What to do after Cape Independence...

Cape Republicans / Kaapenars citing why secession from South Africa is necessary. 

After the Western Cape secedes from South Africa, financial institutions regarding banking, insurance, life cover, investments & pensions would need to be allowed to continue their services. I imagine all Eurasian people would migrate to the new country & leave the rest of South Africa black. Barring the few that really, really want to live around black people. 

The proposed Cape Republic flag.

I genuinely believe that the Cape Republic will succeed when separated from black South Africa & would likely join forces with Orania isolates. I even believe that the West would be more than happy to invest in a sovereign Cape Republic state... perhaps to just teach black South Africa a lesson. Ofcourse, the Cape Republic will sooner or later try to destabilise black South Africa but we'll have to simply be prepared. So #FreetheCape , a Eurasian state at the southern most tip of Africa is not a terrible idea because having everyone go to their ancestral homelands would simply be too costly & may be taken as a forced deportation of minorities by a racist black country. 

South African sport is not taken seriously...

I need to start with a small disclaimer/funny anecdote: You know when you comment on sport, people sometimes think that you were an ex-professional & want to challenge you to see if you can still play, I guess... Even if you haven't played seriously for almost 19 years. Sure enough, you can still play but now you gotta play like a professional to them... having never have played professionally ever. Constantly being made to prove something that gains you nothing even when you win. 

Anyone who knows anything about South African & African basketball could see a mile away that the new teams representing South Africa in the Basketball Africa League (the BAL) would get thrashed & it's not because we don't have a bit of talent, it's just the lack of initiative in the sport of basketball in South Africa. The sports department of South Africa just does not take basketball seriously, I think it's still like a fun side-hobby to them. I was originally going to title this blog "South African basketball is a joke" but remembered that this unserious mentality is not only reserved for basketball but for any sport that isn't majority white. 

Rugby in South Africa is taken as the leading sport because they've won three IRB Rugby World Cups. Rugby is traditionally a white sport in South Africa so you can be deluded into believing that white athletes are better & it's just not the case. As soon as majority white sports become a little more competitive globally (such as cricket & hockey), suddenly the South African national team just doesn't do so well anymore. There are about nine (9) vaguely competitive countries in the rugby world that could pose any challenge to South Africa as compared to about forty (40) football national teams worldwide that could beat the FIFA World Cup champions on a good day. In all seriousness, there are two really good rugby countries worldwide - i. e. countries who take rugby seriously as their national sport: New Zealand & South Africa (partly). I've already blogged on the competition comparisons in rugby & football. I think the same comparisons can be made for a sport like basketball to others because while we believe basketball to be a "developed land" sport, it probably requires as much equipment to play as football, if not, less. So it has caught on in many countries making it a bigger sport than rugby in the African continent & the world. In a thirty kilometre radius in my locale, there are about eight basketball courts. People can't claim lack of access. The problem is how South African basketball is structured & who is selected to succeed in the game - & the people who used to choose who to make succeed in the sport used to be incredibly biased in my teenage years, I'm not sure about now.

Football in South Africa isn't structured too badly but it's lazily assembled. There are numerous ways domestic football in South Africa could be reinvigorated to create some really world-class talent but it's very sleepily organised much like a lot of things in South Africa. I've blogged about this before so I don't want to go into it so much, you'll just have to find the blog somewhere. 

South Africa is somewhat a basketball country, whether we like to admit it or not. I am willing to bet that one out of every ten South Africans have wanted to play or have played basketball before. Just simply walked by a basketball hoop & taken a few shots with a ball... it's human nature. It's one of those "always wanted to do it" things. But if we want to succeed with basketball as a national sport - we need to decide whether we; 

1) want to simply make a development, talent identification & league structure to sift good talent to the top or 

2) if we really want to be top contenders in African basketball & possibly win an Afrobasket or two by introducing some innovative & enterprising concepts into South African basketball. 

Because both options, with the right actions & decisions, are possible. 

