eight upvotes while the others around it have upvotes in the hundreds, all the while this comment is closer to the point than almost any other. Just goes to show you that most people are so criminally stupid that they would rather see their countries decay, and the standard of living of their descendants be greatly reduced, than to be branded the scarlet letter of our time....being a racist. Pathetic.

@ch.3569 11 ай бұрын

Well its a few things 1. is corruption, it takes strong principled leaders and government checks and balances to limit corruption not something you get over night. 2. A lot of Afrika scares the shit out of investors. instability (wars and unrest) + Nationalize or redistribute talk is not good for long term investments.

@A-world-of-My-Own 11 ай бұрын

Try Greedy and Corrupt ANC people. They take as much as they can in 5 years then move on. Till there is nothing left. The New Zimbabwe. All Politicians are corrupt, but it is the greed and speed which is killing SA.

@poppinc8145 11 ай бұрын

@@coffeebean_tamer Kenya's 2017 election had the incumbent President winning by 98% of the vote. Kenya disputes maritime territory with Somalia, supported the toppling of the unified Somalia government back in 2006 which reignited civil war, and Kenya has been intervening in Somalia and fighting insurgents within its own borders ever since. Mozambique is literally in a state of war in the north since the late 2010s after insurgency broke out following decades of neglect, exploitation and the most poverty despite Northern Mozambique having the richest energy and mineral resources in the country.

@CaraTheStrange 11 ай бұрын

As a South African young adult there is just no hope. Jacob Zuma used the country like a fleshlight. If you dont laugh at everything falling apart youll cry. Cyril was suppose to bring change and end the horriffic corruption but then we recently found out he is also corrupt. Brain drain is a big problem as well but as someone looking to move to canada i dont see why i should stay, i love my country but not enough to give up my future.

@hydromic2518 11 ай бұрын

I’m moving to Canada too. I hope to comeback one day to do something to help but I don’t have much of a choice

@CaraTheStrange 11 ай бұрын

@@hydromic2518 I’m currently spending a gap year in canada and its so much better here. Luckily i have some family here as well

@peterfireflylund 11 ай бұрын

@@hydromic2518so you know the situation is dire… why do you then write so many desperate comments here defending the ANC?

@peterfireflylund 11 ай бұрын

We always knew Ramaphosa was corrupt ;) At least he seems somewhat competent which Zumba definitely wasn’t.

@hydromic2518 11 ай бұрын

@@peterfireflylundnot defending the ANC but I can’t accept racism or people that make terrible claims without understanding the entire situation

@johnhi47 9 ай бұрын

I lived and worked there for 10 years. The fear was that the ANC would not have the talent, skills, & self awareness to run a country. They got the benefit of the doubt, the country was handed over to majority black rule and we prayed for the future. Thirty years later - corruption is rampant at the highest levels, the power grid is failing, police don't turn up, hospitals are third world, buildings and roads are not maintained, the national airline has gone bankrupt, the masses are suffering, youth unemployment is rife and crime is rampant. Our fears have become a reality. South African was a rich country with great infrastructure and a working civil service. It is now a failed state, civil unrest a constant possibility.

@kennethausten 9 ай бұрын

All our South African friends now returned to UK 25 years ago. Businesses they had were confiscated and destroyed within months. They were unable to bring any money out , so had to rely on friends and family. Very sad. They made it and have a happy retirement here in UK.

@nathanseper8738 11 ай бұрын

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain," sums up the ANC in a nutshell.

@me0101001000 11 ай бұрын

"YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE"

@peterfireflylund 11 ай бұрын

The ANC were never actually heroes except in the Western press. They were always criminal. They were always corrupt. They were always incompetent. They were always terrorists.

@johnmonrow9981 11 ай бұрын

Since when were they the hero's? Their leader Mandela literally chained tires doused in gasoline to the necks of white political opponents and set it on fire.

@benfubbs2432 11 ай бұрын

Thing is the ANC were never the hero, but it was fun to pretend when Mandela was around.

@BrutusAlbion 11 ай бұрын

it was literally a terrorist organization from the start lol

@austinowings4904 11 ай бұрын

It's really tragic. South Africa was dealt a winning hand; abundant resources, good demography, relatively few regional rivals, Africa's best climate, and its most developed and advanced technological and industrial base, and they've managed to fuck it all up. Instead of leading the way for Africa, they've regressed to the mean.

@xtomistanbulx7140 11 ай бұрын

Maybe there's a good reason why the white people wanted to keep apart from the black people. Now look.

@joecruiser 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. But, alas, they are not quite satisfied with their handiwork of destruction yet, still some stealing and f.....g the remaining bits to go.

@sillyname6808 11 ай бұрын

> Good Demography Uhhh google Average ZA IQ bruh.

@TheJewishAzovMember 11 ай бұрын

Well duh, anyone who had a working brain saw this as the only outcome

@andrewalbers856 11 ай бұрын

The Whites made South Africa into an advanced country and now under the blacks it no longer is.

@ekesandras1481 10 ай бұрын

Things like that happened before, like when the Romans left Britain. The aqueducts were still working for a while, the roads could still be travelled on, but nobody maintained them. And slowly everything crumbled and went back to the way it was before the Romans.

@chopstick266 10 ай бұрын

The roads were for the romantic army. What aqueducts were they?

@qhayiya252 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, we'll hopefully not need one and a half centuries of war to get out of our predicament

@KDean22 8 ай бұрын

MAIN PROBLEM IS LOW INTELLIGENCE

@dannyarcher6370 11 ай бұрын

South African here. It is already a failed state. Only the private sector is still functioning.

