BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF APARTHEID BEACHES IN SOUTH AFRICA (17 PHOTOS)

WRITTEN BY MARK ON MAY 12, 2012. POSTED IN AMAZING, CURIOUS, ENTERTAINMENT, INTERESTING, LIFE & LIFESTYLE,PICTURES, RANDOM, TRAVEL

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South Africa is a country located at the southern region of Africa. The most important point in history and politics of South Africa’s racial conflict was between the black majority and white minority. It reached its peak after 1948 and was established at apartheid regime that existed before the 1990. South Africa has also boasted some of the finest beaches in the world, such as South Beach, Durban, Hobie Beach, Big Bay Beach and Bollard Bay Beach.

Sandy beaches of South Africa during the reign of the white man minority.







This is the same place where black people have freedom and celebrate the new year eve.

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South Africa Respect and Appreciation For Early Settlers

The majority of people have appreciation and respect for South Africa and the decision by the and British and Dutch colonialists to settle in the country, an intriguing, vast sandy land. The first settlers appreciated the beauty, the radiance and bountiful crop the area could offer and invested in technology to harvest the earth, implementing irrigation and land-tilling skills. Communities were built; minerals were mined, the settlers created a structured delivery system for food and drive the economic strength. The future success of South Africa began in earnest

The firm and consistent leadership, the clear vision, and a precise plan on how to achieve a vision became a possibility driving the future to a successful country. Focusing on a workable concept the colonialist essentially built a new civilization for all the people of South Africa. Sharing imposed beliefs and traditions with the people in the land. There is no doubt the new settlers saw the advantage of using cheap labor and recognized a system to benefit the entire country.

The successful stories of migration and conquest of dominant countries or tribes around the world are similar to the early settlers story in South Africa. There was relatively no violence, and little blood drawn during the time the early settlers reach South Africa relative to other colonial conflicts or activities around the same time in world history.

There are similar stories of conquest and migration from dominant states and tribes across the world. In South Africa, the settlers appeared to have been less violent than other settlers with proportionally little or no blood drawn compared to other colonial activities or conflicts around that same time in world history.

Motivated by a need to find new natural resources, the Bantu have a remarkable story of migration throughout Africa. The indigenous inhabitants in Africa were influenced by the Bantu as the tribes moved in search of fertile land.

The Zulu history is permeated with domination and violence of other tribes. A history that is well understood and impressive in a visceral way. The Zulu tribe established roots in the old Natal land, and soon the tribe blazed a bloody path creating fear among neighboring tribes.

The KhoiSan had existed well before any other humans in Africa and inhabited the southern part of the continent. The KhoiSan lived harmoniously with nature and appears to have had the closest connection to the steady and ever-present "heartbeat" of Africa.

Shifting to current times, there are parallels with yesteryear. It appears today that people in positions of responsibility in the politically-and-racially-tainted-government-complex have lost the connection to the rhythmic heartbeat and soul of the country, and to that of the people. The government has forgotten why people are here. 

There is a different breed of people that rule South Africa today, the name given to the ruling party is African National Congress (ANC). The ANC was recognized for being a party that liberated the black man from the shackles of Colonialist infused apartheid. Now the ANC are known for diverting resources away from the people into private Swiss bank accounts. A party that is avoiding the hard work that is necessary to build a country to meet the growing needs of a nation, not the character traits people see in real leaders. The ruler today is not recognized as a qualified leader.

The ANC rulers, appear to have the respect of the original inhabitants, the KhoiSan, Bantu and colonialists had for the land called Africa. The current leaders do not have a clear vision for how the lifeblood of South Africa, both inhabitants as well as the resources should be appropriately harnessed. In a way that honors the land and creates a safe harbor for the citizens, respecting the spirit of Africa and supporting the people.

The land is being abused and used inappropriately. It is the acutely aware of the lack of stewardship shown by the ANC and the weariness takes its toll. The selfish rulers of South Africa, known as the ANC, spend the resources recklessly and then in a power-hungry-induced-trance, sell the treasured land and human capital to the Chinese in backdoor deals. The ANC and cronies at an alarming rate are selling the resources. Mother Africa stirs. The corrupt rulers cheapen everything the Africans know. The ANC leaders have betrayed the same people for whom liberation was fought. Mother Africa awakens.

The beloved South Africa will soon bare its fangs and turn on its rulers by sending a clear message that violating a position of power and the privilege of ruling a sacred land. The Africans are the soul of the country, who feels the vibrant blood coursing through dusty veins. Those Africans are awakening, and will rise up soon.

The Africans represent all the right stewards of the land. The land must return and implement the values of respect given by the English, the Dutch, the Koi and the Bantu. To go back without bloodshed, for the ANC is but a house of cards that is about to fall, no killing will be needed.

Our Africa so desperately deserves this respect. The ancestors demand this respect and the consciousness of Africans need to be appreciated.

Now is the time, to replenish the water back into Africa, so that she may provide for the people abundantly later. The people must earn the respect by giving. The people can give by finding real leaders who will give and not take.