But instead; netball, rugby & even wheelchair basketball are pushed ahead of South African basketball. And, at this point, we may have to concede that South Africa / our sports department has a majority-black sport success phobia. When we won an Olympic medal for the 4×100m relay, it was made an everything victory as though anyone in the country could pull it off, something I was lulled into believing myself (viz. blog link). People, the Olympics are insanely competitive, they are almost a political event in terms of importance. So Simbine, Maswangayi & the other two winning that medal was just not a small feat... but minimal sponsorship came along for the sport in comparison to the ever-failing South African cricket team. 

Sports governance in this country simply needs to come out & be honest with the public & tell us what is the name of this mind game they're playing so we can understand how we can get them to take sport / black athletes seriously. Sure, it's just sports & it's not food or shelter level importance but it would be nice for initiative to be taken for once even if no extra funds are allocated. 

Having a year-old basketball team, come into an established league in South Africa & win that league almost every single year since the founding of the BAL sounds very suspicious. And I almost can't believe that the established teams in South African basketball (Soweto Panthers, KwaZulu Marlins, Egoli Magic, Tshwane Suns etc.) never get to represent South Africa in the BAL. It's always a team founded a year or two ago. It's like the regular season in the NBA continuing as usual, a champion being crowned then suddenly, the NBA champions have to play against some newly assembled All-Star team for the title again. It's weird. But I really don't care, I just thought I should point out the injustice. I actually have a little schadenfreude everytime these unnatural Frankenstein teams from South Africa get thrashed. It's really funny, it's like watching the tale of Icarus in real life... 

What's worse is that the BAL recently announced a kit deal with Puma (the sports brand) & have a merchandise range for all the teams of the Kalahari conference including a South African basketball team that no one follows because it's barely a year old. It's crazy because I (& many others) would've really bought a KwaZulu Marlins Puma vest. 

NB: KwaZulu Marlins are two-time (1997 & 2024) South African basketball national league champions. 

What do anti-decolonization forces really want?

The question we forgot to ask is "WHAT DO ANTI-DECOLONIZATION FORCES REALLY WANT?" So, the Pedi get a federal province with their own bank, police, education curriculum & currency. What's the problem? Who is it harming? As someone in Gauteng, KZN or Eastern Cape, I would not give a damn. 

Then they say, "It threatens South African unity". These are black people saying this, not some Apartheid beneficiaries. South Africa is an Anglo-Dutch creation. Unless you are Anglo-Dutch, what exactly is the source of your patriotism? There is apocalyptic racism & tribalism going on in South Africa daily... what unity are they talking about? 

Mind you, decolonisation simply means cultural dignity for indigenous people. No one of any race ever died from language change & a minor upgrade of national institutions. Federal provinces with their own institutions would work. South Africa's provinces are already loosely divided by ethnicity, people. The Referendum Party & Cape Independence want to separate from South Africa. Why don't we let them go?! It makes South Africa look clingy & needy. If someone tells me they want to leave me, I just let them go. I don't ignore them & force them to stay. Give Orania, the Sotho part of the Free State province & Western Cape independence from South Africa. The Constitution of South Africa, African Union & United Nations legislature promotes self-determination. 

And sure, some people might be afraid that their financial possessions would become void in a new political system & measures can simply be taken to avoid this between financial institutions, places of employment, insurance companies & institutions in charge of national services which require monthly payments. With a detailed, clear plan it is not as difficult as it is made to seem. 

Xenophobia & the King's Speech.

I'm very much a Pan-Africanist, I believe in Africa making strategic alliances to increase economy, infrastructure & security. But I also do not believe in unity for the sake of unity because that just causes contempt. 

Now, South Africa is known to be xenophobic. This is because some people are defensive of the economy. The old "foreigners occupying space meant for locals" story. Which is mostly true in South Africa, easier jobs are easier to obtain for foreigners & foreigners cost less & are less likely to complain or be part of a worker's union so they cost employers less. But as much as foreign labour is good for employers, they're not always good for locals. Recently, there were news that foreigners are selling expired & toxic goods at their spaza (tuck) shops. I've lived in townships & have seen the local spaza shop economy replaced by foreigners & this is because our people were simply not competitive enough at times. Somalian foreigners obtain bulk savings by bringing their money together to get discounts & deals direct from producers of products. Foreigners even manufacture some of their own products to sell at their shops. And, sadly, we've even heard of cases of foreigners bullying local shop owners out of business. Some foreigners in South Africa are, genuinely, breaking the law with their businesses but it's laws that are not reported by South Africans themselves because many South Africans dislike authority. So both South Africans & foreigners end up being quietly lawbreakers because nobody wants to report illegal activity. 

