The rainbow nation is dead

[Polymathic]

Poverty lowers IQ scores by an average of 13 points.

 

[Nick333]

Poverty lowers IQ scores by an average of 13 points.

Lol. It couldn't be the other way around?

 

[TrueSeeker]

You wouldn't be the only one.

The ANC has never left their liberation and struggle roots. That is all they can do. Fight and resist. Even if they have to fabricate enemies (land ownership, WMC). They cannot lead, they cannot push forward, they cannot govern. They have no solutions to SA's problems, many of which they created.

They've been in power for 25-years and they still talk about the continued struggle. Who the **** are they struggling against? Only thing standing in the way of SA is them.

For me it explains why so many talented people are leaving the country. I can tell you for myself after this election the thought that is foremost in my mind is just "Dammit. 5 More years of the same Bolshevic revolutionary bullshit. When are we going to start living in this country?"
Popular revolutions are all good and well to make sure demographic injustices are addressed, but dammit!.. When are we getting on with it? Surely we have to start dealing with the day to day realities of life at some point. Living as if we are not at war. Less propaganda, more rationalising.

 

[TrueSeeker]

Lol. It couldn't be the other way around?

Honestly I think it has very little to do with IQ these days. I believe anger, and therefore fear by extension, is the biggest factor impacting human capital in our country. It would also impact IQ scores - A mind dominated by anger and fear can't think straight.

 

[grok]

"Pearl Mncube is a public policy research intern at Frontline Africa Advisory. She writes in her personal capacity."

Her personal political capacity, no mention of the racism from the likes of EFF, BLF, or some members of the ANC? I wonder which one she supports?

"Over the last five years, South Africa has witnessed the rise of open and crass racism." And most of that came from political parties mentioned above.

Writes in personal capacity, included job title to authenticate her (uninformed & one-sided) opinion.
Pearl is rather like that SARS IT woman, best to keep her away from actual policy making if you value the successful outcome thereof..

 

[Sl8er]

You wouldn't be the only one.

The ANC has never left their liberation and struggle roots. That is all they can do. Fight and resist. Even if they have to fabricate enemies (land ownership, WMC). They cannot lead, they cannot push forward, they cannot govern. They have no solutions to SA's problems, many of which they created.

They've been in power for a quarter century and they still talk about the continued struggle. Who the **** are they struggling against? Only thing standing in the way of SA is them.

...for perspective....

 

[zll]

As a brown guy I really appreciate all the people here admitting they think brown people are dumber than pale people. Because, you know, living in a shack with barely enough food to stay alive, or an education system that's been royally stuffed up by the government, not to mention the myriad of other possible reasons, never affected anyone's mental development.

(/s for the low key racists here).

 

[irBosOtter]

As a brown guy I really appreciate all the people here admitting they think brown people are dumber than pale people. Because, you know, living in a shack with barely enough food to stay alive, or an education system that's been royally stuffed up by the government, not to mention the myriad of other possible reasons, never affected anyone's mental development.

(/s for the low key racists here).

You start off by saying white people think brown people are dumber, but then you go to explain how they ended up in that situation... So you agree then? (Asking cause I am not sure)

But that applies to any race, not just black/brown people.....
Now, how do this country fix these mistakes to get them educated and improve their living conditions so that the generations to come don't sit in the same boat?

Edit: I fully agree with the bold part, we need to fix that!
And obviously it does not apply to everyone, I know plenty people from all races that's very clued up and some that are not.

 

[RonSwanson]

You wouldn't be the only one.

The ANC has never left their liberation and struggle roots. That is all they can do. Fight and resist. Even if they have to fabricate enemies (land ownership, WMC). They cannot lead, they cannot push forward, they cannot govern. They have no solutions to SA's problems, many of which they created.

They've been in power for 25-years and they still talk about the continued struggle. Who the **** are they struggling against? Only thing standing in the way of SA is them.

Struggle is what defines them. Without struggle they are nothing.

 

[LCBXX]

How is it possible that black people are still victims, considering that they make up a complete majority?

We have had a black government in total control of SA since '94?

IMO it's because the so-called liberators of black-oppression went on to enrich themselves on the spoils. They did so by first taking whatever they could from the very people who waited for them to make good on their liberation promises and then turned to squeezing the minorities, again under the guise of liberation.

