RACISM ALIVE AND WELL IN SOUTH AFRICA August 6, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in Uncategorized.Tags: black, share issue, vodacom
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Vodacom, South Africa’s leading cellular network, is listing YeboYethu on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and they have the following to say:
“YeboYethu is Vodacom’s way of giving BLACK South Africans the opportunity to share in the success of South Africa’s leading cellular network.”
So who exactly can take part in this share issue?
1) Black people (African, Coloured, Indian and Chinese) who are natural persons and citizens of SA through birth, descent or naturalisation occurring before 27 April 1994.
2) Black groups incorporated or formed in SA
3) Black business partners who have been invited to participate.
So who are excluded? WHITES!
What message is Vodacom giving to their loyal WHITE clients? WE DO NOT WANT YOU OR NEED YOU!
I wonder if this is even Constitutional to exclude ONE race group!
Since when are Indians classified as BLACKS? Even in the apartheid times they were classified as ASIAN not BLACK!
If the normal poor, uneducated black person was going to benefit mainly from this share issue I don’t think I would be so indignant about this, but we all know that the “fat cats” will walk away with the main share because of ignorance on the part of the “man in the street” black person!
I have been a loyal Vodacom client (white) from inception and would have liked to take part in this share issue, but because I AM white I am excluded.
Should ALL “white” Vodacom clients cancel their contracts and move over to Virgin where ALL races are treated equally?
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