@adrian_vsk7203 11 ай бұрын

How long will it be until the people of South Africa realize that the ANC are not the answer. The time of gratitude to them for helping to end Apartheid is over, the dues are paid. Now it's time to vote in a party that actually wants to help the people of the country, not just their own bank accounts.

@fullmetaltheorist 11 ай бұрын

People already don't trust the anc. Just to give you an idea in the municipal elections the anc got 46% of the vote but only around 6 to 8 million people voted for it. Keep in mind that almost 40 million people in the country are old enough to vote. But a lot if people felt as if the anc was going to win ayways and so stayed away from the election. But this mentality has changed over the past 2 years.

@shasha023 11 ай бұрын

there is no such party currently - DA are sellout and who dont seem to understand or want to learn how the majority feels and thinks, they will never win more so now after their pro west agendas have been made public - EFF are radical racists they will never win the presidency we can only vote for cANCer because its the better option

@Mike_Viola 11 ай бұрын

Problem is, the party gaining the most votes in each election isn't the DA, its the EFF.

@popalopagos 11 ай бұрын

EFF then.

@theinfinitevoidiscringe2819 11 ай бұрын

Blacks can't maintain civilization, in other news water is wet.

@danika9448 10 ай бұрын

I emigrated out of South Africa but have returned home every year to see my family. It is so sad to see that a country with so much potential, and indeed hope, post-apartheid, has declined so dramatically since the reign of that parasitic president, Zuma. Our current president is better but is extremely complacent and seems to avoid really confronting the challenges of his position head-on. The ANC refuses to admit their incompetence and failures. In one way I understand, but they need to stop protecting their party and their pay checks and face reality. They have let their own people down. They have failed to uphold democracy. I still hope and pray for a renaissance in South Africa. I still have faith that the country can become truly prosperous for all.

@Ultizer 9 ай бұрын

It's not going to happen due to demographics. The country is long gone.

@Denominus 9 ай бұрын

To be fair, the energy crisis actually started with Thabo Mbeki and his decision to not build more power plants against all advice to do so. This decision took a while to play out. He at least wasn't a thief though, just incompetent. Zuma however ramped it into overdrive, a brazen criminal as well as completely incompetent.

@razaplaza3538 3 ай бұрын

@@UltizerWhen it recovers, your ideology will be debunked.

@merrickbrent160 9 ай бұрын

South Africa already failed in 1994. Greed and grand scale theft by the ANC just plummeted into destruction

@injest1928 11 ай бұрын

Corruption destroys nations

@lukemeier8917 11 ай бұрын

And religions, they corrupted the entire Jewish religion so bad with their fake satanic Son of God there had to be a new testament and only begotten son of God to fix the mess..Jesus was betrayed murdered and crucified for being white and right...

@technomad9071 11 ай бұрын

But Zuma convinced us it was the African way

@theinfinitevoidiscringe2819 11 ай бұрын

@@technomad9071 It is the African way. The entire continent is corrupt. there is not a single nation in African that even comes close to the level of high trust in institutions or government that an European country, Asian country does. It just seems to be the natural state, that when blacks are put in power, they become corrupt.

@susanthejew6351 11 ай бұрын

the whole world is corrupt yet most of it seems to be functioning so that's shortsighted and ignorant

@OtakuV2 11 ай бұрын

The citizens are too daft to realize.

@ACBReacts 11 ай бұрын

Great video, I'm a South African based in Cape Town. We've been suffering for years... The ANC is a Cancer, that's been killing our country day by day.

@scottdearden7734 11 ай бұрын

How is the crisis affecting politics in the Cape? I remember reading that there’s a growing independence movement there.

@Glory_to_Arstotzka 11 ай бұрын

Isn't the democratic coalition in power

@cxzact9204 11 ай бұрын

@@scottdearden7734 The idea of Western Cape independence is today considered racist and white supremacist in South Africa. The DA, who most remaining white South Africans vote for along with a small chunk of the black, coloured and Indian populations, run the province and Cape Town city and it's by far the most successful system in SA. There are still issues like policing and public transport issues that fall under the national government's jurisdiction and that they can't do anything about. But Cape Town has become a magnet for people from other parts of the country who want to escape ANC mismanagement. But basically, the only effective, relatively uncorrupt party is seen as a white party. And the ANC who have managed our decline for 30 years while stealing everything they could are seen as saviours. South African politics are so fraught and emotional. Never rational.

@ThisNinjaSays_ 11 ай бұрын

Why are the Africans not kicking out the colonizers? They clearly hate it there and don't reinvest in the economy. Send them back to England.

@tandiemakiwane3731 11 ай бұрын

REALLY? Western Cape boasts of successful goverance, why not go National?

@charlesarmstrong5292 10 ай бұрын

An excellently researched and presented article. As a recently emigrated ex South African citizen, I have watched it all fall apart since The ANC took over. My synopsis is; there is no hope of anything but abject failure for the country. Very sad and unnecessary.

@baguettelauncher8839 9 ай бұрын

just like every african countries, I wonder why ...

@tonitappous2422 5 ай бұрын

Please vote from overseas next year in SA's General Election.Google DA Abroad for more info.

@newstuff1107 10 ай бұрын

You seem like a very decent and honest news presenter. Sounds professional to me. I hope your other videos are as serious. Subscribed.

@nealnaidoo698 11 ай бұрын

As a South African this is a very accurate summary of what's going on.

@camiscooked 11 ай бұрын

Ah yes cause the Gupta's were the CEO of eskom

@susanthejew6351 11 ай бұрын

npc

@Boahemaa 11 ай бұрын

We went through it in the 90s I hope it gets better for you too.

