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| Where will we go when South Africa is destroyed? |
| 2008-08-13 |
| There came a point in my life when I was desperately seeking a domestic worker because I could not cope with my job, my baby and all my household chores. I went to the advertisement board at a nearby convenience store and took down a few contact details. I called a number of women and set up appointments with six of them. One of them, a South African , did not pitch up. But she sent me a cellphone message to call her . When I phoned her back, she asked if I could pick her up because she did not have money for transport . I told her that five other women , who were not South African, had managed to make it to my house at the specified times. One even came with her young child strapped to her back. This episode, among many others, made it clear to me that, as South Africans, we have an attitude of entitlement. We think that the world owes us something. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 par for the course...the continent that even after the cart had been invented for thousands of years the people still choose to carry pots on their heads...W needs to send them more of our tax $$$ to fight aids... |
| Posted by: Hupusong Hatfield aka Broadhead6 2008-08-13 22:30 |
| #8 Another fine example of "One Man, One Vote". |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-08-13 19:34 |
| #7 People unwilling to work is only a sign of progress if they have prospects and aren't just feeling entitled in an economy unable to support such entitlements. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-13 13:47 |
| #6 whiskey tango foxtrot? A black south african, wants conditions for work as a domestic, and non-South african immigrants will grab the work. Er excuse me, but that sounds like progress. The march of capitalism. Thats what HAPPENS in developing countries as wages rise and job choices increase - to get the same kind of domestics you used to get, you got to hire immigrans, legal or otherwise. RSA may have much problems (like crime) but this particular problem in hiring a maid doesnt show it. |
| Posted by: superstitiousGalitizianer 2008-08-13 12:29 |
| #5 South Africa is the first nation to transition from the First World to Third World. It's not a pretty process and Western Europe should pay attention. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-13 12:21 |
| #4 SA sounds like it has turned into a real cesspool. Keep kickin those whites out, it'll only get better and better. |
| Posted by: Pancho Angomoger4770 2008-08-13 09:09 |
| #3 They can come to GUAM-WESTPAC like Milyuhns and Zilyuhns of [future]Malaysians, Indonesians, Filipinos, Chinese, etal. trying to legally or illegaly emigrate = get away from the Radical Islamist threat in Asia, the various Pan-Enviro Crises = "Earth/Land CHanges" induced by Global Warming, etc. and find new lives in new Places or Continents. MULTI-REGIONAL = GLOBAL DIASPORAS + DISPLACEMENTS. *TOPIX > THE GREAT GLOBAL RESOURCES WAR HAS BEGUN? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-13 02:56 |
| #2 See also TOPIX > VARIOUS > IMMIGRATION, OVERPOPULATION WOES AND EFFECTS TO DOMINATE WORLD FOCUS IN FEW DECADES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-13 01:00 |
| #1 Occupiers in a foreign land that can't force a native welcoming. Hey George...! |
| Posted by: Boss Thravith3041 2008-08-13 00:58 |