Being part of a generation that was told “Wikipedia is not a source” makes it genuinely baffling to me that jobs are now telling people to just use ChatGPT for everything.
My coworker and I were talking about capitalism, and she said, “The Earth is a resort for like 500 rich people, and the rest of us are just the staff.”
Now I can't unsee it.
I remember when my friend bought his first car. The first thing he said was that we had to go to Braamfontein. He wanted to drive through every street and route he had walked while studying at Wits and struggling to earn that degree. We did exactly that, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him happier.
Dear TP, thank you for your post, and please accept my apologies for inserting myself into the discussion. I do so because I wish to learn from your insights, while also hoping that I might contribute something of value to our exchanges.
My current understanding is that neoliberalism dismantles local industries through deregulation, privatization, and the transfer of national assets to foreign capital. This process often generates economic displacement, erodes livelihoods, and compels vulnerable populations into precarious migration patterns. I welcome correction if this interpretation is inaccurate.
Several scholars have drawn connections between neoliberal practices and migration, as well as the exploitation of undocumented migrants for profit. For example, Raúl Delgado Wise (2015) highlights how neoliberal globalization reshapes labour and migration; Matteo Capasso (2021) examines how human smuggling and state capture reinforce neoliberal governance in North Africa; and Sarah Hupp Williamson (2022) explores how neoliberal economic policy intensifies human trafficking in the era of global migration.
From this perspective, illegal immigration should not be regarded as an isolated phenomenon but rather as a symptom of the broader neoliberal order. When citizens demand accountability on illegal immigration, their concerns extend beyond border enforcement. They are resisting a system that enables external actors to treat their nation as a marketplace while leaving citizens exposed to vulnerability. In this sense, confronting illegal immigration is inseparable from confronting neoliberalism itself, since both undermine sovereignty, weaken social cohesion, and entrench inequality.
Thank you once again for engaging with my post and once more sincere apologies for inserting myself on your discussion. 🇿🇦🙏🏽
Native South Africans, both educated and uneducated, defeated and overthrew the apartheid regime.
They did not flee in their millions to neighboring countries; they stayed and fought, sacrificing their lives for freedom.
With that same spirit, we can continue to fight systemic racism, economic inequality, landlessness, the influx of legal and illegal immigrants, and other critical issues affecting our nation.
SAns are not serious people nje.
The PIC can literally investment in anything unimportant to society but we ask for Europe pension funds to invest in our electricity, water, rail, ports.....
We deserve Cyril and his zombies.
ANC still cannot understand that problem is not essentially immigration, it's their system of government which overlooks majority for their own interest of a "Black elite" to replace the former apartheid system.
Nobody wants a grandiose "elite" whether Black or White , their policy on immigration is informed by profiteering not Pan Africanism.
Why would anyone pay R4000 to a woman with two children in Lesotho with own basic needs in South Africa?
A living wage is NOT a crime even for foreign migrants