Re: https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/south-africas-decline-worst-of-nations-not-at-war-model-shows-2019-04-17
I don't believe that a declining "elite that wields little political influence", i.e. an indirect reference to whites, is fair. The State is not following its own policies. If it did, it would not be in this mess. Instead the State continuously changes its mind, and puts local investors out of business, whilst continuously relying on investors and international banks from outside the country. There are solutions to the crisis, and they are in South Africa's policy documents (white papers) and the National Development Plan.
Of-course, having a President, with a Junior School education, for 10 years, didn't help the situation. In School, one has to follow the "rules". These rules included massive centralisation of decision making, e.g. Local Municipalities had their own mayors in Cape Town; now there is one mayor for 4 million people. This adds to corruption, as decision making is in the hands of one person, rather than in a team, which is incorruptible.The centralisation of decision making probably happened because a "parent's mind" was in charge. As one grows up, one becomes friends with one's parent. But that requires one to grow up, to get a degree, and possibly a post graduate degree. I've discovered for myself that the more and more educated I become, the more and more free I become and the more and more of the Big Picture I can see.
And if the "whites" have an unfair advantage, then it is up to the rest of the country to learn as much as possible from this group, especially as whites relative to the rest of the country are rapidly declining and the "white dividend", according to one of South Africa's top economists, is quickly eroding.
Economics shows that if someone has something that someone else has, then the easiest ways to get that are to take it (e.g. land invasions (but that didn't work in Zimbabwe or Yugoslavia)), but that doesn't last, or to learn it. Myself, as a white, and many others, are very happy to share our knowledge.
In "Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About It", Dr Greg Mills explains clearly how "failed states" and "occupied" or "invaded" states can turn themselves around.
I was born in South Africa, left in 1997 as I didn't want to serve in that army, and returned in 1995, to help build South Africa. I do what I can. I have ideas. I read as much as possible. I'm an active citizen whose rights are eroding.
And its not just my rights that are eroding. The average poor "previously disadvantaged" person's rights are also eroding as more and more power is removed from the people and put into the hands of the new political elite.
And this elite is corruptible, by people who want something without working for it.
Luckily this cloud has a silver lining. The 21st Century economies cost of living is going down rapidly, even as Government Imposed Tariffs increase and increase. A Smart Phone today has almost $1 million of free products on it, ie products that would have cost $1 million 20 years ago, are now free on the Smart Phone.
The cost of producing small scale electricity and water and food and clothing and everything is declining and that price decline is becoming more rapid.
The reason that South Africa hasn't run out of electricity or water is because of the massive private embedded generation and storage that is continuously being enhanced. My vision is that South Africa as a country takes advantage of this embedded generation and storage before it is too late. It is too late when it is separated from the grids and when it cannot be integrated anymore.
And that requires Small IPP's. Small Independent Power Producers. And Small IWP's, Independent Water Producers. Prosumers. This is what is saving and which can dramatically and quickly turn South Africa around. Ke Nako, the time is right.
Tomorrow is Easter and Passover. Easter is about Resurrection, and Passover is about Freedom from Slavery, both mental and physical. Both Resurrection and Freedom talk to a new mind set, a new way of thinking, a new way of being. Let us use this long weekend to start thinking with "the beginner's mind", and not the mind at the beginning, but with a fresh look at the possibilities inherent in our world and the latent opportunities that will move us from inertia to action.
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I don't believe that a declining "elite that wields little political influence", i.e. an indirect reference to whites, is fair. The State is not following its own policies. If it did, it would not be in this mess. Instead the State continuously changes its mind, and puts local investors out of business, whilst continuously relying on investors and international banks from outside the country. There are solutions to the crisis, and they are in South Africa's policy documents (white papers) and the National Development Plan.
Of-course, having a President, with a Junior School education, for 10 years, didn't help the situation. In School, one has to follow the "rules". These rules included massive centralisation of decision making, e.g. Local Municipalities had their own mayors in Cape Town; now there is one mayor for 4 million people. This adds to corruption, as decision making is in the hands of one person, rather than in a team, which is incorruptible.The centralisation of decision making probably happened because a "parent's mind" was in charge. As one grows up, one becomes friends with one's parent. But that requires one to grow up, to get a degree, and possibly a post graduate degree. I've discovered for myself that the more and more educated I become, the more and more free I become and the more and more of the Big Picture I can see.
And if the "whites" have an unfair advantage, then it is up to the rest of the country to learn as much as possible from this group, especially as whites relative to the rest of the country are rapidly declining and the "white dividend", according to one of South Africa's top economists, is quickly eroding.
Economics shows that if someone has something that someone else has, then the easiest ways to get that are to take it (e.g. land invasions (but that didn't work in Zimbabwe or Yugoslavia)), but that doesn't last, or to learn it. Myself, as a white, and many others, are very happy to share our knowledge.
In "Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About It", Dr Greg Mills explains clearly how "failed states" and "occupied" or "invaded" states can turn themselves around.
I was born in South Africa, left in 1997 as I didn't want to serve in that army, and returned in 1995, to help build South Africa. I do what I can. I have ideas. I read as much as possible. I'm an active citizen whose rights are eroding.
And its not just my rights that are eroding. The average poor "previously disadvantaged" person's rights are also eroding as more and more power is removed from the people and put into the hands of the new political elite.
And this elite is corruptible, by people who want something without working for it.
Luckily this cloud has a silver lining. The 21st Century economies cost of living is going down rapidly, even as Government Imposed Tariffs increase and increase. A Smart Phone today has almost $1 million of free products on it, ie products that would have cost $1 million 20 years ago, are now free on the Smart Phone.
The cost of producing small scale electricity and water and food and clothing and everything is declining and that price decline is becoming more rapid.
The reason that South Africa hasn't run out of electricity or water is because of the massive private embedded generation and storage that is continuously being enhanced. My vision is that South Africa as a country takes advantage of this embedded generation and storage before it is too late. It is too late when it is separated from the grids and when it cannot be integrated anymore.
And that requires Small IPP's. Small Independent Power Producers. And Small IWP's, Independent Water Producers. Prosumers. This is what is saving and which can dramatically and quickly turn South Africa around. Ke Nako, the time is right.
Tomorrow is Easter and Passover. Easter is about Resurrection, and Passover is about Freedom from Slavery, both mental and physical. Both Resurrection and Freedom talk to a new mind set, a new way of thinking, a new way of being. Let us use this long weekend to start thinking with "the beginner's mind", and not the mind at the beginning, but with a fresh look at the possibilities inherent in our world and the latent opportunities that will move us from inertia to action.
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