Racism: A Serious Problem Dividing People And Destroying Communities

Racial protest in America

Very often, if the word racism is mentioned, the idea that comes to mind is white people hating black people. That's true; however, we have black people who hate white people, too, and black people who hate other black people. 

The latter is one of the biggest issues in the United States of America, often leading to violence in black communities. There are thousands of cases involving blacks killing blacks in the United States of America, but such cases are not given enough attention in America until the whites killing blacks changed things today, through the 'Black Lives Matter' movement.

 

Even in Africa, especially, South Africa, there is still racism, despite the number of years that have passed since the fall of Apartheid, because the white community that has taken over black properties, including land, feels superior. Till now, many regret the fall of Apartheid since they consider black people inferior in their own country.

In almost every African country, tribalism reigns, as citizens or indigenous people hate others because they come from different clans, tribes, or villages. For example, in Ghana, an Ashanti can hate a Fanti, Ga, or Hausa, just because they come from different regions, just like how in Nigeria, a Yoruba hates an Igbo man, or the Mende hating Creole in Sierra Leone.  Tribalism and nepotism are some of the biggest problems in Africa.

 

Power corrupts a person, as well as the mind; therefore, to gain power over others and to dominate others, those who have the power take it as an opportunity to rise above other poor and vulnerable people. That might be one of the reasons slavery probably came about, because Africa was and still is one of the least undeveloped and weakest continents in the world. Even though the US didn't colonize any African country, its allies in Western Europe decimated and brutalized Africa.

 

If actually, we actually need to discuss slavery, it will be incomplete to name racism as the main source leading to that. There is more to slavery than dwells on the natural potentials of Africa, ranging from gold, diamonds, tin, cobalt, manganese, bauxite, and other precious minerals found in African soil. Those pure natural resources have become the curse of Africa from the time of slavery, colonialism, Apartheid, to the deliberate infection of diseases on the continent today.

    Related topic: THE ROOTS OF POVERTY IN RESOURCES-RICH AFRICA

Drawings related to the slave trade

As a matter of fact, no organization or person can fight racism and discrimination in our society today, but it can be reduced. But one thing racists and white supremacists must first understand is that nobody lives forever. Everyone will die and leave this world. So what is the significance of hating someone or claiming you are superior to him when all of you will leave this world in your graves?

Another point is when the rain falls, hardly does it fall on one man's house; everyone's house becomes wet. Therefore, those interested in violence and supporting racism will have a taste of their own handiwork if violence breaks out in our communities. They will feel the impact of destruction and death in their homes.

For peace, security, and the future of our children, we need to bury racism and discrimination and create a friendly, healthy, and peaceful environment through integration and the diversity of culture, for the next generation. 

That's the only way their time will be different from ours because we have witnessed too much violence, bloodshed, and death that we are no longer interested in seeing any more.

SOUTH AFRICA BATTLING CORONAVIRUS AND HIV-AIDS AT THE SAME TIME AFTER APARTHEID

Tireless efforts of the South African government in its fight against the coronavirus

In a country still recovering from physical and psychological scars of Apartheid, and also hit hard by a high crime rate and the spread of other diseases such as tuberculosis and AIDS, South Africa is now under the attack of coronavirus, which emerged from China last year December.

Decades under the brutal rule of the white minority, the fall of Apartheid in 1990, didn’t bring any significant change in the country, therefore, thousands of South Africans still live in poverty, overcrowded slums, while others are homeless, facing a high rate of unemployment.

South Africa today, has over 7.1 million HIV-positive people in the country, with the arrival of the coronavirus, once again, the country is in a nightmare, threatening Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, which have serious problems of the virus. 

South Africa has currently registered 16, 433 coronavirus cases and 286 deaths, this is not too alarming compared to the serious situations in other countries in Europe and America. 

However, due to social, ethnic, racial divisions, poverty, and the homeless situation, the country must be very careful. 

ARRESTED WEDDING IN QUARANTINE

The South African police taking away both the bride and the bridegroom for defying the lockdown orders.

