MORE ON AFRICAN MINDSET June 18, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in News.trackback
A few more things happened in South Africa recently which may be used as examples of the African mindset:
The ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said that the organisation would kill “counter-revolutionaries”, including those in the ruling party, who undermine party president Jacob Zuma. His call to “kill for Zuma” at a Youth Day rally in Thaba Nchu on Monday has created a publicity nightmare for the ANC.
To make a public statement like that straight after we have seen the awful xenophobic attacks in this country is absolutely irresponsible! Read the full story at:
The second example is the vitamins issued to HIV/AIDS sufferers to help them build up their immune systems by a German company. They were told to take the tablets as well as the antiretrovirals they were already taking. Of course they did not do so and actually stopped taking the antiretrovirals all together. You cannot treat the African the same as you would in the more developed countries. You cannot assume that they understand the instructions given to them or that they would read and understand the directions on the vitamin bottle!
Read my previous post on HIV/AIDS why medicate?
The third example is the continued stealing by postal workers of articles sent to people in SA, it has now got so bad that Amazon Books have black listed The SA Post Office and will no longer be sending books via them. Read about it at:
And finally, Chinese South Africans are now classified as “black” so that they may qualify for Black Empowerment benefits. How anyone can say that Chinese are black is just so funny.
Just as funny as South Africa being called the “rainbow nation” but if you have a close look at the colours in a rainbow you will not find the colour “black” in it.
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