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Million whites leave SA - study
FIN 24 ^ | September 24, 2006 | Peet van Aardt

Posted on 10/02/2006 9:17:30 PM PDT by johnwayne

Johannesburg - One million white South Africans - almost a fifth - have left the country in the past ten years.

This figure was released last week in a report from the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR).

Frans Cronjé, who compiled the report, said it was especially crime and affirmative action which had driven a fifth of South Africa's white population out of the country.

He did an analysis of Statistics South Africa's Household Surveys between 1995 and 2005, emigration figures and other reliable estimates on population numbers.

Cronjé said the results left himself and his colleagues dumbfounded.

"When we drew the graphs we saw that almost a whole generation of white South Africans are not here anymore."

Young people, children leaving

The SAIRR's population pyramid of white South Africans show a definite loss of young people and children under the age of ten.

The figures for 2005 put the number of white South Africans in the country at 4.3 million, 841 000 fewer than the 5.2 million of 1995.

Cronjé predicts that the white population would continue to shrink, and, he said, the situation would have a far-reaching impact on the economy.

"The white population is getting older, which means the white taxpayers are only going to contribute to the economy for the next twenty years. There would have to be a huge influx of skilled workers to fill this gap. This, unfortunately, is not the case."

Due to the inequalities of the past, the education of most of the black children is still not on par to fill these gaps.

Last year, for example, only 3 000 black learners passed matric with higher grade mathematics, said Cronjé.

Economically productive

Most of the white emigrants are economically productive people, said Marco Macfarlane, co-author of the report.

However, in the last decade the black economically productive population grew by 81%. Some of these people have slot into the high-income group, where black people make up a third of the top earners.

Whites, however, still account for half of this group, where Indians and coloureds make up 7% and 6% of the high-income group respectively.

The rest of the black entrants to the labour market are busy in the informal sector, which do not necessarily contribute to the tax income.

"Black people are entering the economy at a stiff pace, but of the economically active middle class (the country's biggest tax contributors), blacks only account for 1%."

Macfarlane said crime and affirmative action are the top reasons for the exodus of whites.

More whites going to leave

"And because the crime figures are not going to decline rapidly and affirmative action is to continue, more whites are going to leave.

"The young people reckon they are being punished for what happened in the previous dispensation. They are furious, because they feel they had no part in it," said Macfarlane.

According to the report the emigrants are between 20 and 40 years old.

"This is the group that have children and help grow the population, but now they're getting their children overseas. And they don't come back. That means the white population is going to continue to shrink."

The decline in the white population in the decade to 2005 is estimated at 16.1%.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; corruption; crime; emigration; necklacing; southafrica
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I became curious about South Africa's current economic and political situation after reading comments by Desmond Tutu on the BBC which were something like "South Africa has failed to sustain the idealism that ended apartheid, warning of growing ethnic divisions."

This article in summary, says Whites are leaving South Africa for two primary reasons:
1) Crime
2) Affirmative Action

Also,
1) The whites that are leaving are between 20 and 40 years old and economically productive.
2) The whites that are staying are usually older and have no means financially to leave.

I predict South Africa will end up in a similar situation as Zimbabwe.

I also recommend reading the comments at the end of the article, they are very telling too.

Here is a sample of some of the comments:
Message: I left 25 years ago - before the chicken run. I foresaw what was coming, and I predict that far worse is yet to happen . . . regardless of your skin colour. There is a remorseless cultural and even physical genocide of all that is "white" in progress. Those in denial are wilfully ignorant and naive. As jy jou kinders liefhet, sal jy die pad vat - hoe gouer, hoe beter. There is a lot of opportunity in Alberta, Canada. Check into it.

Message: I left SA for 4 years, to have a wonderful crime-free life in London, with global travel cheaper, and opportunities better. I came back to be with my ailing father, and the constant carping of my family on how much better life in SA was. I thought the grass was greener, but I was terribly wrong. It took me 8 months to find a job, constantly labeled over qualified and the crime is terrible, my house is a jail, my kids have learnt to be wary of everyone, the salaries are laughable, and the Rand is worth nothing! Ill be leaving again next year, to safe, secure Europe, with affordable schools & childcare. After all, The Minister of Safety & Security told me to leave didnt he? Im following his instructions! Good bye taxman - youll not be getting more from me after that! Id rather pay it to a government that actually uses it to provide services that benefit me, not their pockets!
1 posted on 10/02/2006 9:17:30 PM PDT by johnwayne
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To: johnwayne

Totally bankrupt culture. Nuff said!


