South Africa may be on the brink of a Rwandan-type genocide(timeslive.co.za) |
South Africa may be on the brink of a Rwandan-type genocide(timeslive.co.za) |
The article's actual title is "Britain must intervene in SA land debate‚ says member of European Parliament"
The Member of European Parliament is Janice Atkinson who according to the article, "represents the right-wing and pro-Brexit Europe of Nations and Freedom Group - the smallest party represented in the European Parliament"
Further, the word "genocide" does not appear in the article.
With that said, for anyone who wants the context that likely lead to this current headline: The pioneer of this motion, Julius Malema, was quoted in the same speech as saying: "We are not calling for the slaughter of white people - at least for now".
https://twitter.com/EFFSouthAfrica/status/969221090378764289
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8mMA4ptzcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy8qeOEJg8o
The rhetoric has become extremely heated to say the least.
"We are not calling for the slaughtering of white people ... at least for now" - Julius Malema, 2016
My comments as a South African:
1. While political power shifted in 1994, to the majority there is still a huge amount of imbalance economically in South Africa.
Based on the last research I have seen; a white male who has only completed primary school earns more than a black person who has completed high school. The lowest earning and educated white female still earns higher than a black male that is comparatively better educated. This is even with gender disparity in pay.
2. While racism is not law and they have been able attempts to redress the situation there is still an awful lot of “old boys club” deals that happen . Which is more often then not primarily white and male.
3. Apartheid was engineered by the broedebrond. Some of the reasons were for economic power. These families that engineered apartheid and made billions on the back of this suffering? They still exist they have just expanded their generational wealth. Look up “Stellenbosch mafia”.
4. Prior to 1900’s most locals lived of the land. Policies were setup that enslaved black people,forced them to work at mines and leave their families creating other issues.
5. Systems were setup to ensure black people in South Africa were kept oppressed (forced living far away from work, no education) which has created long lasting generational issues. 20+ years and this has still exists
4. On the issue of land redistribution, it is surely needed as land was forcefully taken and wealth has been accumulated based on this with the help of apartheid.
5. What I have been debating is what would be the most fair mechanism to address this?
6. If govt do it without compensation then would this start to cause property prices to tank?
7. What happens if the process is abused to enrich a few?
8. Could government even control the outcome? For e.g all it takes is for some people to take matters into their own hands and things can blow up really quickly