Q. --- CONCLUSION: THE FORMING   PROCESS

You may have noticed that I never in the study referred myself, giving my opinion or sharing my own feelings such as: “I feel …” or “My perception is…”
 

Please allow me to do it now.
 

The study led me on roads rarely travelled; it left me with little choice but to explore topics much less covered in the media; it guided me to form new opinions on South Africa’s leaders and their followers; it compelled me to take an objective look at current and past discrimination. In short, it altered my frame of reference on ANC governance in many respects. 
 

It is this less explored way of looking at ANC governance I shared with you, to the best of my ability.
 

My ideals for the study are to stimulate you: To take a fresh look at ANC governance; to allow yourself to think “out of the box” and form new ideas and perspectives of your own; to convince at least one person to create discussion and actively interact on the blog; or put differently, to create a formidable discussion network on issues touched on in the study.
 

My wish is that if you disagree with the content, you will engage in communication with me and others, explaining your views. The source material I used reflects the negative and violent nature of the South African society. It is this “face of the nation” that shaped my approach and determined the content of the study. It may consequently project a negative undertone.
 

I can truly say that I am open to be convinced to take more positive viewpoints on critical issues. As a matter of fact, I would for example appreciate to be convinced that farm murders are not as devastating as sketched by the media and the study; that affirmative action is not specifically targeting whites as the enemy; that the ANC and its members do project a revolutionary culture; that strikes and protests are not as violent and destructive as sketched; and most important, that the ANC’s approach to government does not include socialistic ideologies.    

In this regard I would like to honesty plea with ANC governance: Please reconsider your commitment to socialism! I am extremely concerned that the scenario sketched below by Faith and Heritage, may realise in South Africa:

(108*) Capitalists take note of current media reports and arrive at a conclusion that the New South Africa is filled to the brim with crises. They feel that there is a serious education crisis, a crime crisis, a service delivery crisis, a skills crisis, a health care crisis and many-many more.  They argue that the New South Africa is a failure and that urgent action is required to change the situation for the better.

The socialist subjected to the same media reports probably replies with: “Failure? What do you mean by failure? The New South Africa is a gigantic success!”
 

“You see, the reason why Communism has been so attractive to African nationalists and so emphatically embraced is because it really appeals to certain elements of the Black psyche. Economic prosperity in the Western Capitalist sense is not the prime objective, but freedom from external oppression and coming into full harmony with nature are considered much more vital”
 

“The socialist regards the new South Africa so far as a great success, since they have after all, taken the first step to the chief end, namely complete Marxism. To illustrate this with a practical example: When international food aid agencies warned about the urgent food crisis Zimbabwe was experiencing a couple of years ago, after nearly all White farmers’ land were seized, president Robert Mugabe denied that the country had a starvation problem. When one looks back at that time, one cannot help but think that what Mugabe was trying to explain to the Western World was that there wasn’t a problem as such in Zimbabwe, rather than denying a lack of food. The reason I observe this is because as a Marxist, the problem in Mugabe’s eyes was never truly poverty or hunger as such, but the ‘oppression’ of the white upper and middle classes. Once this had been eliminated, there was essentially no problem anymore”.
 

“The people might be dying of hunger, but at least they’re not oppressed by whites (or at least they aren’t under that impression anymore) and they believe in the Marxist illusion of equality. Having food to eat is much less important in a Black Marxist’s eyes than being able to vote, regardless of how notoriously rigged African elections are”.
 

“The point is that in order for a Marxist order to be newly established, the Black socialists believe that all the remnants of the previously order need to be removed. And that is the essence of the economic and infrastructural concerns we currently have in South Africa; everything European is being destroyed and there is a complete lack of anything African comparable to replace it.”
 

Let’s take action while there is still room to distinguish between success and failure!

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(108*) Faith and Heritage -- Black Socialism in South Africa -- Quo Vadis?

http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=south%20africa%20member%20of%20socialism&source=web&cd=16&cad=rja&ved=0CFcQFjAFOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffaithandheritage.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fblack-socialism-in-south-africa-quo-vadis%2F&ei=23e8UMKWN424hAfDvYGYAw&usg=AFQjCNEMTx8bp-7tk5C-Lga_0__NuTlffA

or

http://www.google.co.za/url?q=http://faithandheritage.com/2011/01/black-socialism-in-south-africa-quo-vadis/&ei=s6DAUK6aOtDotQb5u4HoDA&sa=X&oi=unauthorizedredirect&ct=targetlink&ust=1354803131954792&usg=AFQjCNHdkry6KVGrLGmtIrgq0_mo-0cRjw