2 posted on 10/02/2006 9:20:36 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
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To: johnwayne

Oh well, when the whites leave they can go back to necklacing.


3 posted on 10/02/2006 9:20:42 PM PDT by pissant
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To: johnwayne
Cronjé said the results left himself and his colleagues dumbfounded.

What's so shocking about this? You shut the entrepeneurs down and what do they expect?

4 posted on 10/02/2006 9:23:26 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: johnwayne
Here's the URL for this story:

FIN24 Empowering Financial Decisions

5 posted on 10/02/2006 9:24:10 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: johnwayne
Due to the inequalities of the past, the education of most of the black children is still not on par to fill these gaps.

That sentence doesn't even make sense.

In the workforce, you have a one month grace period to blame all problems on the guy that just left. Afterwards, it's all yours. How long does whitey have to take the blame in SA? Last one out please turn the lights out.

6 posted on 10/02/2006 9:25:27 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: johnwayne; Admin Moderator

Where's the link to the original article?


7 posted on 10/02/2006 9:25:51 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: pissant
Oh well, when the whites leave they can go back to necklacing.

Winnie (and maybe Nelson) will be delighted

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8 posted on 10/02/2006 9:27:58 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Where's the link to the original article?

I posted it at #5

9 posted on 10/02/2006 9:29:15 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

How long before SA devolves into total dysfunction?


10 posted on 10/02/2006 9:29:55 PM PDT by pissant
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To: johnwayne

When I read the title of the thread, I thought it was saying "San Antonio". No wonder I couldn't do the math.


11 posted on 10/02/2006 9:32:40 PM PDT by no dems (I'll take a moral Mormon over a demonic Democrat or repugnant RINO anyday.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Another country culturally neutered by the worlds liberals.

A once highly productive country returning to the middle 1800's.

Koffi Anus and his bunch at the UN love the sweet smell of sewage on a hot sunny morning.
12 posted on 10/02/2006 9:33:17 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia now a certified socialist state reporting to Mexico City for further instructions)
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To: Stoat
Thinks Stoat. I accidently left the link out.

Link to Article
13 posted on 10/02/2006 9:33:44 PM PDT by johnwayne
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To: pissant
How long before SA devolves into total dysfunction?

I'm guessing that the answer will be proportional to the amount of foreign aid they receive, both intellectual and otherwise.  Even with their incredible wealth of gold, diamonds and other resources they seem unable to make a go of it on their own (without breathtaking levels of crime, mayhem and socioeconomic problems).

This reminds me of the 'white flight' that occurs in many US "inner cities" when the social fabric starts to unravel due to the effects of certain new populations.

14 posted on 10/02/2006 9:38:54 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: johnwayne

Same could be said about California.


15 posted on 10/02/2006 9:39:52 PM PDT by nj26 (Border Security=Homeland Security... Put Our Military on the Border! (Proud2BNRA))
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To: johnwayne

Smart. They are looking at Zimbabwe and seeing what South Africa will look like in ten years (or less). Those who straggle will end up with nothing. "Snooze, you lose."


16 posted on 10/02/2006 9:41:24 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: johnwayne
Thinks Stoat. I accidently left the link out.

You're quite welcome  :-)  If that's the worst thing that happens at FR today then it hasn't been such a bad day, methinks   :-)

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17 posted on 10/02/2006 9:42:08 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

I don't think it has much to do with race, frankly. It's liberalism that allows the sores to fester beyond redemption. So in a sense, minority populations cut their own throats by voting for commie douche bags at every chance.


18 posted on 10/02/2006 9:44:53 PM PDT by pissant
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To: randog
How long does whitey have to take the blame in SA?

Rhodesia, the former "breadbasket of Africa", kicked out whitey in 1980 and whitey is still taking the blame for Zimbabwe's deterioration and chaos 26 years later. The answer to your question is: forever.

19 posted on 10/02/2006 9:45:37 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: johnwayne
"... I predict South Africa will end up in a similar situation as Zimbabwe..."

That is possible, if so, write off Africa.

20 posted on 10/02/2006 9:46:31 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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