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SOUTH AFRICAN VISAS / TRADE
Thank you guys for sharing my post yesterday, it went to the highest office in South Africa. Got many phone calls!
MODJADJI MAHLANGU returned last evening from South Africa and went to office at 3am today morning to start working on peoples applications.
MODJADJI MAHLANGU last issued a visa on 25th of March 2026 yet Ugandan apply for visas daily. Paying for accommodations, tickets and visa fees that is never refunded.
SHE HAD LOCKED PEOPLES PASSPORTS IN HER OFFICE.
That money is earned by South African businesses hence their economy becomes bigger. The visa money is what keeps these foreign embassies operating here if you don’t know.
BUT THATS NOT A LASTING SOLUTION.
South Africa has more than 78 businesses in Uganda taking away about 1bn dollars annually from our already struggling economy.
The last I read Uganda only earned about usd 48m( DO YOU GUYS GET THE COMMON SENSE?) from South Africa. We earn less than 5% of what they earn from us.
HOW?
Their business people wake up in the morning and decide they are heading to Uganda for business and get a visa from the airport on arrival.
They on the other hand block Ugandan business people from accessing opportunities in South Africa, claiming Ugandan won’t leave their country.
The amount of money earned by the few Ugandans in South Africa can’t be compared to the amount of money South Africa earns from Uganda.
If the one billion dollars taken out of our economy annually stayed in Uganda, those few Ugandans there would have opportunities here.
The alternative is make it easy for our business people to access opportunities in South Africa so we also earn there and bring opportunities back to Uganda.
The 1bn dollars taken or earned here by South Africans strengthens their job market, cripples our job market as Uganda reason a small number want to remain in South Africa.
They simply following the opportunities that have left Uganda for South Africa through the 1bn dollars annually? Are we together?
The internal challenge for common citizens like me and you reading is that ‘ our leaders have green and red passports’ they care less and don’t know the above economics( both opposition and government leaders have those passports).
This week or this month, Uganda borrowed usd 450m from world bank and that will be earned by South African countries and Ugandans will be paying the loans.
The South African owned banks here will keep the money, they telcos will earn bit of it, insurance will also want, South African contractors etc.
Business interests for countries and individuals are fought for, you don’t sit back and think the world wishes you well, you will be silly to think so.
The above thought should apply to all other embassies!
Enough said!
Dear average Ugandan,
don’t fall victim for that social media pressure.
All they post is Highlights!
In real life people go to work, businesses fail, losses happen, that ‘fancy’ food isn’t eaten on a daily, no one gets to vacation every weekend. Everyone is out here silently trying to survive.
Let’s get to work. There is always a price to pay✌️.
There’s been an attempt to label me an abuser and an irresponsible father.
On being accused of being an abuser: I normally choose silence, but there are narratives that must be corrected. So allow me say this; I am part of the unreported statistics of men who experience domestic violence from partners with uncontrolled anger issues. But because ‘we are men in a corporate world,’ we stay silent, show up every day. I restrained myself immensely despite all provocations and assaults. But society will, of course, believe the female gender. I have evidence of myself bleeding after being assaulted. All my closest friends, family know this.
On being accused of being an irresponsible father: Despite having only seen my children ONCE in the last ten months, I have never stopped sending money monthly, a figure that wasn’t decided by me, but by my accuser. There is evidence of this: messages saying “thank you” and receipts of the transactions.
I have gone to court, fought, and been granted custody of my children, custody that authorities deliberately failed to enforce (that is a story for another day). Custody was granted on grounds of desertion: the mother had deserted them in a locked apartment with a maid while she was traveling overseas. Since January, I have been denied access to my children, despite numerous requests to seem and third parties intervening.
To men: speak up against violence from your wives when you still have the chance. I suffered in silence for too long. It didn’t help.
This is the last time I am addressing this issue, please give me space to heal.
QUOTE: I came here to become an Olympic champion and my dream has been fulfilled today in a beautiful evening.
-Joshua Cheptegei-
(Ugandan runner after winning gold in 5000m race at Tokyo Olympics)