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rueluck
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Registered: Feb 2001
Posts: 7
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Hey look there are people who feel bitter about SA , I feel that as long as your sensible then you won't be a part of the statistics.
Is there anything anyone can suggest that would help South-Africa become a better place, so that people who used to live there will come back?
What can help change South-Africa for the better, reduce the staggering crime statistics and
make it a better place to live than European or American countries?
I want to make a personal contribution to Help SA back on its feet, I suggested raising the rand exchange rate to tempt more tourism, but the media put a lid on it. What other way is there, the country has beautifull wild life and flora, its traditional cultures and tribes are a facination, the food and wine is fantastic and healthy with no chemicals like other western countries as most of it is naturally grown. can anyone help?
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21st February 2001 23:22
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LillyNomad
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Registered: Dec 2000
Posts: 592
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Public opinion should not be confused with popular sentiment. Popular sentiment is what people say to one another around their dinner tables. Public opinion is what they say to callers from polling organizations.
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3rd March 2001 23:50
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cjm
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Registered: Feb 2001
Posts: 120
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Rueluck, you actually said it!!
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Originally posted by rueluck
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Is there anything anyone can suggest that would help South-Africa become a better place, so that people who used to live there will come back?
What can help change South-Africa for the better, reduce the staggering crime statistics and
make it a better place to live than European or American countries?
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The answer is already contained above. Bring the crime rate down - surely it cannot be that difficult!!
I also subscribe to the view that South Africans overseas can be a major asset to the country. We in effect have access to a potential trade link-up second to none. The key here is to win back the hearts of those who left and open up the communication links. How about someone doing the spade work and start connecting the various overseas support groups.
But finally the ball is in the court of the regime. They are very vocal about how they represent the majority of the people. They will have to make the first move...
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4th March 2001 20:15
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Stuart_Moore
Junior Member
Registered: Mar 2001
Posts: 9
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Education ... Police enforcement ... combating corruption ... Where are the figures on governement spending and why not adopt apeachment, although it did'nt work for Bill Clinton ... Embeki on the other hand would make a text book case.
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6th March 2001 18:15
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fmm23
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Registered: Mar 2001
Posts: 2
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South Africa has the best future ahead
My fellow South African people, your tongues seem to have more poison than what its worth. We live in other countries and make South Africa a door mat. People South Africa was a door mat and all of us including myself have wiped our ****ty shoes on it, pardon the expression, trying to make a point. South Africa has the best future ahead if only people like ourselves that have lived abroad and have learnt to except and love everyone as an equal. If you take people like that and put them back at home, you will find the attitudes of South Africans changing, and the Apartheid that is in every one of us both black and white will then gradually neutralize itself. Unless we make deliberate efforts everyday to destroy the apartheid system that is in everyone of us, we will just be chasing our tails around in a circle and just calling it a different colour. White people can't live in fear, nor can black people or green people for that matter. We will continue to be afraid of each other because apartheid taught us that pardon the expression that white **** is the best and everything else is not quite like the best, get my point. If you face up to your worst fears in your life, I Think the Monsters in our lives are Half dead already, but the problem is we are apartheid loyalist trapped in our minds by a system we knew no better. My people if only they would humble themselves, the cast of love will destroy apartheid forever. Till next time......
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9th March 2001 14:42
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Jade1
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Registered: Jun 2001
Posts: 1
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Hope for SA?
I believe the only way to improve South Africa is free and mandatory education for all. Education is the one thing no one can take away and education can bring about change like nothing else on earth. For example, look at Nelson Mandela. He was priveleged enough to be able to educate himself, and despite the barriers chose to become a Black Lawyer - something almost unheard of and unthinkable at that time. His education enabled him to make certain choices with awareness to issues happening around him. With education he could see that crime was not the only option available to him as a black South African. He saw that education could bring about change legally and without violence.
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11th June 2001 21:47
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