The coronavirus has brought sorrow into the world, but not everyone wants this new disease to make them unhappy. Despite the destructive impact of the virus, many think it’s time to tie the knot around the globe.

At a party in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, following a wedding, the police suddenly raced to the scene to arrest the bride and groom, their 50 guests, and the pastor who led the ceremony. The whole wedding company was delivered to the site.

It turned out that before the arrest, the police received a message about the wedding, which shouldn’t have taken place in public due to a nationwide ban on all public gatherings during the pandemic.

The enforcement authorities announced that the newlyweds will spend their honeymoon in strict conditions. The bride and groom, with their entire large retinue, were released on bail. The police will consider a case of violation of the quarantine regime after its completion.

In South Africa, more than 1,749 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported, including 13 deaths. Now the country is experiencing the second week of one of the toughest quarantines in the world.

South African law enforcement officers arrest lockdown breakers.

Authorities have banned the purchase of alcohol and cigarettes, and they allowed people to go out only in the most extreme cases.

Meanwhile, the South African authorities have arrested over 17,000 people for defying lockdown.

AFRICAN COUNTRIES CONFIRMED OF COVID - 19, THE CORONAVIRUS

The Ghanaian leader, Akufo-Addo, has taken strict measures in the country to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.

More than 937,000 infections are confirmed in at least 180 countries and territories, including at least 47,000 deaths. However, in Africa, over 146 infections of the coronavirus have now been confirmed, which is very low compared to other continents. 

However, experts warn that an outbreak there could cause a medical disaster due to inadequate healthcare facilities and a fragile health system in Africa. 

In Africa, the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has hit, especially, the more touristic countries and countries that are further north or south of the equator. 

Egypt tops the list with 776 cases, with 52 deaths, while Algeria follows with 847 cases, with 58 deaths, and South Africa, 1,380 cases with 5 deaths.

Many patients are travelers arriving or returning from Europe, the US, the Middle East, or Asia. A first case surfaced in Kenya yesterday, a Kenyan who had been to the United States. 

According to Professor Marleen Temmerman, who works at the Nairobi University Hospital in Kenya, it is striking that the virus has not yet spread around Africa. 

"That could be a matter of time," she says, but virologists also point to climatic conditions. The flu virus may not thrive in tropical countries."

Most African countries now have a health plan in place. Some countries have stepped up border controls. For example, in Mali, people coming from risk areas must be kept in isolation for 14 days. Everyone who arrives in the capital, Bamako, is checked for fever. 

Thousands of passengers from China have already been screened in Ethiopia. Addis Abeba is an important hub for international air traffic. 

This morning, Morocco has banned all incoming flights from, among others, Belgium. Sudan has stopped bus traffic with neighboring Egypt after the first death. 

In Rwanda, residents have been banned from shaking hands for a week. In that central African country, however, this is an important ritual, and people often walk hand in hand on the street. 

That is currently not possible, says the government. 

In the Rwandan capital Kigali, there are washbasins with soap at bus stops, restaurants, banks, and shops. The Rwandan newspaper New Times made an informative video about it. (see below and continue reading under video) 

Somalia - 5 cases, Botswana - 4 cases, Gambia - 4 cases, 1 death, Central African Republic - 3 cases

Burundi - 2 cases, Sierra Leone - 1 case, Zimbabwe - 8 cases, 1 death, Angola - 7 cases, 2 deaths

Chad - 7 cases, Sudan - 7 cases, 2 deaths, Cape Verde - 6 cases, 1 death, Liberia - 6 cases

Mauritania - 6 cases, 1 death, Mali - 31 cases, 3 deaths, Guinea - 30 cases, Ethiopia - 29 cases

Tanzania - 20 cases, 1 death, Republic of the Congo - 19 cases, Gabon - 18 cases, 1 death

Equatorial Guinea - 15 cases, Eritrea - 15 cases, Namibia - 14 cases, Libya - 10 cases

Mozambique - 10 cases, Seychelles - 10 cases, Syria - 10 cases, 2 deaths, Benin - 9 cases

Eswatini - 9 cases, Guinea-Bissau - 8 cases, The Democratic Republic of the Congo - 109 cases, 9 deaths