@bravesirkevin 11 ай бұрын

As a South African who has actually paid attention, this wasn't very accurate at all... they misunderstand a lot of things, and in places they get things completely and utterly wrong.

@ACBReacts 11 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@david-jr5fn 11 ай бұрын

No what actually happened to South Africas power grid can be summarised by these newspaper quotes: 2014: "Eskom is set to axe as many as 3,389 skilled white employees, including 1,081 white engineers and managers, as it ramps up its affirmative action policy." 2022: "South Africa's power grid is collapsing and outages are disrupting the economy " 2023: "Eskom brings in former employees to deal with crisis"

@niculaelaurentiu1201 11 ай бұрын

That's absolutely tragic it's comical but I can't even laugh

@jeromejooste3493 11 ай бұрын

That idiotic move was hugely destructive to Eskom but is only one of many terrible management and government decisions that brought it to where it now is. If you were an engineer that got booted I feel your pain. I lost my contract with Eskom literally overnight due to the same "white cleansing" of the SOE's.

@dixonhill1108 11 ай бұрын

Lol the ANC was marxist even when apartheid was going on. It's pretty funny anyone imagined it'd be anything but this outcome. Even the OP TLDR guy can't admit that marxist nonsense is the root cause.

@sotirismp2883 11 ай бұрын

Taking the whites out of something means taking the civilisation out of something

@darthplagueis13 11 ай бұрын

Isn't affirmative action usually supposed to only affect hiring policies? Firing people over it is immensely stupid, both because you don't wanna exchange so much senior staff at once and because even if your long term goal is being more representative, laying people off over their race is straight-up racist discrimination.

@bradleyfox4722 6 ай бұрын

Great video!

@lenarddurand9833 10 ай бұрын

Well done!

@calvinsmith1295 11 ай бұрын

It's not becoming a failed state..........it's already there.

@mazambane286 11 ай бұрын

The looting started long before zuma. The arms deal was under mandela's watch. Its been nothing but a looting spree since 1994. People tend to forget the anc is a criminal organisation.

@Whiteyy191 10 ай бұрын

I’d feel bad, but all they had to do was look at Zimbabwe to see the eventual endgame of ‘majority role’.

@Skyduke 9 ай бұрын

The "economic jewel of Africa" is a risible misnomer. The only reason why its economy was doing so well was because it wasn't being run by the people who run it now.

@razaplaza3538 3 ай бұрын

It was at it's peak in the early 2000s not during earlier. Read a book or look up any stats.

@Ondar007 11 ай бұрын

That's what happen when you have criminals running the state.

@susanthejew6351 11 ай бұрын

every european or american goverment is like that idiot, that's what happends when you have incompitent criminals running the state/country

@southcoastinventors6583 11 ай бұрын

I blame the prawns myself

@Bumbaclart247 11 ай бұрын

UK gonna be a failed state then

@moosesnWoop 11 ай бұрын

not only, criminals run every facet of the country - the stock market itself has some of the biggest crooks. "This is Africa" - Leonardo DiCaprio

@rosecroco2787 11 ай бұрын

suka wena ama south africans ngamasela and rapists stop blaming foreigners for everything gourven yourself accordingly

@kerbytamares6403 11 ай бұрын

As South East Asian, I viewed South Africa as a kind of 1st world country, but now learning what SA is going through these past several years and the current situation in the country, it seems that states like Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam are much better economically and politically compared to it, and will, or has already surpassed it.

@khdr829 11 ай бұрын

Because they challenged the West, that is what will happen to you if you do not take their orders.

@MarleenB 11 ай бұрын

I am a South African who lives and works in Vietnam and I can confirm that I truly experience a much better quality of life than I ever did in South Africa. It isn't easy though - much is sacrificed for it. It would be a dream come true if I could actually find a way to live in my home country, feel safe and thrive , but it simply isn't possible. I visit South Africa once a year to touch base and check in with my loved ones - and every time I can see the increased level of decline, resentment and hopelessness. It's a bid for making ends meet and survival. I see my friends lose all their dreams and it breaks my heart.

@eisbeinGermany 11 ай бұрын

even Germany sees SA as a third-world country, when i moved to Germany and went and applied for a medical aide--they call it a sickness insurance the woman at AOK told me i do not qualify for the cheap one as i come from a third world country namely South Africa and must go apply fora private medical aide

@xpusostomos 11 ай бұрын

South Africa was a 1st world country if you were white, and the do gooders mistakenly believed the blacks could live like whites if only they had power.

@minecraftingmum5574 11 ай бұрын

It used to be that way. Under white rule. Ever since the black rule has taken over, everything has gone downhill. Same thing happened to Rhodesia, when it became Zimbabwe.

@thefinancialanalyst31 10 ай бұрын

I visited the Western Cape this past March/April and I was expecting to experience bad blackouts. Honestly, and this is sad, if you have money, you will likely never even experience load shedding in a meaningful way. So if you’re a tourist, you’ll probably be in areas where the rich South Africans are, and they definitely don’t experience load shedding in meaningful ways. What I really wasn’t prepared for was how poor the country actually was for most people who live there. Townships are alive and unwell and many, if not most, Black South Africans live in them outside of the cities. This is probably where load shedding takes most of its toll (anyone who lives there feel free to correct me). It’s just a stark reminder to never rely on GDP per capita statistics for a country that is that unequal. Using a median as your central tendency is likely the best way to home in on the truth.