Now, I've already blogged about the unchecked migration of people into South Africa. But who is in charge of this? Who is in charge of Home Affairs, migration & border security? Why is everyone but the people responsible talking? And the people talking are not reporting to authorities or to the people responsible for the mass illegal immigration & human trafficking in South Africa. You'd think the people in charge of Home Affairs, migration & border security don't care or want illegal immigrants in South Africa. 

The King's Speech: 

I watched a film called The King's Speech once, starring Colin Firth & he played King George IV of England. A king who had a problem of stuttering & through going to a speech therapist, this King of England eventually learnt how to speak without stuttering. We do not have such a problem in South Africa but we do have a Zulu king who speaks "off-the-cuff" & is taken too literally at times by South African media. 

South African media needs you to be very specific on what you mean while being politically correct & that is a very difficult thing to do on-the-spot. As a public figure or traditional leader, you simply need a speech written for public events because some paid journalists & people with agendas will turn light words into a serious matter. 

I'm not really that xenophobic but do believe immigrants should enter a country legally & contribute positively to the land they're allowed into. Hopefully, the people in charge of the systems controlling immigration into South Africa explain what's happening or people in South Africa may get rowdy (as they're known to do) & attack foreigners indiscriminate of whether they are legal or illegal. 

Black people in South African military structures.

Some notable black South Africans who fought or contributed significantly in World War One include:

- Lucas Majozi: A Zulu from Zastron, Orange Free State, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his bravery during the battle of El Alamein in World War Two, not World War One, but his story highlights the contributions of black South Africans in military conflicts. In WWI, he served as a stretcher-bearer and showed remarkable courage.

- Job Hlakula: An ox driver who died on his way home from East Africa on 1 April 1917. His great-grandson, Zweletu Hlakula, was proud of the family's sacrifice and the recognition they finally received.

- Zulu Madhliwa: A boatman who drowned in the Orange River in 1915 while ferrying supplies for the Union of South Africa forces.

Additionally, the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) played a significant role, with approximately 83 000 black Africans serving in non-combatant roles, such as laborers and stretcher-bearers. Tragically, 607 black servicemen died when the SS Mendi sank in the English Channel in 1917. 

The contributions of these individuals and many others were largely overlooked historically, but efforts have been made to recognize their sacrifices, including a memorial in Cape Town honoring 1772 black South African laborers who died in Africa during World War One. 

Some of the chiefs & generals who recently served in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

Some notable black South Africans who fought in World War Two include:

- Job Maseko: A member of the Native Military Corps (NMC), Maseko was taken prisoner by the Germans during the Fall of Tobruk. He managed to sink a German ship using a homemade bomb, showcasing extraordinary bravery. 

- Lucas Majozi: As an unarmed medic, Majozi repeatedly exposed himself to danger to rescue wounded soldiers during battles like El Alamein, earning the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

- Sergeant Petrus Dlamini: Dlamini served with the NMC and fought in North Africa, recalling the battles at Sidi Rezegh, Mersa Matruh, and El Alamein. He noted the unity between black and white soldiers during the war. 

- Maleho Zachariah Setlhare: A veteran from Thaba Nchu who fought in the war, though details about his service are scarce. 

- Mapalakanye Thobane: Recruited from Sekhukhuneland, Thobane's story is being traced by descendants seeking to honor his memory. 

Approximately 77 000 black South Africans served in the Union Defence Force during World War Two, with around 1 655 NMC members losing their lives. These soldiers played crucial roles in various campaigns, from East Africa to Italy, often facing discrimination despite their significant contributions.

