'Better under Apartheid": The desperate lament of Soweto’s poor and fearful elderly

DentistGuy said:
Electricity was only available for 50% of the population. Life expectancy has now increased. People now have access to education (instead of an education system that prepared them to be labourers- as Verwoerd stated that black minds cannot comprehend abstract things like Mathemathics).
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Complete the picture and give the same stats on electricity and education today, and add the quality of both to the statistics for each as well.

Also bearing in mind that Verwoerd is not on MyBB please.
 
DentistGuy said:
Electricity was only available for 50% of the population. Life expectancy has now increased. People now have access to education (instead of an education system that prepared them to be labourers- as Verwoerd stated that black minds cannot comprehend abstract things like Mathemathics).
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So much better now. You know with that 66% youth unemployment rate.

All the education system has done in SA is make sure the beggars can write nice signs.
 
MentellusMaximus said:
Complete the picture and give the same stats on electricity and education today, and add the quality of both to the statistics for each as well.

Also bearing in mind that Verwoerd is not on MyBB please.
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Go research it yourself- electricity coverage during apartheid versus today.
 
konfab said:
So much better now. You know with that 66% youth unemployment rate.

All the education system has done in SA is make sure the beggars can write nice signs.
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They don't write them, they have to rent them from the local "boss"
 
DentistGuy said:
Go research it yourself- electricity coverage during apartheid versus today.
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Yeah and?

What good does electricity do when there is almost zero effective public health care, law enforcement is almost non-existant, employment has gone for a ball of shyte, education has backslid significantly unless you can afford a decent ex-Model C or private school.... you can happily focus on the fact that more people have access to less available electricity (even though we built 2 fsck off big plants)
 
DentistGuy said:
Go research it yourself- electricity coverage during apartheid versus today.
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Can we include the current black out stages in the availability stats?
That would be fair.

And education, surely it must be easy for you to prove that it is better than it was.

So we lower the standards to something not worth the paper it is written on and make it available to everyone, and call that a win.

We are truly ****ed.

You are so triggered by the word apartheid that you cannot read, comprehend or reason beyond that.
 
konfab said:
Do you really want to gloat about how well the ANC has managed electricity?

Go ahead, say it. Say the South African electricity industry under the ANC is something to be proud of.
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I wouldnt say it was something to be proud of during Apartheid. Some people just look at things through apartheid tinted glasses. When in reality- services and resources (that everyone contributed towards) was directed at making the lives of the minority comfortable.

If you were privileged before- then you will see a deterioration of the lifestyle that you used to experience.
 
TheChamp said:
It's their own choice who they vote for, I won't hold it against them, they can ask for the National Party back and vote for it if they want to, they are free to do anything they want to in a democracy.

What I do hold against them is their resistance to being a functional, responsible community that takes responsibility for their actions.

This is what I would advise them to do:

Stop thinking you are special, because you are not.
Pay for your damn electricity, it's the right thing to do.

Instead of using all your energy to protest against Eskom for installing prepaid meters, organize the community and march to the Gauteng department of health to demand better services for the residents, people will take you seriously.

Do the same about the police and the municipality.

Don't loot your own shops and supermarkets just because people in KZN are doing it, you will have to go to the crime infested Joburg CBD to do your shopping, it's not nice.

Unite behind good community members like Nhlanhla Lux and defend what is yours with the jealousy that it deserves, illegal foreigners are not your problem to deal with, they are the government's.

Try to instill some good morals in the children so that they break the entitlement chain and be better people.
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Geez dude. Have you dropped the crack pipe. A lot of sense which I'm not accustomed to
 
DentistGuy said:
I wouldnt say it was something to be proud of during Apartheid. Some people just look at things through apartheid tinted glasses. When in reality- services and resources (that everyone contributed towards) was directed at making the lives of the minority comfortable.

If you were privileged before- then you will see a deterioration of the lifestyle that you used to experience.
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Right now, on the 13th of April 2023 the year of our Lord and Saviour the Ramamessiah, Eskom is able to generate 24 727 MW.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1646229064443625487

This is about how much electricity it could produce 40 years ago in 1980.
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https://gga.org/100-years-of-eskom-how-did-we-get-here/#:~:text=Between 1950 and 1960, the,dominated almost entirely by coal.

Had the ANC just left Eskom alone to do its own thing, we wouldn't have had load shedding. Now we are going backwards, and reverting to the position where only rich people have electricity.
 
DentistGuy said:
For example. In some areas- parties in minority areas can sometimes field very credible, clean, qualified and innovative candidates. Versus a DA candidate who didnt complete school, who has even been accused of dealing drugs and who has been perpetually off sick during their last term. People would vote for the DA candidate in some minority areas- not because of the candidates credentials but because of party loyalty.
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Cool story bro.
 
konfab said:
Right now, on the 13th of April 2023 the year of our Lord and Saviour the Ramamessiah, Eskom is able to generate 24 727 MW.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1646229064443625487

This is about how much electricity it could produce 40 years ago in 1980.
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https://gga.org/100-years-of-eskom-how-did-we-get-here/#:~:text=Between 1950 and 1960, the,dominated almost entirely by coal.

Had the ANC just left Eskom alone to do its own thing, we wouldn't have had load shedding. Now we are going backwards, and reverting to the position where only rich people have electricity.
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Eskom is shyte- but it also was shyte then- lets not deny that.
 
konfab said:
Right now, on the 13th of April 2023 the year of our Lord and Saviour the Ramamessiah, Eskom is able to generate 24 727 MW.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1646229064443625487

This is about how much electricity it could produce 40 years ago in 1980.
View attachment 1507675

https://gga.org/100-years-of-eskom-how-did-we-get-here/#:~:text=Between 1950 and 1960, the,dominated almost entirely by coal.

Had the ANC just left Eskom alone to do its own thing, we wouldn't have had load shedding. Now we are going backwards, and reverting to the position where only rich people have electricity.
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Bantu 30%r doesnt know the difference between installed capacity and generated capacity
 
Gyre said:
When we stop insulting or assuming what the other side is trying to say and actually discuss things, it makes it a lot easier. When the person you're discussing something with is respectful, people are more open to the idea that someone can hold a view and not be a terrible person.
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go to ukraine war thread and talk to those ukrainian bots said you support peace ......
then you will have a different conclusion. :D
 
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