@blueberryhill6948 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for covering South Africa. This is very interesting

@VanGroan 11 ай бұрын

Correction: 04:51 De Ruyter didn't resign "a few months later". He was poisoned on the 12th of December, then his resignation was announced publicly on the 14th of December.

@l9ino170 11 ай бұрын

I am South African and actually worked for the government until I left because of incompetance and people running departments like their own personal fiefdoms. All I can sayy is that exactly 30 years from the historic moment of April 27 1994, we have an opportunity to boot out the ANC and make more hisstory at next year's general elections.

@joandebruin3847 11 ай бұрын

unfortunately the majority of Blacks still see the ANC as their Saviour who will supply them with free housing and medical care,social grants and jobs as long as they vote for them.😭

@konstruct11 11 ай бұрын

I wonder how many countries are right behind sa/ socialism is great until you run out of other people money

@daveprice790 11 ай бұрын

@@joandebruin3847 Yup. It's how they fooled them in 1994 and it's still going on!

@ritafernandes7218 11 ай бұрын

Amen 🙏

@yaimavol 10 ай бұрын

Do you really think they are going to allow themselves to be cut off from all that money?

@aimhigh3701 10 ай бұрын

We didn’t have power for 4 hours this morning. This week 21 trucks were intentionally burned in Mpumalanga. Sadly the people who inherited this great country have no idea how to run it.

@crazedaze7256 11 ай бұрын

This is so true! as a South African living in the West Cape I can say that Load Shedding has gotten even worse here, as much as four, two to four Load Shedding's (blackouts) a day in some parts. And this video isn't even talking about the wide spread ANC corruption, massive increase in crime rates, mass killings, looting's, Government sponsored theft, Farmland being taking away from farmers, heavy reliance on imports (specifically China), and most recently scandals of the ANC supporting Russia and suppling a Russian Submarine with ammunition. It''s gotten so bad that there is also genuine call for Secession within the Western Cape (the only non ANC lead province). With all this in mind I would almost 100% agree and say that yes South Africa is heading towards becoming a failed state, (if it hasn't done so already). Thank you for making this video and bring this to problem to light, hope you guys will cover more from SA in the future. (This comment was written in pitch darkness).

@lonerider5933 11 ай бұрын

Actually Western Cape should drop the rest of the country.

@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 11 ай бұрын

They should secede with how bad things seem in the rest of the country. Also, in such a scenario, I think it would be important to have allies before seceding, in case things get ugly with the EFF flirting with the idea of genocide

@lonerider5933 11 ай бұрын

@@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 And also I don't see genocide stopping on whites. Indians, Coloureds and Asians will be next on the list unfortunately. The issue with SA whites, Indians and Asians is that they are spread around the country like butter on a toast. No majority in any region and Pretoria and Cape Town and a bunch of farmland spread all around the country is just a recipe for being overwhelmed. Even greater the risk for Asians and Indians in mostly some cities. Coloreds are a majority on the West at least. All minorities in South Africa should unite to be a player in the politics of the Xhosa and Zulu beef.

@tiaandeswardt7741 11 ай бұрын

No one seriously thinks the Western Cape will secede. The Cape Independence Party received next to no votes in the 2021 municipal election

@alenparker3056 11 ай бұрын

Western Cape should form their own country named just that. They should also freeze all ANC assets and ban entry to the country for everyone involved in these degenerate parties.

@francisarmitage8142 11 ай бұрын

As a white South African I must say I'm happy that TLDR has covered the situation here. I'm a British immigrant who supported the ANC and then realized in 2002 that things were going south. You have summarized the situation well. Keep us in your loop because we're in serious trouble!

@aredub1847 11 ай бұрын

@@discerningmood2674 You can live like a king for very cheap. If you dont mind having bodyguards and walls.

@simplesimon5739 11 ай бұрын

Get out if you can.

@guydreamr 11 ай бұрын

Why in the world would you want to remain in South Africa? Even the shitshow that has been British politics over the last few years has got be a veritable garden party compared to what's going down in SA.

@cobalt-teal9589 11 ай бұрын

@@aredub1847and no power for 16+ hours

@oqo3310 11 ай бұрын

"things were going south" lmfao

@heavenonearthmemes830 7 ай бұрын

As a white man in south africa, it is incredibly difficult to find a job. I had a job as a nurse at a commercial hospital and was fired after two years with the words on my slip being "too light skinned". I am not joking. Those were the actual words written on that page. I also talked to an old black man the other day and he said that he was actually doing BETTER off when apartheid was still in play.

@TheTruthIsFiction 4 ай бұрын

Yes South Africa should be like Australia where the unemployed get 20000 rand every month for doing nothing. Then the crisis will be that nobody wants a job and millions of illegals will be accepted from across the border to fill the jobs nobody wants to do.

@ericksalinas6976 Күн бұрын

My white South African grandmother had told me the same thing. There were good and bad things, there is no doubt about that. But if we mention the good things, there was more security, there was always employment, the streets were cleaner, everything was cheaper.

@Aelfraed26 10 ай бұрын

As an Argentine, the ANC sounds even worse than the Peronists

@john_doe_not_found 11 ай бұрын

Corruption kills. The ANC has been ruling from on high for so long they assume the nation's tax base is their individual personal bank accounts. Their kids get the best jobs, their family gets the best land, their members get preferential treatment. And they think that is normal.

@jonasv.c.8924 11 ай бұрын

Indeed. And all of that under the pretext of "rectifying injustices of the past."

@Labyrinth6000 11 ай бұрын

They know 100% certain if they lose power, They will lose everything. That’s why they remain in power. To them, it IS their normal.