Job Maseko 

Job Maseko, a World War Two hero, sank a Nazi ship with a bomb made from a tin can with condensed milk. He was denied the highest military decoration, due to his race. Maseko was working as a delivery driver when he volunteered for service in the South African Native Military Corps (NMC) during World War Two. Later he was sent to the 2nd South African Infantry Division after finishing basic training in North Africa. Due to South African race regulations at the time, they were unable to carry firearms. They were only allowed traditional weapons such as spears for guard and ceremonial duty. Maseko served as a stretcher carrier for the allied forces in North Africa, providing medical assistance to the wounded. When his commander surrendered to the Germans at Tobruk in June 1942, he became a prisoner of war. He was forced to work on the ports at Tobruk. Being a former miner, he made an astonishing bomb on 21 July using condensed milk tin, cordite & a long fuse. He loaded the little tin with gunpowder and placed it in the hold of a German ship near some petrol drums. He planted his bomb deep in the hold on 21 June 1942, just before they were set to leave the already overloaded ship. He lighted the fuse and dashed to the dock. An enormous explosion erupted sinking the ship instantly. He eventually escaped from the prisoner of war camp and rise to the rank of lance corporal. He was supposed to get the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious millitary award but instead received a mere Military Medal. 

The story of Job Maseko. 

Job Maseko's identifying documents. 

English Wikipedia page of Job Maseko 

African Standby Force revamp concept.

Inventions by black South Africans.

Notable inventions by black South Africans include: 

- Dr. Sandile Ngcobo's Digital Laser: In 2013, Dr. Ngcobo invented the world's first digital laser, a groundbreaking achievement in laser technology.

- Professor Mashudu Tshifularo's 3D-printed middle-ear bones: In 2019, Professor Tshifularo pioneered the use of 3D-printed bones for reconstructive middle-ear implants, marking a significant advancement in medical technology.

- Thato Kgatlhanye's Repurpose Schoolbags: Made from 100% recycled plastic, these schoolbags double as lights, thanks to their solar panel feature, providing a sustainable solution for disadvantaged students. 

- Selig Percy Amoils' Cryo Pencil: While not exclusively attributed to a black South African (as the search results don't specify the inventor's race for this item), the Cryo Pencil, invented in 1965, revolutionized eye surgery by using extreme cold to treat retinal detachment and remove cataracts.

- Mulalo Doyoyo's Cementless Concrete (Cenocell): Professor Mulalo Doyoyo invented a sustainable, cementless concrete alternative, showcasing innovative solutions in construction materials.

- Amoriguard Paint: Also invented by Professor Mulalo Doyoyo, Amoriguard paint utilizes recycled industrial waste, highlighting a creative approach to environmental sustainability.

These inventions demonstrate the ingenuity and innovative spirit of black South Africans across various fields, from technology and medicine to sustainability and entertainment. 

Thank you to the Artificial Intelligence, Llama 4 which gave me this information. 

African Creations

A conflict of perspectives...

Now, everyone who lives in South Africa knows that this is firmly an African (black) country. Over 80% of the population is black. If we were to measure race percentages of the South African population by Usonian measures, over 91% of the country would be black. It is an African country by many respects. The most spoken languages are African languages & not French , Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Dutch or some English variant. But the problem is the previously advantaged races see themselves as living in a European enclave or some sort of colony within Africa. These are also the people with the biggest voice in the global media & who fund propaganda campaigns overseas making the world think that they are the majority & are "persecuted". As a black person in South Africa, I am honestly more persecuted than white people because nobody cares about us & these previously advantaged people are quick to try stifle our progress using other black people against us. And black people are quick to sell their soul & destroy other black people for some sort of renumeration from this previously advantaged group of people. Let me repeat, BLACK PEOPLE FEEL MORE PERSECUTED IN SOUTH AFRICA THAN WHITE PEOPLE. And this is a simple problem to identify & isolate, we black people in South Africa never made our own systems even if we made most of the country's infrastructure today, it was around white-made structures. So it still feels like an Anglo-Dutch state no matter what black people do. This makes European colonisers still feel entitled to African land. 

Overseas, when they see South African media, they see black people embracing white people & other races... Of course, the races of South Africa get along on surface values like black exploitation & white opulence? But on more foundational values like nationality, ethnicity, non-racialism etc. we do not see eye-to-eye. Non-racialism to many white South Africans is a Western-facing & Western-biased black majority land where whites live in comfort amongst themselves, Indians & coloureds but blacks live far away from them. The suffering of black people in South Africa is caused by two enemies; rich black people who see themselves as special & separate from the black majority & the rich white/corporations who fund them. Overseas, they are shown South Africa from the minority perspective & while black people in South Africa see some sort of magical multiracial land in South Africa on a good day, they see the simple, ugly truth on bad days i. e. a European colony which has invaded African land & persecuted it's people. 