Opinion by Menzi Solomon Shange and Laura Oneale

Opinion by Menzi Solomon Shange and Laura Oneale

South Africa Empowering the Majority

In South Africa, there are incredible opportunities for empowering the majority, and it all starts with seriousness about building an economy and a better life. It continues with pursuing education and learning how to be competitive with the rest of the world. The majority must use Western tools, Western business concepts, and Western agricultural techniques.

By rejecting Western resources and concepts, the majority in South Africa remain static in a bowl of poverty and non-advancement. The majority must embrace all of the positive aspects of Western business practices and mechanisms,  and do so quickly, disregarding the parts the people do not need and make the ones which are needed a unique South African brand.

Talking and hearing about the evil Westerners does not help; all it gains is isolation, crime, poverty, and hardship, for no apparent reason other than a mass conspiracy against black people. The majority must get over their self-centeredness and understand that the world does not revolve around black people.

The time is now to start empowering in order to move into a better future. If this is not done, the 50 million black South Africans will slip another generation behind more progressive countries, and the results could be devastating. It is time to make choices, start businesses, move forward and stop complaining. The majority must craft the Western bowl and make it uniquely African, so that all may eat from it, and there is fruit for all.

The black Africans who are trying desperately to reconstruct or redefine the African history should stop and look at the future. A black man in Gauteng spent months researching the invention of the laptop, and concluded that an ancient African tribe invented the first laptop. A painting or sculpture was produced to prove the story. Spinning wheels and debating over who created what, and desperately attempting to re-write black history, causes the rest of the world to surpass the millions who remain caught up in the past. It is like living the life of a dinosaur; appearing dull and limp, compared to the Africans who have embraced the future without racial lines and who can rejoice as Africans without harboring fear, hate, and self-loathing.

The majority can keep spinning yarns or they can join the real people who are forging a future for South Africa. Businesses are leaving South Africa in droves, and the African National Congress (ANC) government cannot afford to brush this off as insignificant. The long-term consequences are dire for the average person, and that alone should help people to realize that depending on the ANC government to create a future is unreliable. There is a major obstacle to advancement in South Africa, and that is changing jobs, investment, and security. If the majority, along with the ANC government, keeps spinning yarns, then the future is indeed bleak.

The hostile business environment the ANC government has created causes outrage, and that is no solution. It is better to forge ahead and adopt a policy of following a working solution. Take this working solution, turn it into a real South African entity, and embrace the future with confidence. The insults and attack on the dignity of the black man, the white man, the colored, Indian, and Khoi creates a hazy future. The affront will force the different ethnic groups to unite and rise against the foolishness exhibited by the pocket-lining ruling government of South Africa. The future is in the hands of the people who have the power to create something beautiful by moving forward, letting go of the past, and embracing workable solutions.

Opinion by Laura Oneale

Interview with Menzi Solomon Shange

PUBLISHED ON THE GUARDIAN LV TODAY - 

http://guardianlv.com/2015/08/south-africa-empowering-the-majority/

Interview with Menzi Solomon Shange

South Africa ANC Is the Hope of the Hopeless

The African National Congress (ANC) ruling party of South Africa is the hope of the hopeless or is this party determined on keeping people oppressed? It is time to wipe the slate clean and disinfect all the stench from the fattened ANC government by replacing the ruling party with a refreshing new government that focuses on governance and accountability. The name of the new party is not of primary concern; it is the act of cleaning out the scourge that has become significantly more critical to the future security of the country.

Do Africans enjoy being slaves to drugs, alcohol, and poverty? The physical chains were removed when the ANC become the first democratic government of South Africa, but the mental chains still keep people oppressed. The Africans are still enslaved in a hopeless situation.

Over the weekend at the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, while spectators gathered to watch a rugby game, the police beat a black man for attempting to enter the stadium. The four officers were identified as an Indian, colored and two black men. Were the officers racist? Another incident occurred during the game that was clearly racist when white people did not feel comfortable with blacks being seated close by. In these examples, the racial division between the different cultures openly express a desire to stay apart; this a desperate situation that calls for immediate action and unity among the people.

The freedom given to the majority when the ANC came into power was not voluntarily given. The ANC, the oppressor, keeps the hopelessness alive by keeping South Africa in an oppressed (or repressed) state. Will the act of a rebellion change the system? The greed, manipulation, and extreme poverty escalates while the elite continues to benefit. South Africans deserve better – a new government committed to governing with accountability will help unchain the mental enslavement.

The ANC government fought the apartheid system to give the people their freedom. The years of struggle to achieve a free society appear to have not been fully realized yet.  The ANC continues to keep people oppressed, and brainwashed into believing South Africa is a democratic country. After 21 years, South Africa still has townships, a reminder of the old apartheid system, where people are forced to live in undesirable and unhygienic conditions. The ANC government has apparently ignored the plight of the poor by keeping the majority uneducated and plagued with poverty, all while boasting about the transformation that is occurring. What transformation?