@mosesmm5473 11 ай бұрын

As a young South African, this hurts as it's something we all just accept as part of life. Incompetence and corruption are so common that it barely makes the evening news. Eskom isn't a defacto monopoly, it IS a monopoly as it's illegal for private energy providers to operate, even if you create your own electricity and try to sell the excess to neighbour, you can easily find yourselves hit with a cease and desist letter. Even if you disconnect from the service entirely and perhaps rely on solar, you still need to pay a fixed monthly fee seemingly as a reminder of the fact they know they hold all the cards

@whitegoose2017 11 ай бұрын

They don't want you to get wealthy, because that would allow you to take control of your own life.

@joecruiser 11 ай бұрын

It's waaayyy worse than EsCum only my friend. Educate yourself, please.

@CalCalCal6996 11 ай бұрын

People should just start sabotaging equipment

@tiaandeswardt7741 11 ай бұрын

You are a few years behind on the energy legislation... all licensing requirements for private generation have been scrapped. These wind farms and solar farms you see popping up are private energy providers, not Eskom

@joecruiser 11 ай бұрын

@@tiaandeswardt7741 Check out the intended ANC PP energy Legislations generally aimed at retaining their corrupt Monopoly for Cadre "job" creation and providing new Troughs for them to Eat at.

@Antipodean33 10 ай бұрын

It's summed up with one simple and devastating word CORRUPTION

@JustMe99999 10 ай бұрын

Most major US inner cities... Haiti... most of sub-Saharan Africa... hmmm... I wonder what the common denominator is?

@Mrfairchap 11 ай бұрын

I have friends in South Africa (lived there for 3 years), both black and white. They tell me that South Africa is already a failed state. This was predicted long before the ANC took over running the country and it has come to pass. Mismanagement and corruption are now rampant and the country is in a parlous mess. It's sad because it all could have been so different.

@OscarOSullivan 11 ай бұрын

The EFF’s leader’s statement about Jews training White South Africans sounds anti semitic

@yaimavol 10 ай бұрын

When your power goes out for 72 hours every week, you are a failed state

@justaservant666 10 ай бұрын

“This was predicted long before the ANC took over running the country”, lies this problem is due to the ANC and it’s questionable supporters. Don’t negate the blame.

@yaimavol 10 ай бұрын

@@Jimbob960 That is something the Indian people said after the British left. They left behind a functional court system and a rule of law that had never existed before

@berylackermann8240 10 ай бұрын

There is always some form of corruption when Politicians do not have its citizens as a priority and not their pockets. Before ANC the infastructures ran quite smoothly even though the Apartheid was diabolical. Since ANC came into power the infastructures started to collapse having got rid of more highly qualified and skilled persons. They must take responsibikity not use the "pass the buck blame game".

@LouisIreland 11 ай бұрын

I lived in South Africa for two years from 2019. It’s a lovely country but really sad to see what’s happening. A lot of people are leave because they see no future there.

@fredperry523 11 ай бұрын

@@the_sepia_wolverine It's just a big black hole now !

@LouisIreland 11 ай бұрын

@@the_sepia_wolverine nothing. I was only planning to be there for a couple of years with my parents work. If I could stay longer, I would. Cape Town is a lovely place

$@fractionaldebtisfraud2187$

@fractionaldebtisfraud2187 11 ай бұрын

@@LouisIrelandCan Cape Town remain immune from what is going on in the rest of the country for decades, if so what gives it this privilege?

@stlouisix3 11 ай бұрын

❤️‍🔥May Christ ⛪ bless Ireland☦️ 🇮🇪✝️

@OscarOSullivan 11 ай бұрын

Eskom would put the ESB of the 1970’s and 1980’s to shame with awfulness

@killbot86 10 ай бұрын

The mere fact that Jacob Zuma was more concerned with lining his own pockets so that his 6 wives and 21 children can live in luxury in their fenced mansion, just goes to show how messed up the ANC was…..

@aimhigh3701 10 ай бұрын

Most of my friends have left south africa. I’m still here holding the fort and determined to make a small difference where I can.

@Jay_76 11 ай бұрын

What?!? Giving Political Leaders absolute power has led to absolute corruption? Who'd have thought _that_ would ever happen?!?

@susanthejew6351 11 ай бұрын

yeah luckely that ONLY happends in south africa and not in our western modern culture,right?!

@user-eu4qr2pd6o 11 ай бұрын

@@susanthejew6351 There is NO "absolute power" in western political systems.

@unknow11712 11 ай бұрын

@@susanthejew6351 the missunderstanding that you will have no corruption, ever , somewhere is quite stupid. you don't give absolute power to someone , because if he\her is corrupted , you just fucked up the whole nation . see all dictatorship \ fail democratic states as example, or judges "for life" inthe US or "for life" senate member in many other stats . the moment you allow someone to be "for life" you more or less give a free pass for corruption .

@Joey-ct8bm 11 ай бұрын

@@susanthejew6351 The difference is that in the West they skim from the top and in South Africa they skim from the bottom.

@suzygirl1843 11 ай бұрын

@@Joey-ct8bmGood thing BRICS is here

@alphonsdewit7852 11 ай бұрын

In 1994 we had 4 million tax payers for 30 million population. Today 2 million tax payers for 67 million..,6 million entrepreneurs outside tax system.. rate payers pay their rates to municipal authorities, but municipalities not paying suppliers .. constant bailout from National Govt funds to corrupt Municialities... exhausting the 2 million remaining tax payers to breaking point.