This may be more a vent than a casual opinion blog entry but I felt that it needed to be emphasized that what the black majority believes South Africa to be, what white South Africans believe South Africa to be & what the world thinks South Africa to be are three different things. And I feel it's the prejudiced, more than black or white liberals who see South Africa for what it is. The mess expands to the rest of Africa when you consider what the Berlin Conference brought us. While we are a European colony in outline in South Africa, we are not that much different to other "liberated" African countries who still have colonial puppets in power & "Made in Berlin" borders not ethnic borders.  What makes us different in South Africa is that we just have a population of fascists who seem to have overstayed their welcome by more than two hundred years. 

Hopefully, South African land returns to it's tribal ethnicities & we could do an amicable deportation programme for those who do not want to stay on land under tribal/ethnic African rule. That's the only logical solution for anyone who sees what's coming in the future of South Africa (& Africa). No wars, clean separation of ethnic regions into new countries would save us decades, if not, centuries of turmoil & suffering.

Common Ignorance.

Reader, I trust you have found my blog informative wherever you may be on this planet. Afterall, this is a blog written by a 36-year-old, black male from South Africa & as such would have the bias of such an individual. 

I'm a big advocate for comprehensive & specialised education but at the same time, we seem to forget that we need a sort of neglected knowledge - education of commonsense, general knowledge & civil nature. Now, these three concepts are often characteristics of the "developed world" & the select many peaceful, civilised societies worldwide. However, we should expect that they may not be common so we should expect turmoil & ignorance to be more common - even in a world as informed & educated such as the one we live in. 

I do not believe that I am ignorant or lack commonsense, lack an above-average general knowledge or lack an acceptable amount of civil behaviour but I am willing to improve if I lack in any of the aforementioned traits. And, as much as information & education is commonplace today, we do find voids where ignorance & unrest has festered in some societies. It is unfortunate that the people living in such societies believe such an existence to be the norm, often with hilarious & embarrassing consequences. A disfunctional society often suffers from something as simple as ignorance. 

I grew up in a world full of sports & sports people. My whole world was filled with football, athletics & other sports... so it is bizarre to me that football (aka soccer) is "otherised" in South Africa in favour of less common sports. Know this, football is the most common sport in South Africa, so if you do not know at least SOME football - you're not part of the majority. And football is a very enjoyable sport, it is the most common sport in the world perhaps only second to common running events. But despite all this, football gets less funding in South Africa than rugby & cricket which is more than I can say for my beloved, grotesquely neglected basketball. I first got interested in basketball watching NBA highlights with my father on some odd night in the 1990s & jumped to play it the first opportunity I got. Even though I stopped playing all sport except a little football around 2007, I stopped doing a lot of things & started doing other things in 2007. But due to my fundamental knowledge of the game, I remain interested in watching how it is played today & still play on occasion. Intro & background done. Today I believe basketball to be underfunded in South Africa as well, with netball (an offshoot of basketball) being more favoured. Look, I believe in "doing things by the book" & some might believe netball to be "pure basketball" as Naismith intended but it was not netball he endorsed & seemed to favour the more common worldwide game of basketball. While basketball is an American game; football, cricket & rugby are British games - we are neither British or American. But that doesn't mean that we need to focus on just our indigenous tribal games but I just wanted to put into context any anti-American sentiments. We "otherise" & alienate basketball in South Africa the same way the Boer community otherises & alienates football (aka sokker). And as a result, they become extremely ignorant of these two sports & try to forcefully extend their ignorance & disdain for these sports to the black community resulting in football & basketball being underfunded in South Africa because the rich oligarchs of South Africa are often whites of Germanic descent who like rugby more than either "sokker" or basketball. 