Rwanda - 82 cases,  Kenya - 81 cases, 1 death,  Madagascar - 57 cases,  Uganda - 44 cases

Togo - 36 cases, 2 deaths, Zambia - 36 cases, Niger - 34 cases, 3 deaths, Djibouti - 33 cases

Burkina Faso - 282 cases, 16 deaths, Cameroon - 233 cases, 6 deaths, Ghana - 195 cases, 5 deaths

Senegal - 190 cases, 1 death, Malta - 188 cases, Ivory Coast - 179 cases, 1 death

Nigeria - 174 cases, 2 deaths, Egypt - 779 cases, 52 deaths, Algeria - 847 cases, 58 deaths

South Africa - 1,380 cases, 5 deaths

At the end of December 2019, Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Experts previously established that the causative agent of the disease was a new type of coronavirus, 2019-nCoV. 

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced the pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19, which by this time had affected 118 thousand people in 114 countries.

THE FORGOTTEN DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA

African leaders: Have they forgotten their responsibilities as leaders? 

BY ERIC ONYEBUCHI

I begin this article by defining democratic leadership as the government of the people by the people participating in the governance of their territory of given areas. (Thus, in my opinion), the democratic leadership style is a very open and collegial style of running a team. 

Ideas move freely amongst the group and are discussed openly. Everyone is given a seat at the table, and discussion is relatively free-flowing. The democratic leadership style is essentially a mode of leadership that is found in participative management and human resources theory. 

This article will seek to explore the essence of democratic leadership and will, among other things, outline the advantages of democratic leadership, the disadvantages of democratic leadership, and the function of the democratic leadership council and provide democratic leadership. 

The definition of democratic leadership from an organizational standpoint involves the redistribution of authority and power between managers and employees to provide employee involvement in the process of decision making.

This style is needed in dynamic and rapidly changing environments where very little can be taken as a constant. In these fast-moving organizations, every option for improvement has to be considered to keep the group from falling out of date in Africa to keep the continent in order.

The democratic leadership style means facilitating the conversation, encouraging people to share their ideas and then synthesizing all the available information into the best possible decision. The democratic leader must also be able to communicate that decision back to the group to bring unity the plan is chosen. 

In Africa, this is very vital in order to put the region in first-class government so that people of the region will participate fully in leadership and will enable to checkmate corruption more the leaders of Africa nation.

When situations change frequently, democratic leadership offers a great deal of flexibility to adapt to better ways of doing things. Unfortunately, it is also somewhat slow to make a decision in this structure, so while it may embrace newer and better methods; it might not do so very quickly. 

A democratic leadership style can bring the best out of an experienced and professional team. It capitalizes on their skills and talents by letting them share their views, rather than simply expecting them to conform and also it can destroy corruption in Africa leadership.

If a decision is very complex and broad, it is important to have the different areas of expertise represented and contributing input – this is where democratic leader shines and will bring wise men to rule Africa not this milked brain leader that has been used by white corrupt and selfish colonial masters to steal our natural resources to white men land. 

Therefore, if we the African people have good complex and broad leaders in Africa region this corruption in Africa would have been things of the past, Africa will be for what God naturally made it for, Africa by nature is a cultured place where norm and value both respect and sincerity is our nature in our blood corruption is not part of us.

Good fit for Africa Democratic Leadership:

• Creative groups (advertising, design): ideas need to flow in creative environments to find creative new concepts and designs.
• Consulting: when paid to explore problems and find solutions, your role will be to explore the possibilities in-depth, and that means there has to be a great deal of exploration and open discussion.
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• Much of the Service industry: new ideas allow for more flexibility in changing customer demands.
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• Education: few places need to be open to different ideas than education, both by educators and their students.

MERIT OF Democratic Leadership:

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• Creative groups (advertising, design): ideas need to flow in creative environments to find creative new concepts and designs.
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• Consulting: when paid to explore problems and find solutions, your role will be to explore the possibilities in-depth, and that means there has to be a great deal of exploration and open discussion.
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• Much of the Service industry: new ideas allow for more flexibility to changing citizens' demands.
• Education: few places need to be open to different ideas than education, both by educators and their students.