@bafanamahlatse1923 11 ай бұрын

This doesn't make sense.everyone pays some form of tax ..Di you even know the tax system in South Africa.. The number s you've give are all made up ..do you even live in South Africa

@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub 11 ай бұрын

DA run municipalities don't have that problem so much. The rest of the country is slowly catching on to this fact.

@tshepo5537 11 ай бұрын

Where are you getting your stats😅

@dannyarcher6370 11 ай бұрын

@@tshepo5537 Your own gubmunt.

@moosesnWoop 11 ай бұрын

@@tshepo5537 dude's never seen a textbook let alone a tax form in his life.

@inconceivableabysses 10 ай бұрын

It's amazing the deftness with which comments are avoiding any trigger words, and carefully skirting around the obvious.

@iMorands 10 ай бұрын

That Nelson Mandela Nobel prize sure is aging well.

@kalebbruwer 11 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if we're already a failed state, because our justice system is a joke. Gangs are rampant and criminals seem to get away with everything. Which begs the question: is a country even a country if it doesn't have laws?

@vuri3798 11 ай бұрын

I'd say in the XXI century mostly economy makes a country, and then corruption is what deteriorates it. Obviously there always will be some of it, but you don't want it to step too far and let that slide. If justice doesn't do it's job then the population either have to accept it and see their future get taken away from them or fight united like there's no tomorrow, but that's understandably not an easy thing for people to do when they have families. That's also the reason why eastern Europe didn't become what we thought it could be post USSR. The mafia's one thing but when prime ministers start stealing 10% of the GDP you're in trouble.

@bananaempijama 11 ай бұрын

Poverty and corruption are always hand in hand

@PunkDogCreations 11 ай бұрын

There is also the Afrikaner genocide happening.

@user-ek6zv8qi8y 11 ай бұрын

Gangsters and thugs basically run Eskom

@amartyaroy3754 11 ай бұрын

Considering the average security system on a South African house looks like a maximum security prison yeah it has pretty much gone down hill.

@beab8738 10 ай бұрын

This was interesting since I'm seychelloise and while I think corruption is a familiar topic in africa, I'm suddenly grateful that our sole power and water supplier is quite reliable.

@mariusmarius4832 10 ай бұрын

Subscribed

@Hati321 11 ай бұрын

You failed to mention the role of all the racist legislation introduced by the ANC to replace minorities with incompetent political appointees. The ANC is, of course, not exactly diverse. The resulting retrenchment and natural attrition of experienced personnel played as big a part as the corruption of their replacements.

@bafanamahlatse1923 11 ай бұрын

Do make up nonsense my guy ..the legislation was put in place to insure non whites were included in the economy since throughout apartheid they weren't..😂😂

@mimo5853 11 ай бұрын

Come on…..we all known “diversity” does not include white people, in fact it means to EXCLUDE them. These people are racists, but no one wants to say that because they are black Africans.

@MojoMachin3 11 ай бұрын

Kleptocracy has been the norm in Africa for many years now. To see it happen to a country that was poised to be a shining example of economic growth and development in Africa is really disheartning. It's a shame, many African states will continue to face precipitious economic and social decline until fighting corruption becomes the main political agenda across the continent. Chances of that happening are slim to none.

@Boahemaa 11 ай бұрын

I was skeptical about it being a shining example of economic growth because of the incredible inequality that has always existed. I think most people bought into the marketing.

@Kodakcompactdisc 11 ай бұрын

russia will teach them how to run a free democratic successful financially prosperous country free from corruption 😂

@rizkyadiyanto7922 11 ай бұрын

@@secretname4190apartheid is no more, thats what changed.

@lochnessamonster1912 11 ай бұрын

Kleptocracy aka capitalism

@SuperJibulus 11 ай бұрын

@@lochnessamonster1912🎶 one of these is not like the other, one of these just doesn’t belong, can you tell me which one is not like the other, before I finish this song? 🎶

@mrapp8918 11 ай бұрын

Excellent summary. Americans know nothing about the current state of affairs in 🇿🇦.

@The70s80scollection 10 ай бұрын

As someone who was born and lived in CapeTown until the mid 70s, can not believe what I'm now seeing S.A, living in Scotland since 1977, power load shedding would just simply be unthinkable in 2023 Europe, I would have been around 15 years old back in 77 when we returned to Scotland (been a few times before), looking at googles street view now of the area we lived in (Rondebosch, Cape Town) everywhere has high fences, gated entries, so much has changed, and sad to say I'm one of the lucky ones, living in SA now must be horrendous, from the outside S.A looks like it is actually about completely fail, one almighty mess.

@NakaidaBeauzec 9 ай бұрын

Had a relative who limited in rondebosch rouwkop road I think

@Flipflopflopper 11 ай бұрын

You also have companies that do provide a solution to the problem (like companies selling their own solar power to local communities) and the state will sue them and shut them down because it “sets a unrealistic standard for the government”

@bri1085 11 ай бұрын

That's not what happened, but go off

@aikighost 11 ай бұрын

@@bri1085 Yes "ANC can do no wrong" man.

@Flipflopflopper 11 ай бұрын

@@bri1085 that is exactly what happened in this case, it may be hard to find online since they constantly sue companies for providing electricity to people

@peterschmidt1453 11 ай бұрын

I read a story a few months ago about the power crisis and it's as you said, businesses distributing excess power from their own generation get forced to stop because authorities don't like to see some Sth Africans having a better supply than the masses and upstaging the State supplier.

@tristonvisser 11 ай бұрын

As a South Africa, corruption and poor mangement is so common that we mostly see it normal and have stopped caring about it long ago

@giullianpadilla361 11 ай бұрын

So pretty much like most african countries on the continent?