They've been in power for 25-years and they still talk about the continued struggle. Who the **** are they struggling against? Only thing standing in the way of SA is them.

The struggle is now against themselves where each one is keeping the other in check because of what they know of each other's smallanyana skeletons. If one falls, the rest will tumble like a house of cards.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

 

[RaptorSA]

"That a political party such as the FF+, founded on white fears of the black majority, was able to increase its share of the vote in the general elections points to a societal malaise and the return of a racial chauvinism which ought to have been decisively dealt with over the last 25 years of democracy."

Here we go again with the wit gevaar boogeyman.
Let's again ignore the fact that Wouter Wessels from the FF+ had this to say after the elections were over and the need for political rhetoric to garner more votes was at its lowest:

"Everything is not racism. Everything does not stop and begin with race. We are people. We are South Africans. We can build a better future together if we stop focusing on that and we actually unite in our diversity"

Jees folks, what a terrible racist. Lock your doors, hide 'yo kids, dig your bunkers. The Wit Gevaar is growing and will soon amasse and pounce with the tenacity of a neutered flea.

 

[3WA]

You guys are analysing this silly opinion piece as if it’s written by someone other than an intern who had too much time on their hands because they ended up in a work exposure opportunity where there’s nothing for them to do so they've been left in front of a computer and decided to submit writing to the only place that would publish them which is News24 Moron section.

 

[Ponderer]

Copy of post #304 in thread "Devon Hofmeyr reponds to open letter from Francois van Rensburg"

Racism and double standards.

We are all born into a particular ethnic group with particular features, of which the pigmentation of your skin is one of those features.
But the colour of your skin is (quite literally) only skin-deep.
In the same way that a book (or a DVD) should not be judged by its cover, humans should not be judged by the colour of their skin.
It does however not imply that a/any book should not be objectively "judged" - there is nothing wrong with "judging" the content of a book.
The cover of the book (or DVD) is trivial, but not the content.
Now apply that same reasoning to humans.
Don't "judge" a person (or group of people) by the colour of their skin - "judge" them objectively as fellow human beings.

In the past, people with dark ("black") skins were legally oppressed by people with light ("white") skins.
This legal abomination has since been abolished.
But the trait to "judge" others purely on the colour of their skin lives on.

In the past, if you happened to be "black", you had less rights than a fellow human being that happened to be "white" - "whites" had more privileges than "blacks" because they were "white".
Racism - pure and simple.

In the present, if you happen to be "white", you have less rights than a fellow human being that happens to be "black" - "blacks" have more privileges than "whites" because they are "black".
Racism - pure and simple.

Here's the (double standard) thing.
If a "white" person says/does something that is not even remotely racist, that person is labeled as a racist because they are "white".
If a "black" person says/does something that is openly racist, that person is not a racist because they are "black".

Go figure.

 

[flippakitten]

The only things I would add to this is subsidize practical adult education courses, like the Dept of Labour used to do. And step up access to SME loans with a heavy emphasis on small business. Or even a micro loan model that has been so successful in other African countries to facilitate home based start ups.

Yep, you can't underpay a qualified plumber.

Also, the future for most people in the 4th Industrial revolution is servicing people ie. food, crafts, arts, services like wedding planners, interior design so focusing on small business now will ensure a much smoother transition.

 

[Vrotappel]

Poverty lowers IQ scores by an average of 13 points.

Funny that China then.

 

[Lupus]

Funny that China then.

China actually pushed the whole labour thing, yes their labour acts are horrible, but the people are employed.

 

[Vrotappel]

China actually pushed the whole labour thing, yes their labour acts are horrible, but the people are employed.

I was commenting on the IQ map and the statement that Poverty lowers IQ scores by an average of 13 points. China does not follow that trend it seems.

 

[Polymathic]

I was commenting on the IQ map and the statement that Poverty lowers IQ scores by an average of 13 points. China does not follow that trend it seems.

Maybe Chinese impoverished are statistically irrelevant to that study or maybe they are lowering the average scores in that study.

 

[Jings]

In 2011 8.9% of the population was white, and due to the exodus it is shrinking fast. Many young white people have immigrated due to better job prospects and the bad crime rate here. An estimate 5 million foreigners live in South Africa, 3 million being Zimbabweans.

Recently black people have overtaken white people, and all the other races in the exodus, many taking their entrepreneurship skills with them.

Then people wonder why unemployment is so high.