What has Blacks done for South Africa

From 1910 until 1961 our country, South Africa, with exactly the same borders that it has today was a colony of Britain. It was called the Union of South Africa. That was a period of 51 years.
It wasn’t until 1961 that South Africa became an Independent Country and was officially named The Republic of South Africa.
During the time when the country was under the British, the South African whites (Boers) were very dissatisfied with the way things were done and they wanted nothing and absolutely nothing less than self-rule; self-determination. The right to decide their own future. Now, everybody knows that the Boers are fiercely patriotic and proudly nationalistic. I must confess that I know of no other people who are so proud of their identity, so confident of their abilities, and so optimistic about their capabilities and prospects like the Afrikaners of South Africa. (I cannot help but feel pure unalloyed admiration for the spirit of nationhood; volksheid, that the Afrikaners have among themselves. Something that the black people should perhaps emulate)
In Parliament the Boers fought British domination tooth and nail until they won the government in 1948 under the auspices of the National Party until 12 yrs later they won total independence from the British and could call the country their own. Now, the Boers were not only passive talkers. They were shrewd planners and industrious men, hard workers who were not shy to roll up their khaki shirt sleeves and get dirty from work. The Boers were not only hard workers, but they were hard thinkers too. And the Boers were tireless community organisers too. The following explanations will attest to the assertions I made above.
While the Boer fathers and grandfathers were debating in parliament about the future of South Africa, Afrikaner Volksbewegings (Civil Society Movements) were doing a great job in organising Boer communities across the country to solidify social cohesion. And private funds were established to send bright young Boer students to Universities overseas to learn the wisdom of those times. As a result bright eyed young Afrikaner scientists graduated from European universities with degrees that equipped them with the knowledge of how to convert iron ore into an industrial product called steel which proved to be a commodity whose commercial value was inestimable. Now, the Boer Fathers and decision makers set up an industrial milk cow named Iscor/Yskor.
In 1958, even before they got independence from the Britons, the Boers withdrew from the British Commonwealth. They now had a challenge of importing fuel at inflated prices from countries which were members of the commonwealth. But like I said before, the Afrikaners, the South African Boers, are smart thinkers, shrewd pragmatists and tough minded business dealmakers. They had earlier, a few years before, sent clever Boereseuntjies, bright and sharp young Afrikaners to study abroad about what was then a relatively new technology of converting coal into fuel. With the new witchcraft which they have learnt overseas, the Boereseuntjies, helped their Vaders to establish an oil processing giant which they proudly named the Suid Afrikaanse Steenkool and Olie Ko-operasie/ South African Coal oil Industry ; that is SASOL to This was another cash cow; die geldelike melkkoei, if I may borrow the Boeretaal phrase.
With cash generated from the self made industrial milk cows, the Boers could simply and very easily launch and sustain secondary industries; Transport (SAA, SAR,), civil service (Post Office), Infrastructure(Telkom, EVKOM) etc.
The Boers even establish their own research organ, the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) When the ANC took over government from the Boers, the Boers had already made serious progress into research about Nuclear Power (Electricity) generation.
There’s no enough space here to explain everything that the Boers, had done for the country that they called theirs. But my point is; what are black people doing to lift themselves up just as the Boers wanted to lift themselves up and free themselves from the Brits? What are black people willing to do except wail, whimper and cry?
Where are Black Civil Society movements? Even up to today, the Boers still have AfriForum. The name might have changed from Broederbond, Volksbeweging, or whatever the Afrikaners decided to call it, but the Spirit is still the same; the Spirit of self-determination and the indomitable desire to have the freedom to decide your own destiny. The Spirit of Volksheid(Natio
nhood, Community, Togetherness, Unity, or brotherhood if you like). The right Spirit. The Spirit without which nothing can be accomplished.
Maybe when Oliver Tambo said in 1979 that the ANC must sometimes imitate their enemy, he had in mind some of the few things I mentioned here which the Boers have without any shadow of a doubt accomplished; and accomplished so magnificently.
Education for the Boerekinders during the reign of the NP was something to be admired. It was an education that empowered them to create giants like EVKOM, TELKOM, YSKOR (I am deliberately using Afrikaans abbreviations), SASOL, SAS (Suid-Afrikaanse Spoorwee) and others. What kind of education do we feed our kids today? If you care, you may look at an article I posted two weeks on my timeline here on Facebook, I haven’t removed it. It is titled EDUCATION OF A BLACK CHILD.
And lastly, what have we created in the twenty three years that the ANC, a black man’s liberation organisation, has been in power. Where is Black Power? What are we doing except except complain and project ourselves as victims? The Afrikaners still have Afriforum; what do we have?
Written by
Mmatlou Josias Ntjana

Black South Africa, Time to Look In The Mirror

"Black South Africa, Time to Look In The Mirror'

I hear my brothers complain about how the rest of the world has oppressed our people, our history, our culture, and magically always seem to control our behaviour, lifestyle-choices, etc.