I can understand people not knowing much about basketball in South Africa but not football, football is part of our upbringing, it is not possible for it to be considered foreign to black South African culture. You can dislike football in your personal capacity but it is the people's game. We do not play basketball because we want to be exclusive. In fact, I've gone out of my way to translate basketball rules as well as a few drills into my vernacular on some online platforms. I believe anyone who wants to learn & play basketball should learn it & learn how to play it the right way. I believe in embracing a unique South African basketball identity that is distinct from American basketball & understand that it can be difficult because to many in South Africa, basketball is still only played in the USA despite Spain, Germany, Argentina & Brazil being former FIBA Basketball World Cup Champions. While many might not be interested in basketball or any sport at all in South Africa, many likely still like the game. I'd even argue that basketball is as popular as cricket, at least, in South Africa. 

Sometimes ignorance is unforgivable, because you can't be oblivious to the fact that people can't be at all places at once or the fact that you need to go to someone to say something to them. 

These three concepts should be taught in schools under Life Orientation; 

• Commonsense, 

• General knowledge & 

• Civil behaviour 

because I do not understand how you do not know how to play football & that you should not vandalise homes. You'd expect that kind of behaviour from an extinct hominid species. 

Postscript:

For context, I find Gridiron Football to be as foreign to black South African culture as rugby. We are more a people of technicality & finesse not so much of brute strength, flying bodies & dangerous collisions. I wouldn't mind a nationwide project at introducing baseball to common South Africans, it is a fun game & South Africa may have something to add to global baseball. We could gain something by creating an indigenous baseball culture & creating a local baseball league as long as our ignorance (or xenophobia) is not hidden cowardice. 

IDEALLY...

Black faces, white mannerisms.

I was just watching a British guy documenting the history of South African television. And we never mention this even though we unanimously know it, but we have a class of quasi-European black people in South Africa & nobody is addressing this issue decisively. It's not always the people who went to white schools who act white but it's people who have simply embraced the South African system & somehow become quasi-European. We often call them Uncle Toms, Uncle Ruckuses & Aunt Jemimas but we never go in-depth at addressing this problem other than just ridiculing it.

There is a SERIOUS problem with black people embracing foreign/un-African systems & having genuine hatred towards their own kind. 

We can see it in our xenophobic sentiments towards black African immigrants but not so much towards white European immigrants. I know of black people who genuinely dislike black tendencies in South Africa despite over 80% of the country being black. 

This then begs to question, the South African system that these quasi-European black people are embracing has to be non-African at the very least for them to have such a manner towards other black people to uphold this system. 

I mean, I've seen enough media from the African continent to understand that South Africa has too many barriers to entry in some places. There are some things that are still subconsciously reserved for certain races in South Africa even though it is a "liberated" country. 

These quasi-European black people then become gatekeepers of certain activities which are reserved for certain racial groups. For example, there are very few black franchises & banks in South Africa in comparison to white franchises & banks. So 9% of the population has more than six banks while the over 80% black majority has less than three - if that. Yet there are black people actively working at stifling black banks. The richest & most powerful black people in South Africa are often ridiculed while the richest & most powerful white people in South Africa are left untouched from character criticism or ridicule. 

I felt that I had to blog this because we have black people who have never set foot in Europe acting European in South Africa & perhaps other places in Africa also have this type of person. These quasi-European Africans have genuine hatred for other black people for the mere reason that they are opulent or mildly well-off while not being white. 

I imagine there are such black people in other African countries but to a lesser extent than in South Africa. And in South Africa it comes off extra bad because we kept our colonizers, so it ends up looking like some black people are willing to be slaves of South Africa's quasi-European system & actively attacking other black people to uphold a system that is not theirs. This is what I see among many black Americans also, especially from the USA. These black people see themselves as so apart from Africa & Africans that they go as far as threatening death to Africans who reject USA's imperialism. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that such people are really "Not Like Us" even though we have a common origin. They have had Africa, literally, beaten out of them. The language & cultural systems they had while in Africa are completely forgotten to them & southern USA culture has replaced everything they knew from Africa. Virtually making their ancestry British. 

As for me, I did pick up quasi-European mannerisms in some places during the course of my life but I would only hate another black person if they themselves took it upon themselves to be my enemy & not because they are simply black. 

We have a serious problem in black society & we're just laughing it off as "coconuts", "Oreos" & Uncle Ruckuses while the root of the problem is very ominous & destructive towards black people in general. It's funny but it is no laughing matter. 

