When the ANC assumed power in 1994, they inherited the most sophisticated economic engine on the African continent.
They were handed a deep-water port network, a highly complex rail system that efficiently moved freight from the interior to the coast, an integrated national power grid that generated some of the cheapest electricity in the world, and a professional, rule-bound civil service.
That system possessed underlying engineering and administrative principles that were globally competitive.
The historical task of the new government was simple: maintain the existing engineering standards, scale the capacity to include the black majority, and expand the productive tax base.
Instead, the ANC executed a 30 year masterclass in structural vandalism.
They introduced cadre deployment, incompetence, corruption, and political impunity, systematically replacing competent engineers, financial auditors, and institutional administrators with politically loyal party hacks.
The results are not ideological; they are physical.
It takes centuries of capital accumulation, spatial planning, and disciplined maintenance to build an interconnected civilization, but it takes only a few decades of deliberate neglect to destroy it.
You can see the rot in real-time.
The ultimate tragedy is that the liberation movement successfully decoupled its survival from the material reality of the country.
The ANC did not "decolonize" South Africa; they simply consumed its foundational capital.
They proved that an elite equipped with nothing but liberation slogans and an insatiable appetite for state contracts can liquidate 300 years of built infrastructure in just three decades, leaving the next generation to inherit a broken, unmanageable corpse.
🚨A TRUCK LOADED WITH ALCOHOL OVERTURNED AND SPILLED IT'S CARGO IN BOTSWANA‼️
No looting and no chaos.
Instead, the entire community rushed in men, women, young and old to help carry, stack and secure every single bottle and pack‼️ They protected what wasn’t theirs like it was their own.
In a country often called one of the poorest in the region, they chose integrity over opportunity🔥 This is the powerful contrast we need to see.
Why does this feel almost impossible in South Africa today⁉️ Poverty is real but poverty is not an excuse for a lack of character.
Character is a choice.
Botswana just showed the world what’s possible when people still value doing the right thing‼️
A powerful lesson from our neighbours‼️
Xenophobia means: "A dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries". This is NOT what the recent marches are about. The real reason is UNEMPLOYMENT caused by ANC policies, e.g. BBBEE.
🚨 The REAL Reason Cyril Ramaphosa is HIDING the Truth About Starlink In South Africa 🇿🇦
It’s NOT just BEE rules or red tape‼️
Starlink will CRUSH the massive profits of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom, MetroFibre and Openserve by delivering cheap, fast satellite internet everywhere, especially in rural areas where they overcharge us.
These local internet giants are allegedly bribing Ramaphosa and his inner circle to keep Starlink OUT‼️
RaiZel received first-hand information from a prominent minister, one of Ramaphosa’s most trusted friends, that massive amounts of money are being paid to Cyril via his family and business friends’ inner circle. A whistleblower in the Presidency confirmed the same: Vodacom, MTN, MetroFibre and Openserve are pushing to BLOCK Starlink so South Africa waits for the slower European Eutelsat OneWeb service instead.
Our corrupt president won’t allow Starlink because he can’t get his personal cut. While South Africans, businesses, farmers and the world scream for it, we’re ignored🔥
ICASA is cracking down hard, investigating and taking action against anyone importing or distributing Starlink kits, with fines up to R5 million or 10% of annual turnover.
Millions suffer with slow, expensive data while Starlink is already transforming the rest of Africa with real high-speed connectivity.
This is elite capture and protection for failing monopolies. South Africans deserve better, not backroom bribes or second-rate European options‼️
PS- ICASA CEO Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo is well renowned for her expensive spending sprees in Italy and abroad‼️
@Ndaba_2025@elonmusk You're an absolute liar. Do you even live here in SA? If so you're know that you are lying. The anc had 30 years to turn things around but stole and destroyed, that's why there's poverty.
@ThuliMadonsela3 Does the ICC count? They're irrelevant. Defending your country is illegal???? Please give full context, stop propergating the populists narrative.
Cheslin Kolbe is a rugby genius. Watching him today made me wonder how many Cheslins in the past never got the chance to play for SA on the world stage. We look forward but remember the past! #Springboks