Merged All the presidents (wo)men......

[Skeptic]

The big, big problem of African nations is incredible corruption. The government de facto exists as a job factory for cronies and a permission to steal whatever they can to Swiss bank accounts. This is why all the foreign aid goes nowhere except for the local dictator's coffers.

The issue is how Zuma will do there. So far I am giving him the benefit of the doubt because he did take some good advice (for example about AIDS treatment) from professional people. If he does the same about corruption, things might be fine despite him having three wives. If he installs a corrupt government, South Africa will become like the rest of Africa.

Countries can (often quite easily, in fact) survive nutty leaders if they just ignore them as much as possible, as long as the system of government is not ruined by corruption. One thing: it is not hard to predict that if he ruins the country, then the more obvious it becomes it is going down the drain, the more people will shout "RACIST!" at critics.

 

[!Kaggen]

That shouldn't matter. Horrible word. Ugh.

We're all 'coloured', each and every one of us. Black or white.

"Coloureds" is what the non-white, non-africans call themselves.

That shouldn't matter. Horrible word. Ugh.

Hmm...lets ask my wife who calls herself, her family "coloured"

The dilemma is what are we going to call our kids

I personally don't like any cultural labels.

I think it is very relevant to the OP because it brings up the problem of cultural identity in South Africa and the superstitious need to identify with a specific culture and its baggage.

The sooner we can outgrow this the sooner we can move on to pressing matters, such as education, jobs and crime.