Another white SA male reply (Score 1)

Wow people, if I would have read this then I would have gotten a very grim outlook on South Africa. There is ~4mil white people in South Africa controlling 48% of the country's income. That means, white South Africans are rich and is really benefitting from the country. I am extremely rich when comparing myself with the rest of my fellow countrymen. I bought a new Honda Jazz (Fit in the US) last year, I stay in a 3 bedroom house in a relative middle income area (Melville, close to Johannesburg CBD). I went to Germany for 6 weeks last year to integrate our company's cool new IS Voip Android phone. I'm turning 24 on next Sunday. Saturday afternoon I've picked up a black man near Kempton Park (the predominantly white area) trying to hitch-hike. He is ~40, he ran a street shoe repair and sandal making business and has a wife with 2 daughters. He told the gruesome tale of how he was mugged, stabbed and his lifelyhood taken away from him (they stole his phone, money and tools). That day he hitch-hiked with smart office clothes on (tie, leather shoes, white shirt, chinos) because he was turned away as shelf packer. He was on his way to Klerksdorp (190 km away from where I've picked him up) to get food and money from his uncle so that his family can stay alive. Whites are more protected from crime because of the money they pay to stay safe. In my middle class area I can walk safely at night. He, staying in Thembisa, cannot say the same. So in terms of me and my own (white) story, South Africa is a wonderful place full of opportunities. We as a country are growing, we are cleaning up our communities, we are trying to lift our moral standards. Yes, we have a (black) corrupt government that is not out for the upliftment of the (black) populance (but only for their own bank accounts), but the people are savvy'ing up to the fact. Give it 4 years and we may see a change in government. There are a more than just a few non-corrupt ones in government that is trying to make a positive change. And yes, explisit material exposure is a moral cancer. You do not even have to leave your TV room to watch a strip show, just watch MTV. Sexting, trafficking, prostitution is even entering our schools where children even at the age of 11 (I'm talking about boys, not girls) get sexually active. Girls even at the age of 7 gets pimped out by their families. I for one am support the minister's call for an end to porn and will even support her for the end of the adult material industry in South Africa. If you want to watch it, import and watch as you please but this shit needs to stop in my country. http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/ http://www.statssa.gov.za/ http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article472923.ece/DA-takes-Gugulethu