When considering moving to SA consider the following:
our chief of police, Jackie Selebi has links to organized crime and is under investigation;
our metro chief, Mcbride is currently defending charges of reckless/negligent driving under the influence of alcohol/intimidation of witnesses, etc;
our next president, Jacob Zuma is currently defending charges of corruption, with his co-accused already serving time for the same thing; ... oh yes...the same guy who stated in court that he had a shower after sleeping with an HIV infected woman without protection; never mind protecting his many wives' health (he has recently married no.5)
...but that should all go away soon because the Scorpions, who were responsible for exposing Selebi and Zuma, have just been disbanded by the ruling party, the ANC and will then be incorporated into the SAPS under ...wait for it...Selebi;
our current president, Mbeki, thinks Mugabe and Zim are just fine and the ruling party has recently announced that the MDC must participate in the presidential run-off regardless of the way Mugabe has just dealt with the latest election just over a month ago;
the head honchos of Escom have received huge performance bonuses despite mismanagement that has caused an energy crisis that has closed many small businesses. Recently the newspapers stated that "providing electricity" was not considered a critea when assessing their next bonuses...to coin a new phase, "Escom's NON performance bonus";
when the teachers went on strike some time ago some of my children's school friends were beaten by striking teachers for attending school and not showing solidarity;
one of my employees was forcibly removed from a taxi by gun toting teenagers and threatened with death for using an "unauthorized" taxi service; She now has to take 3 taxis to get to work instead of 2 at an additional cost of R9 per day; her husband was recently executed in a taxi territory dispute and she now has to raise all her children on her own as obviously he had not benefits.
I love my country...but we are heading for disaster if our “leaders” and “role models” don't clean up their acts. I have always believed that SA would succeed where so many others had not...but not if we continue this way.
Although we, as a family, are still committed to staying and being part of the solution in this country...we have recently decided to ensure that our children are educated with skills that are in demand in NZ or Australia, just in case.
The poor are getting restless and angry because the ANC has not delivered on the sometimes-unrealistic election promises that they have made. Yes it's true...they did promise TV's and houses and cars...they just forgot to mention that someone has to pay for them.
Our literacy rates have declined alarmingly over the past decade;
our young girls prostitute themselves for cell phones and even food for their families or have babies so that they can qualify for grants;
funerals are a daily occurrence as thousands die of AIDS;
hospitals have no medicine and not enough doctors;
oh yes and we rape our babies and our children, especially girls, sometimes to death.
But all of this is hidden in the less affluent areas. Life in the suburbs is still rosy for those that have the resources, even with our high walls and armed response, but for the poor, life is harder than it ever was before and eventually it will spill out into the quiet suburbs and impact the more fortunate too.
And when that happens the "Fat Cats" who were voted into power by the very people they have chosen to ignore, as they serve to enrich themselves and their immediate families will once again blame "apartheid" as they self righteously continue to rape our beautiful country and abuse our precious people.
If after taking this into account, you still want to come to South Africa…then we definitely need you…come make a difference but know that we still have a lot of hard work ahead.