@cameronpillay8050 11 ай бұрын

Also MOST black South africans are the most racist ppl amongst all the race groups 💯👌

@mormatus 11 ай бұрын

Well, that at least explains a lot

@giullianpadilla361 11 ай бұрын

@@mormatus It seems to be quite The norm in The continent so this was probably expected to happen regardless, corruption And incompetence always destroy these nations Potential

@oye4511 9 ай бұрын

Lots of failed states and failed organisations nowdays...

@UbermanNullist 9 ай бұрын

The BRICS countries. No wonder: the closer you get to China and Russia, the greater the risk of default.

@michaelsimarmata5880 11 ай бұрын

and they say BRICS will beat EU and NATO🤣

@me0101001000 11 ай бұрын

Who's saying that? The BRICS don't even like each other that much.

@mr-andrew 11 ай бұрын

@@me0101001000 that's the official BRICS positioning, to be a counterbalance to the West. I like the idea, but it has a terrible execution and members selection.

@blazer9547 11 ай бұрын

@@mr-andrewthere shouldn't be a counter balance to the West. West is simply good and getting better.

@user-fi2fk2ei7o 11 ай бұрын

@@me0101001000 Putin and tankies

@craigkdillon 11 ай бұрын

BRICS has a membership requirement -- being a failed or failing state. India is applying for that status.

@nadeemb3300 11 ай бұрын

Yep, the ANC makes no decisions before figuring out how they can benefit from it first, legally or illegally. It's the reason why hardly anything works.

@CyanOgilvie 11 ай бұрын

Isn't that true of any rational actor, or even anything alive? It will attempt to act in its own best interests. The trick is to build the system so that those interests are reasonably aligned for all parties (symbiotic relationships, good governance) rather than misaligned (parasitic relationships, criminal governments feeding on their people).

@Haryad-11 9 ай бұрын

It's so sad and dangerous because SA might end up in a conflic or civil war same thing happened to Syria and Yemen

@user-gl9iz1bp1r 5 ай бұрын

“Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time have come.” ~ Tussman’s Law.

@Richi_Boi 11 ай бұрын

This will trigger a domino effect. Everyone who can afford to leave will, including companies. This has always been a thing but it will increase.

@jonasv.c.8924 11 ай бұрын

A Belgian prime minister once famously said: “Si tous les dégoûtés s'en vont, il n'y a que les dégoûtants qui restent." Translation: "Disgusting folks are all that's left when all the disgusted folks have gone.” (edited: I had incorrectly attributed this oneliner to the French)

@4424718 11 ай бұрын

@@jonasv.c.8924 Very true

@M0rmagil 11 ай бұрын

Yes. Next question. Going the way of Zimbabwe, as predicted.

@davidbates3057 10 ай бұрын

Is it just me, or do all those graphs shown at the start look almost identical to the graphs for similar metrics in the UK?

@japiesas6517 10 ай бұрын

For the frst time I hear an ANC minister speaking the truth as the minister of electricity said loadshedding is due to poor planning and who other then the corrupt regime is responsible for that.

@Castaca27 11 ай бұрын

As a South African, your channel has risen in my esteem. This article is 100% accurate.

@Partiallygore 11 ай бұрын

As a proud South African, this reality makes me deeply uncomfortable

@hydromic2518 11 ай бұрын

Same but I have hope

@masingitachauke6678 11 ай бұрын

Eish

@samedcibi3390 11 ай бұрын

How can you be "PROUD" South African? Your people and your country are failing, you are proud of what nepotism, corruption, stupid decisions.

@fullmetaltheorist 11 ай бұрын

As a proud South African I am also hoping for the best and bracing myself for the worst.

@greatjudge218 11 ай бұрын

Nambia or Botswana if you can’t run to Europe. If the country dose go to shit easiest way to avoid everything.

@offgrid7837 9 ай бұрын

From the richest country in Africa to a corrupt and incompetent mess. What could possibly be the reason I wonder?

@FRANCOGALLO-dx6qo 6 ай бұрын

SOUTH Africa is messed up completely and it is only Rugby that is functioning properly without the ANC Gangsters.

@mr-andrew 11 ай бұрын

If anyone is concerned about the BRICS being the future... Because a group made by very corrupt and social unstable states definitely seems to be a good idea.

@riichobamin7612 11 ай бұрын

China, India, Brazil are not socially unstable states. Corrupt yes. But not to this extent.

@od9694 11 ай бұрын

I was just thinking that if all these BRICS economy aren't in enough trouble tying them closer together will surely break them

@Graatand 11 ай бұрын

Of those five, I’d say India and China are the only ones that look to be really relevant on the international stage going forward. And those two hate each other. BRICS really is a meme.

@chronosschiron 11 ай бұрын

LOOKS LIKE BRICS WERE ALL TOSSED OFF A CLIFF AND WHAT DO BRICS DO WHEN TOSSED OFF A CLIFF THEY FALL

@zenxel 11 ай бұрын

Brazil - Corrupt Russia - Economic starvation India - Hates China China - Hates India South Africa - Approaching collapse. BRICS is the biggest joke ever.

@chrundlethegreat2251 11 ай бұрын

As a South African I'm going to answer the question posed in the title as YES. I was born here in 1992 and I've never even dreamed of leaving. Now, however, I've decided to vote next year and then leave.

@holden5478 11 ай бұрын

Get out while you can.

@danielmhango9594 11 ай бұрын

@@holden5478 Curious... where to if you dont mind me asking?

@Jilldo 11 ай бұрын

It's sad cuz I would love to return to be with my family, but how can I when I know I'd never even get a job in SA! Would love to get my family over to me in the UK just so they have some sort of opportunity and life!

