Let me educate you not with anger, but with truth. You assume South Africans lack exposure. You assume we believe other African countries are poor and undeveloped. That is not the case. We know the reality. We know Nigeria has oil. We know Ghana has gold. We know Kenya has tech. We know Botswana has diamonds. We know Zambia has copper. We know Zimbabwe has platinum and lithium. We know the DRC sits on $24 trillion in minerals. We know Africa is rich.
But here is what you do not understand, wealth beneath the ground does not translate to prosperity above it. You can have all the minerals in the world but if your leaders steal, your constitutions hostile towards humans rights, if your institutions are corrupt, if your people are divided by tribe, if your healthcare collapses, if your schools crumble, if your youth flee then you are poor. Not in resources. In governance. In accountability. In dignity.
We do not look down on Africa. We look at the mirror Africa refuses to face. We see our own flaws corruption, unemployment, crime and we fight them. We protest. We vote. We demand better. That is what makes us different. We do not run. We stay. We build. We hold our leaders accountable, even when it hurts.
You say we lack exposure. But we see you. We see your leaders flying overseas to get treated, some in our country to get medical treatment, while your children starve. We see your ports exporting raw minerals while your people have no jobs. We are not blind. We are not ignorant. We are honest.
The difference between South Africa and many other African countries is not wealth. It is the willingness to confront failure. We own ours. You run from yours. That is not a lack of exposure. That is a lack of accountability. And until you fix that, no mineral, no resource, no tweet will save you. Go home. Fix your house. Then talk to us about exposure.
Top 25 Friendliest Countries in the World ๐ซ
1. ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
2. ๐ฌ๐ท Greece
3. ๐ญ๐ท Croatia
4. ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
5. ๐ธ๐ช Sweden
6. ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
7. ๐จ๐ฆ Canada
8. ๐ฉ๐ช Germany
9. ๐ช๐ช Estonia
10. ๐ง๐ช Belgium
11. ๐ช๐ธ Spain
12. ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic
13. ๐ฎ๐น Italy
14. ๐ฏ๐ต Japan
15. ๐บ๐ธ United States
16. ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
17. ๐ต๐น Portugal
18. ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
19. ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
20. ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
21. ๐ฆ๐น Austria
22. ๐ซ๐ท France
23. ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
24. ๐ญ๐บ Hungary
25. ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
Source: Remitly, as of last updated till 2024.
that nicki vma performance was completely perfect from start to finish, not to mention the fact that she had a separate stage outside the awards show just with the barbz it was all... you can feel the crowd going wild with every verse.