During elections in South Africa, the ANC will spend millions on food parcels to give to the poor coupled with empty promises. The poor oppressed people are the support base for the ANC which is focused on the elite while keeping these people brainwashed and uneducated. The humble attitude of the poor has only one thought, and that is how the leaders of the ANC left the country, families and friends to live in a foreign land and fight for freedom. There is no other liberating action the oppressed people know, and the ANC has craftily kept the people chained in mental enslavement.

The lies and deceit spread by the ANC are placing the black man deeper into debt, poverty, and helplessness. All are occurring under a pretense of empowerment. South Africa will be crippled and weakened in a few years if something does not change now. The ANC, the liberating party, abandoned the majority years ago. It is time for the people to shake off the shackles of helplessness and demand the right to live a life without oppression.

The future of the younger generation is at stake, and if the ANC government continues to control and manipulate the poor, there will be no bright future in a democratic country. Swift action and demand for accountability must be the order of the day, the people who placed the ANC into power have every right to live a life free from bonds of poverty.The years of struggle against apartheid should not be in vain. The people have earned the right for a government that holds the suffering people’s interests sacred. A government that works incessantly to address the deteriorating standard of living for the growing numbers of impoverished people in South Africa, the land of the still oppressed.

Opinion by Menzi Solomon Shange and Laura Oneale

PUBLISHED TODAY ON THE GUARDIAN LV 

http://guardianlv.com/2015/07/south-africa-anc-is-the-hope-of-the-hopeless/

Opinion by Menzi Solomon Shange and Laura Oneale

South Africa Corruption From Apartheid to the ANC

South Africa is a corrupt country more so now under the African National Congress (ANC) party than under the apartheid era. The apartheid regime ruled from 1948 to 1994, a total of 44 years and the ANC party have been in power for 21 years. Under the apartheid regime, there was corruption but nothing compared to the vast amount of corruption under the ANC government over the last 21 years. The apartheid government had ample time to launder money from state resources, knowing that the regime was to be dismantled and passed onto the ANC leadership.

The Apartheid regime was known for its secrecy, and many dealings took place without a trace. The few deals that have been in the public eye is enough to realize that corruption happened during apartheid. The many transfers of land from inhabitants to Sol Kerzner were he paid bribes and ivory trading by the defense force. Loans amounting to billions of rands from the reserve bank to Banks, which PW Botha failed to investigate.

During the CODESA meetings in the late 1980s, everybody involved, including typists and junior trade union officials became multimillionaires overnight. All came back to tell the story of how ANC had inherited a near bankrupt state, yet failed to disclose how personal wealth was accumulated and nobody saw anything wrong with the sudden status change.

Nelson Mandela was elected the president of South Africa in 1994 and did not waste time in distributing state assets. The massive oil reserves kept at Walvis Bay, and worth millions were given to Namibia for free, despite South Africa allegedly being a near-bankrupt country and everybody turned a blind eye. There were no consequences for the millions of mining royalties stolen.

An Iraqi oil for food sanction busting scandal allegedly involving Mbeki’s wife, washed under the bridge: There were a few newspaper headlines, regarding the mysterious death of Sandi Majali and then the story disappeared. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma gave the R14 Million Sarafina 2 HIV/AIDS funding program to Mbongeni Ngema, once again, followed by a few newspaper headlines and no consequences. The R90 million of public servants’ pension money granted to Smuts Ngonyama’s Elephant Consortium to buy Telkom Shares and sell them, no consequences.

The Arms deal amounting to billions, no consequences other than Tony Yengeni and Schabir Shaik taking the blame. The ANC earned hundreds of millions from building never-ending power stations for government through Chancellor House, without any consequences. Limpopo provincial government practically run into the ground and there were no consequences. Nkandla, the homestead of President Jacob Zuma, a never ending story without any consequences. Millions were given to the Gupta family through government advertising and direct funding to run the New Age newspaper and host a Television breakfast show. No, consequences.

The Public Broadcaster runs as a ruling party propaganda mouthpiece, nobody sees anything wrong with this. The Sekunjalo sea patrol tender worth millions without any consequences. The Guptas landing at a security Airforce Base for a wedding was without blame: Bruce Kholoane being paid tax money to accept responsibility, another sham. South African money was used to fund Cuba’s annual budget and nobody saw anything wrong. Clayson Monyela is allegedly paying mashonisas with South African tax money, there are no consequences.

Oversized trains at PRASA a waste of taxpayers funds, no not according to the ANC government: Gwede Mantashe and Blade Nzimande insult judges to divert attention away from the corruption that has no ending. The ANC is a corrupt government, and over the past 21 years of governing South Africa, the ANC have proved there is no end to the corruption.

Apartheid was incredibility wrong and should never have happened, yet apartheid cannot be used as an excuse to tolerate what the ANC regime is doing to South Africa. ANC corruption versus apartheid crime and the ANC has won outright by proving how devious the democratic government is. The ANC are taking South Africa down the tubes through corruption.

PUBLISHED ON THE GUARDIAN LV TODAY 

http://guardianlv.com/2015/07/south-africa-corruption-from-apartheid-to-the-anc/