SA cultures are just different
The woman also sees no problem with the tuckshop, built at huge cost, for the use of Zuma's first wife.
EDITOR – It seems many of the people who make up minority groups in South Africa are unable to adapt to the African nationalist style of government.
We readily complain and criticise our tragi-comedy rulers but the question is, do we do so because we are prejudiced, or because we are just different? It is a matter of perception, but the message I get from the ANC is that we really are different and not accepted as bona-fide citizens.
Personally, I subscribe to the ideals of peaceful co-existence, mutual respect, harmony and tolerance. It is however a real test of character, given the ANC’s relentless ostracism and threats directed at minorities. I have no reason to disbelieve what has become a regular, common and very public refrain, from highly placed ANC spokesmen, actively promoting division.
On the subject of perception, take for example ANC national chairman Beleka Mbete’s dismissive response to the Nkandla findings. She says “…You don’t interfere with a man’s kraal. The issue of a man’s kraal or a kraal of a family is a holy space.” Untouchable in other words. The woman also sees no problem with the tuckshop, built at huge cost, for the use of Zuma’s first wife. On this she says “…It doesn’t look like a five-star shop or anything.” A tuckshop? Obviously, my astonishment stems from the fact that I’m different.
Perhaps the best explanation comes from Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza. Recently, speaking at a meeting of some 1,500 elderly people from Ehlanzeni, he said: “Old-age homes are only for white people and must not be adopted by black South Africans. Black and white are different in terms of their cultures and traditions.”
So there you have it, in a nutshell, straight from the horse’s mouth.