It's time to break free from this mental enslavement:

We are the reason we have never better documented our ancestral history.

We are the reason we did not develop the ability to create & save written records of our people, or didn't appreciate the relevance of the written word at a time when many societies did.

We are the reason we let other thriving cultures influence and dominate us.

We are the reason we have not built our own self-sustaining African-centric economy, our own factories, industrial complexes, and mega cities, when many others would have by now.

We are the reason we can't grow our own food proficiently, and master advanced agricultural & irrigation techniques, so that we may feed ourselves.

We are the reason we can't adequately educate ourselves, we allow our schools to deteriorate while school administrators drive Mercedes and make a living on ensuring we keep the bar low for our future generation. Our ability to compete in an ever-competitive world as a result has waned.

We are the reason we continue to let arrogance, laziness & criminal behaviour permeate our government institutions, our ability to enforce the constitution, enforce the law and maintain discipline is questionable.

We are the reason we allow tribal-despots, ignorance and empty heads to waste our time in politics and desecrate our beloved land.

We are the reason we have let the ANC become rotten to the core - to where now the stench is intolerable & offensive - and we are now considered to be the 'court jesters' of Africa for our inability to be accountable to ourselves.

We are the reason we are regarded as a joke by world cultures - due to our ineptness, irresponsibility and inability to implement the values we hold high - black consciousness, Ubuntu and Pan Africanism concepts. We throw them away - We are all talk.

We are the reason millions pray for our morality - for allowing the crime, rape, and HIV to run rampant, exposing the depravity in our black leadership - they embarrass us by constantly blaming others to deflect from the glaringly obvious issues.

We are the reason we continue to elect leaders who are not good stewards of our country and our people.

We were the reason we are weak and allow our resources to be scavenged by government officials who sponsor deals that leave our people unemployed, underpayed, while they capitalise on the suffering of the underclass..whilst the ANC Elite laugh and sip their cocktails.

We are the reason we are weak and have allowed the new dark forces to take hold, along with the throng of BRICS countries in queue behind them with their bribe money in hand, ready to indebt us for the next century ... they all laugh at us behind our backs as our leaders sell their souls while pumping their fists in self-serving victory...Mother Africa weeps.

We are the reason we can't unite fully as South Africans, and allow our government to divide us with class-envy, racial rhetoric, and stupid songs.

We are the reason we always talk about our suffering, but never really do anything about it, and actually seem to revel in victimhood and perpetuate it.

We are the reason we are weak and divided, and allow this to happen.

We are the reason we flounder as black people and continue to be mentally unable to rise to the challenge..always blaming others...never looking within.

Look in the mirror black South Africa, resolve yourself to take action, it is squarely our responsibility now, no more excuses, fix it or become a footnote in the history books.

For those who are surprised that I can string two words together, and that I can speak the truth - you will quickly say that I write like a 'white man' - I am sad for you, and that attitude is part of what deeply ails our country. Stop it! Look at the words, understand them, and we will all be able to heal together.

Namuhlanje sengikhulile
Ngiyamaz’ uNobuhle noNobubi
Mus’ ukungikhohlisa weKhohlisile
Inkambo yami ngiyayazi
Izinwele zami ngiyayazi
Ibala lami ngiyalazi;
Ngiyeke ngobulongw’ engingabazi
Ngimuhle nginje.

Menzi Solomon Shange

[Through Knowledge, Justice & Righteousness, South Africa Will Be Liberated]

"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Menzi Solomon Shange is from Kwazulu Natal where he spent his childhood. Mr. Shange currently lives in Gauteng - he owns a successful business that services the mining industry. Mr. Shange started publicly writing in the last few years and is providing razor sharp commentary on social-political issues, providing an insight and a vision that is striking a chord amongst many South Africans. Mr. Shange has developed a strong anti-ANC following - his powerful, intelligent, and unique writing style has become his key signature, and easily recognised by his followers. His strong belief that the ANC is impeding/undermining the advancement of millions of poor South Africans has strong support across many mainstream groups, both community-based, political-based, and business-based.

Many have recognized Mr. Shange' s efforts in exposing ANC ineptness & corruption - these efforts have been an influential factor in the growing support for opposition parties. Opposition parties were successfull in winning key metropolitan areas from the floundering ANC in the 2016 municipal elections. A strong victory is expected in 2019 should the ANC continue to betray black South Africans and continue to drive the country into its precipitous economic slide, while stealing and plundering the countries resources.

For More Details on a Community that Menzi is part of, see South Africans For Change - SA4C