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As the Sudan's National Congress Party of Omar al-Bashir was bombing blacks of South Sudan, the ANC entered a memorandum of agreement with the bombers in Johannesburg.

I wondered if this was the fruition of Thabo Mbeki's mediation and that finally the oil fields of South Sudan would be surrendered to Khartoum.

The lives of the South Sudanese are cheap; after all, they are blacks. Judging by their 18-year track record in power, the ANC knows how to treat blacks.

So, unlike most people, I was not moved at all by the likes of Ken Sinclair and Jessica Leandra dos Santos calling blacks despicable names. To tell the truth, these white children are merely stating a fact of life for most black South Africans. Frantz Fanon long ago said: "A racist in a racist society is normal."

Let's think about it for a moment. White children are confronted with a difficult situation: on the one hand, they hear we are all equal, and on the other hand, reality tells them that blacks are inferior.

Blacks are gardeners and maids. They live in squatter camps and townships; they beg for jobs and food. They go to the worst schools and hospitals. Their own government builds them houses fit for dogs. Poverty is essentially a black affair!

There is a major disjuncture between what is said and what is real. Reality tells whites there is no reason at all to respect blacks. Respect must be earned not demanded.

The ANC has been in power for 18 years. Has it changed black lives? Most blacks have horror stories to tell of how they are treated - from factory workers to professionals.

Whites constitute less than 10% of the population but they own more than 80% of the wealth and land. When they had political power they exercised it ruthlessly in their interest. What whites have is from colonialism and apartheid.

As former apartheid president FW de Klerk emerged to tell us that blacks were not oppressed under apartheid, the ANC was holding meetings with recalcitrant Afrikaner rightwing organisations.

The same ANC will never listen to any of the black people's organisations such as the Abahlali baseMjondolo, Backyarders Association or the September National Imbizo.

As a thank you to the ANC's service to whites, a white artist depicted President Zuma with his genitalia exposed. The painting was bought for R130000. Whites have a festival of insults, but I refuse to blame them. The ANC has rendered blacks a pathetic, powerless majority.

The DA's Mmusi Maimane wasted no time in making sure that Tshidi Thamane, a black woman, also admitted to her racism and thereby rendered the insult from Leandra dos Santos a mere misunderstanding between models. I need to find Thamane and give her a copy of my essay Blacks Can't be Racist.

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May 15, 2012

RobinH

" reality tells them that bla cks are inferior." WTF. Andile, your article is completely confused. You make no sense, and not for the first time either. Who knows what agenda you are trying to push, because you move from one absurd statement to the next with wishy-washy monotony. If you are trying to impress, you have failed dismally. Your essay to which you refer with almost pathetic misplaced pride was a similarly confused mish-mash of garbled half-thoughts. I find it difficult to understand the prominence you have somehow gained.
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May 15, 2012

The-Rothschilds

Another disgrunted nazi..........................hates the ANC because the ANC wont go Mugabe on the white minority.
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May 15, 2012

Danger1985

Robin H please spare us...this article is on point as it explicitly states the reality we are faced with as Africans.You will never understand til your mind is decolonized
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May 15, 2012

Pelezizu

@ Andile - You are spot on. A black man is on his own indeed, the ANC made sure they only create a huge dependancy syndromme to their own advantage when it comes to votes. They seem to be clueless as to what they are doing themselves, instead of implementing their policies and fulfilling their promises, they keep on passing the blame - "Mbeki-regime, Capitalists, etc." The white gov took good care of their own ppl. 18 years is too long for any org. to be busy with trial n error...The days of whispering sweet nothings on poor ppl' ears are numbered
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May 15, 2012

Mpokisi

Point well made chief, for as long as the black man believes that his salvation is with an appologatic anc, he will continue to live in squal and povertywhiles a select few plunder and ebrich themselves in the name of the revolution.
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May 15, 2012

nkotekapeleketatile

Heeeeeeeee Basadi! Ho na le painting ya Zuma moo ho bontshwang diphasela tsa hae in public? Ebile e rekisitswe for R130000? Khele! Meleko kannete.
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May 15, 2012

Danger1985

Sowetan moderator please stop from blocking our comments whats the point if we can not debate and share ideas?disgusted
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May 15, 2012

SteveBiko

i AGREE WITH THE AUTHOUR, w.hite people should actually vote for ANC as its represent their interest than of the b.lack majority that puts them in to power, w.hites are still very much privilaged they got everything their way , if they dont get it right the take you to court with expensive laywers from the money their accumulated during their e.vil regime, its either through this twisted consititution or through
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May 15, 2012

SteveBiko

SOWETAN WHY DID U DELETE SOME OF MY COMMENT??? IS BCOZ IM B.LACK?
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May 15, 2012

Mbelewolwazi

Our so called writers are so obsessed with making volatile statements and stating the obvious. I think it is time that our writers highlight whatever they intellectually identify as problems and then suggest solutions in the same articles. To be an armchair critic is so not on. They must show that they have the interest of our country at heart and not just criticize for the sake of criticizing. They have a platform, therefore they must use it profitably for our sake and their legacy as well.
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