Racism against white people in South Africa

What Dan said in his post is true. It falls under the affirmative action law of the country. Note that it's the law... and its designed to favour blacks above all others.

In a nutshell, companies and universities etc have to hire or admit people according to the countries demographics which means you need a minimum of 80% black employee/student ratio. You hire or admit people according to a list of priorities which have black female as highest priority followed by black male then other races and right at the bottom of the list is the white male. So if you are a white male, your chances of finding employment are really slim as you are a last legal choice.

Add to that the fact that people from former disadvantaged communities (blacks) get preferential status and huge discounts on study fees and busaries etc.

My sister in law was a school teacher and she was instucted to pass all blacks regardless of their study performance. I don't know what law was used to make that happen but it was a spirit killer to most teachers who got saddled with students who thus had no motivation to make an effort and to non-black students who noticed that their black classmates passed 'anyway'.

The crime is another story. Most houses in JHB where I lived had electric fences to deter burglars etc. I can go on for hours...

But if you can overlook all that, its a great country yes.

Bob 13 Jan 2008, 12:18 - Report