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.
People are asking how Landani didn’t give Menzi HIV. She was on ARVs for years and she had an undetectable viral load. She couldn’t pass on the virus. We truly need HIV educational shows back on TV
Why do i feel like Menzi would have started self-destructing much earlier if Freedom hadn’t been around ? Freedom was nonchalant about life in a way that sometimes helped Menzi realise that not everything happening to him was his fault.
That scene where Menzi got scolded by his dad about finding a job ? He went to Freedom to complain, and instead of feeding the negativity, Freedom simply told him that girls like independent men. Just like that, Menzi found the silver lining in the situation.
Freedom was many things, but he was also one of the few sources of positivity in Menzi’s life. #ThePolygamist