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Posted on 04/17/2026 4:34:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber
As of early 2026, South Africa presents a textbook case of a failing state. In a chaotic break with civilization, it spirals inexorably downwards through synergistic failures of governance, infrastructure, and social cohesion. What was once heralded as the “rainbow nation” has devolved into a picture of systemic rot, where the post-apartheid promise of reconciliation, competence, and prosperity lies shattered under the weight of African National Congress (ANC) misrule.
Decades after the last session of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the noble intentions appear to be largely forgotten. What is more, they are actively repudiated by a political elite that weaponizes Marxist slogans to mask naked predation. The ANC has created a society hemorrhaging from every pore: sheer savagery rampant in robbery and sexual assault, the literal darkness of energy collapse, crumbling roads and public facilities, and a corrosive nepotism that elevates loyalty over merit.
Highlighting the advanced state of moral and institutional decay are nationwide hate campaigns against the white minority, with explicit calls for genocide resounding at political rallies—spectacles so egregious that they provoked an embarrassing Oval Office confrontation between President Donald Trump and South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in May 2025. Arguably, the interlocking crises, far from accidental, are the predictable harvest of a “politics of envy” dressed up as egalitarianism, one that demands “enrichment without work” while eroding the very foundations of civilized order.
The material decay of South Africa is visible everywhere, a monument to decades of neglect, corruption, and incompetence. A Western-standard infrastructure, once the envy of the continent, now lies in ruins. Rail networks, ports, and water systems—indispensable to a modern economy—have atrophied under municipal insolvency and a refusal to prioritize maintenance. Local governments have become black holes of dysfunction, where allocated funds vanish into patronage networks rather than repairs.
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The “politics of envy” a.k.a. communism. The legacy of that hero of the left, Nelson Mandela. Maybe Zoran Mamdani can go to help them “fix” things some more.
Under White minority rule, South Africa had nuclear power, a completely modern infrastructure, was the place where the first heart transplant took place, and was the economic engine of Africa.
Blacks took over and 30 years later South Africa is a failing state.
“patronage networks” sounds like a rat state.
BTW, Remember when Rhodesia was “the breadbasket of Africa” under White minority rule? Look at Zimbabwe today. They can’t even feed themselves and the country has collapsed. It took about one generation of Black African rule to utterly destroy that country too.
Make Colonialism Great Again
dey wuz kangs
The latent tribalism comes to the fore. Any mony coming in to any government entity is personal money for those in charge. It goes immediately to pocket and to relatives. The point of government jobs is to take as much as possible for self and relatives. That is the moral procedure in a tribal or fractured tribal culture,Degeneration is to the pint that the nonaffluent black population is worse off now than it was in the townships under apartheid. It cannot be improved civilized nation were to colonize the country.
It is a failing culture - always wil be - primarily due to the fact that socialism/communism/leftism is doing its primary function: turning everything it touches into Obamastuff. Coming soon to NYC, already there in Portland and Seattle.
well said
It is the necessary organization of a tribal population and degenerates from there where the tribes themselves are fragmented but the social DNA is still firmly tribal.
“The ANC has created a society hemorrhaging from every pore: sheer savagery rampant in robbery and sexual assault, the literal darkness of energy collapse, crumbling roads and public facilities, and a corrosive nepotism that elevates loyalty over merit.”
Kinda sounds like Chicago these days.
Could easily describe Chicago, Detroit or Baltimore. All have a common denominator.
When have Africans EVER run a successful state? Maybe the country of Wakanda in comic books (written by White guys).
I can only think of a few countries in the entirety of the African continent that are even semi productive (Kenya?, Morocco?, Egypt?, perhaps Ethiopia?).
Liberia gets $billions from the USA every year and it’s still dysfunctional. Not enough White or brown people.
Old saying:
It’s the people who make the slums.
South African blacks take over a modern country and things inexorably return to the bush (with lots of crime and violence along the way).
Monkees running the zoo.
etc.
I find it hard to feel any sympathy for them, as this is what they voted for. Blacks thrived under white leadership, but they fell prey to the common denominator of any society that falls away from Capitalism into Communism: “Unfair! He has more than I do!” It doesn’t matter that the person worked for what he had. The fact that he has it and I don’t is reason enough to throw their system out.
Naive people in the US, like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, look at Bezos and say he should give his wealth to the poor. Bezos has been a multi-millionaire for decades and could have bought a yacht and sailed around the world eating bon-bons. Instead, he plowed those profits back into his company to the point where 250,000+ souls are clothed, housed, and fed by his efforts.
South Africa is similar, but it pushed out the entrepreneurs that built the country and stole the economic engine that made the country great. For whatever reason, the current leadership isn’t capable of leading the country but racial hatred keeps them in power. As is always the case, hate eats those who harbor it.
Tsek!
Bkmk
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