@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub 11 ай бұрын

What is failed about it ? We don't have a complete breakdown of law and order even if crime levels are high. Our economy still functions and inflation is manageable. Our public services still work even if their efficiency is low. We still have free and fair elections on a regular basis. What do you define as a failed state ? Continuation of the ANC could cause us to become a failed state but they are steadily losing power . Perhaps you think that SA will become a failed state before the ANC loses power ? I don't. Society is fighting back.

@desmondmareka2112 11 ай бұрын

@@danielmhango9594hope he will not be those ones that will say they rather suffer in south africa than any other country after what they leaving for fails

@mullenio4200 10 ай бұрын

The fact that so many south Africans are leaving says it all (particularly white south Africans). It's common to hear a south African accent in the UK now.

@user-ul6dc4qc4j 7 ай бұрын

Love it.

@IanBoshoff 11 ай бұрын

Some facts here aren't totally right. Eskom has a state-imposed monopoly on power generation not a de-facto monopoly. The government has consistently blocked private sector competition, compounding the problem. And the Guptas are Indian, not South African. They later managed to get South African passports through their connections to the president

@MartinHugo 11 ай бұрын

De Ruyter also did not take over from the Guptas - they were a supplier

@bri1085 11 ай бұрын

@@MartinHugoand they were out of the country long before de Ruyter was considered for the Eskom role, probably 2 or 3 CEOs before him

@fullcirclehistory 11 ай бұрын

As a South African, yes, we probably are

@onri_ 11 ай бұрын

@@mb1326 or NZ, lots of SA folk here (though to be honest NZ kinda ass go to Aus instead)

@user-rp8ri5lc9w 11 ай бұрын

And it is a shame at least......

@Flipflopflopper 11 ай бұрын

@@mb1326South Africa is a developing country, they don’t have the money to just “leave”

@Newtype2259 11 ай бұрын

White South-Afrikaan or a black majority Afrikaner?

@Flipflopflopper 11 ай бұрын

@@Newtype2259 South Africa also has Indians

@sweetsweet3753 9 ай бұрын

Corruption is the recurring theme through so much of Africa. Very difficult to move forward with corruption..

@jh-of2fl 10 ай бұрын

Yes it is. The ANC doesn’t build or create anything it just renames

@anissyahromi5671 11 ай бұрын

They tried to assinate the guy who wanted to fix the country? Damn the level of corruption

@samkelo27 11 ай бұрын

He was already failing even before the attempt on his life cause truly speaking the only way to fix eskom is to purge management and the criminal enterprises attached at the same time

@mrbushlied7742 9 ай бұрын

South Africa, especially Cape Town, used to be my favorite holiday destination. I've switched to Argentina, Buenos Aires as my holiday destination of choice.

@believeroflight9888 11 ай бұрын

how does 62% unemployment even work .... I feel like at that point it would be just mad max ...

@Hati321 11 ай бұрын

The 62% doesn't even count people discouraged from seeking employment.

@Da__goat 10 ай бұрын

Y’know its pretty interesting that I find a few parallels just in different times. In the mid 1830s, the Monroe Administration in the US actually negotiated and bought land on the coast of West Africa, to send all former slaves that wished to leave to relocate back to Africa. This was called Liberia, and is the reason why its capital is called Monrovia, after James Monroe. However, once these former slaves returned to Africa, within a decade they became slave owners, just in Africa. Nothing changed, and they learned nothing. And we see that in the ANC, 30 years ago ended Apartheid, and since then became the exact thing they fought against

@sirdamianmental 10 ай бұрын

Its a shame no one saw this coming. Its very difficult to work out what the real problem is.

@NakaidaBeauzec 9 ай бұрын

Oh we saw this coming and left

@PriscvsNobilis 5 ай бұрын

I assume this is an attempt at sarcasm. This was predicted to happen once the KFC squad took over.

@willemvanriet7160 11 ай бұрын

As expat South African living in Canada since 2011 I am very grateful for my foresight in leaving...

@typicalsomeone5073 11 ай бұрын

Yep from first worldish to third world

@worldyglobal2533 11 ай бұрын

@@typicalsomeone5073South Africa was always a third world

@mkealy7529 11 ай бұрын

Didn’t really need to be a prophet to see this coming. Surprised it took this long to be honest. Many other countries descended into pre colonial butchery and achieved this in a few short years.

@THTB_lol 9 ай бұрын

@@worldyglobal2533 correct as it was neutral during the cold war

@davidgiles5030 11 ай бұрын

Friends were in S.A .recently. The fact they couldn't keep the power on 24 hours a day and the massive corruption caused them to conclude that S.A. is a failed state and will not recover anytime soon.

@hubreydavid7864 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the problem started decades ago because the Electricity only supplied White privilege minority the Blacks never had Electricity in the first place, and what country producing now can't cope with all those Black townships who are now getting Electricity from illegal means. Hopefully, South Africa will be building nuclear power plants for future generations 🙏 Mistakes are made. Hopefully, the government will learn from them. Apartheid government created the monster and never learned from their mistakes, China and India took decades to rise to where their countries are today .They had the lowest literacy standards and looked at what they achieved. No pain, no gain. A United Africa is on the rise of Africa, one continent, one country. UBUNTU. South Africa is so rich with resources, but it's all foreign ownership.

@albertdanquah8693 9 ай бұрын

Am not surprised as a Ghanaian and their black African. Most of our leaders are not supposed to lead. They are very shallow and so corrupt people who have been voted into power by a clueless society.