The problem with the death penalty in South Africa & how Lex Talionis could fix it.

I'd like to start with a disclaimer & say I have no research in which punishments work in the correction of criminality. 

I'm listening to talk radio in South Africa & heard someone say that "the death penalty does not decrease crime" or something along those lines. Alright, maybe the death penalty would work for people like me (i. e. people who don't want to die) so I'm not sure how it would work for people who do not fear dying & anarchists. Sure, the death penalty should best be used if there is undeniable evidence that someone committed a dreadful crime like murder, mass murder, mass poisonings etc. because we don't want to sentence someone to death with incomplete evidence only to find later that the state killed someone because of a lie someone told. I also do not believe crimes like treason deserve a death sentence today because sometimes the good seem treasonous to corrupt leaders, so the worst punishment a treasonous person could be dealt with is be expelled from the land for an extended period. At times, a death sentence could be given to someone for a crime that truly does not fit his execution because of public sentiment on something & this is where Lex Talionis comes in. 

Lex Talionis, otherwise called "an eye for an eye", is the legal concept that someone should be handed a punishment equal to the crime he or she committed. A CIT robber could get a set amount of lashes & spend the rest of his incarceration working to pay off the amount of damage he committed, a murderer would be punished in being executed the same way he killed his victim, a rapist could be castrated, a person who stole R1000 would get lashes & pay the victim the amount taken... This all might sound funny to some but what is better than being handed the exact action you committed as punishment for the crime you committed? Assault gets assault, theft gets lashes for the thief & repayment to the victim. I imagine a kleptomaniac or a repeat thief could have a finger chopped of for every theft if they could not pay back what they stole. Equal punishment for the crime you committed because doing drugs, theft & murder are not all the same thing & deserve their own unique punishments. And for this reason, I believe thieves, rapists & murderers should be incarcerated in segragated cells & according to the severity of their crime. Because while not paying a parking ticket is disobeying the law, it is not the same as bloodthirsty mass murder.

How the USA killed over 1 million black South Africans.

A Dr. Gallo of the USA is said to be one of the people working in the US laboratory which manufactured the AIDS disease. 

So, in thousands of years of humans in Africa (including Ancient Egypt) hunting chimpanzees & other monkeys - it was only as recently as in 1920 that AIDS came to existence? Why was HIV/AIDS not discovered by, at least, 1000 B. C.? Strange. 

The likely truth: It's more likely that both the USA & Apartheid government have decades old blood on their hands with an estimated 1,4 million (mostly black) South Africans dying from AIDS in the space of ten years from 1994 to 2004. 

Alexander Jones, a former Apartheid-era intelligence officer admitted to using bogus vaccinations to spread HIV in the SADC region. He worked for the South African Institute for Maritime Research.

South Africa is already racially polarised...

A part of me wishes the Cape Republic to secede because while they say they want a non-racial independent Western Cape, we all know they'll be a centre for white South African culture & all it's associated traits. We'd finally see how stark the comparisons between a white South Africa & a black South Africa are. If for reflection alone. We all know that in time, the more Eurocentric Cape Republic would attain more investments & funds from the developed world but there is no reason the eastern half of South Africa couldn't work to alleviate poverty itself.

Personally, I'm not fond of nomadic life. Maybe it's due to just not needing to know foreign places but I've never felt the urge to leave home to a city for whatever reason. I've only considered it due to peer pressure but it's not a "Plan A" for me. It's not because I hate other ethnicities or races more than disliking being away from a familiar base. 

But some seem to thrive on that existence. Only coming home for Easter or Christmas.  

And some of these are the white opportunists & nomads that Cape Independence would serve because east of South Africa is the more populated indigenous black "Bantu" lands. While in the west of South Africa, is the depopulated former KhoiSan lands. If you don't see how this all fits - you need to go back to primary school & do some simple puzzles. There really is no genuine connection between the races of South Africa & living in two separate new federal/autonomous regions could be a great solution. In fact, it's a long overdue solution for South Africa in some respects. Not to say racial unity can never exist in the world but it can only exist peacefully in certain circumstances. It would not be a mass migration initially but it would be more allowing certain cultures room to express themselves on their own terms in their own lands.

The global order & Africa.

In our world there are developed lands which are mainly in the northern hemisphere who set the tone for how the world lives their lives & then there's the "Global South" i. e. Latin American, south Asia & Africa. No one takes us in the global south seriously. We're expected to live in disfunctional lands & be victims of the elements & environments we live in. And, I think, something tickles the West about keeping us this way & pretending to play saviour. They understand that a developed Africa & global south would mean Africans staying in Africa,& not fleeing to Europe but maybe a perverse narcissism comes in knowing the poor are kept poor. When, in truth, it is bad for the world & it's economy in general. 

Should Africa develop to the level of Europe twenty years ago, it would only banish the wild-African-man-roaming-in-the-wilderness-for-food stereotype & replace it with a people, black people, that are capable of governing their lands. Since the West seems to be less interested in this, the only group outside of Africa that Africans can depend on is BRICS. USA & Europe are not interested in equal partnerships with Africa, they want puppets & raw materials. 

If we're being honest about BRICS, it's an alliance but how effective it is has not really been tested. BRICS countries don't have a common political ideology, just a common disdain for the current unipolar world. BRICS has been mocked as a "dictators alliance" & a "poor man's alliance". They're not being harsh because what if Belgium or Canada, for example, wants to join BRICS? Could they join? The best BRICS could be is a trading alliance, if BRICS becomes a military alliance - NATO will definitely feel threatened & act on that fear. 

A less centralised or multipolar world could bring unexpected consequences. In a post-US dollar multipolar world - which currency are the people of the world expected to trade with? Any African currency is virtually gambling with your money & the Russian ruble & Chinese yuan will always be targets if the West feels threatened. We're left with just the Euro & cryptocurrencies. And I don't think any serious world powers would relegate themselves to using cryptocurrencies. Unless BRICS can create a new currency or use some sort of bartering system, they'll be forced to use the Euro or perhaps gold. 

I think the leaders of Brazil, Russia, Indian & South Africa are under seige by a multitude of problems both in their countries & on a global scale. So while BRICS may be a great alliance to be part of for developing countries, I do not believe it can reach the level of more developed alliances in the world; especially since the USA sees BRICS as directly opposed to the USA. Lula, Putin & Modi need to know that they are the David in a David vs. Goliath (BRICS vs. the West) stare down. And outside the Bible, the weaker alliances are often crushed. South Africa can only watch being the smallest economy & the weakest military of the original BRICS member countries. The USA alone could mess South Africa up, without needing to call their European allies. So our membership in BRICS as South Africa requires us to be doubly cautious because by joining BRICS, we may have made some enemies in the West. 

I don't know what vision the leaders of Africa & the African Union have for Africa but what I know for certain is that the West needs to worry less about Africa developing because I've seen some European legistature. Europe is so advanced & ahead of Africa in it's institutions that I don't think Africa would ever reach Europe's level even after Africa sorts out it's colonial borders.

What will it take to reach a truly non-racial South Africa?

In my world, it's very difficult to ignore race & how it determines people's lives so I don't know what these people claiming we should ignore race are on but let's play along. What would it take to achieve a racially-oblivious South Africa? 

Firstly, we'd need to get rid of mentalities we inherited from Apartheid; we need to see a human being & a person first not his (or her) race & his racial stereotype first. We need to stop looking at black opulence as a negative & stop finding jokes in white poverty. Many of us still chuckle when we see interracial couples in South Africa but we'd need to stop that also. 

But, ultimately, I think any attempt at non-racialism is futile because race is not fiction, it's a biological reality. There'll be mixed-race people who would attempt to promote non-racialism but mixed-race communities themselves are an example that non-racialism fails. I think tradition, heritage & centuries old indigenous customs are more important than any racial experiment in the end. 

I can appreciate what the different races of South Africa bring to the table but we may need to accept that for South Africa to truly work, it may need to federate. Like how oil, water & petrol work in the same motor vehicle but not in the same compartments. Or maybe even separate regions into new countries by race. While nobody is taught to be racist, they learn to be racist the more they experience life in South Africa. 

Even if we did legislate non-racialism into law, one race or the other would eventually strive for supremacy rendering the whole practice unworkable.