How to be effective in this position:

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• Keep communication open: If the marketplace of ideas is going to be open for business, everyone needs to feel comfortable enough to put their ideas on the table. The democratic leadership style thrives when all the considerations are laid out for everyone to examine.
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• Focus the discussion: It’s hard to keep an unstructured discussion productive. It’s the leader’s job to balance being open to ideas and keeping everything on-topic. If the conversation begins to stray, to remind everybody of the goals on hand and then steer it back. Make sure to take note of off-topic comments and try to return to them when they are pertinent.
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• Be ready to commit: In the democratic leadership style, you get presented with so many possibilities and suggestions that it can be overwhelming and difficult to commit. But as the leader, when the time comes, you have to choose and do so with conviction. The team depends on the clear and unambiguous mandates to be committed.
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• Respect the ideas: You and your team might not agree with every idea, and that’s ok. It is important, however, that you create a healthy environment where those ideas are entertained and considered --not maligned-- or the flow of ideas will slow to a trickle.
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• Explain, but don’t apologize: You want the advocates of the solutions that were not selected to understand that their thoughts were considered and had validity, but that ultimately you had strong reasons to go a different direction. It’s important that the decision is communicated, but you should not apologize for deciding on what you think is the right decision.

DEMERIT OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

Democratic leadership can sometimes come across as being indecisive, in certain situations, especially during a crisis, leaders must be very directive and democratic leaders do not function well in an authoritarian role, in the midst of a crisis, no time is usually available to address everyone concerned.

The problems of Africa leaders

One of the problems I found out in Africa leaders in the region is the selfishness of our leaders in which many of them want to acquire all the wealth of their nation and also cage their citizens in a mess of poverty, this poverty makes the citizens turn their slave which they used anyhow they want. 

Even during election whether the citizens' vote or not they will still manipulate themselves to the sit or government power, the case of Nigeria 2002. Many other Africa countries are in the same mess as Togo, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda and so on.

Most Africa leaders are highly corrupt in all areas both monetary and misuse of power while in office and many government establishments are corrupt, for instance, if you look for employment in the government established industries you will not secure it without bribery. 

Sometimes the white leaders team up with corrupt people in Africa to lead Africa nations in order to manipulate Africa resources and invent diseases into Africa. In Nigeria, 2015, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan was a force out office via America cabals, that's the reason Nigeria is in mess now on her economy and other security challenges.

I think African leaders should stop relying on white leaders for the development of the Africa region and use what they have to get any kind of development they want in their nations, it is high time Africa leaders look inward to develop their regions. 

Africa is blessed with human and material resources to develop their regions because development started in Africa, Africans think back because there is a saying in my place that said that if you did not know where you are coming from you will not know where you are going, let Africa leaders practice what they preach to their citizens.

Africans arise and say no to corrupt Africa leaders and let us build a united Africa nation and fight against corruption. Africa leaders have to use Africans to develop Africa because our land is really blessed with human power, resources, and intellectuals to handle Africa's developmental problems both in humans and technologies to derive Africa great.

Africans most stop collecting money before you vote for election so that they will bring good leaders that have their citizens at heart and leaders with lion heart to face the white leaders. We need to establish a union or group that will train young Africans that will take over leadership in the region of Africa.

Africans should look for a way to give scholarships to Africa citizens to study the history of Africa and Africa's oldest style of leadership within Africa universities and outside some country of Africa history. Our thinking toward fellow Africans needed to change their negative attitudes toward each other in spite of where we come from or the tribe we belong in order to achieve collective goals and results.

The negative perception of African leaders needs to change to a better life of Africans as citizens and leaders should truly face leadership trends in the region in order to bring out the best in Africa nations. Black is gold. Black is always brother’s keeper right from history.

One of the problems I found out in Africa leaders in the region is the selfishness of our leaders in which many of them want to acquire all the wealth of their nation and also cage their citizens in a mess of poverty, this poverty make the citizens turn to their slave which they used anyhow they want . please read it now, (it was an error of commission)

 Biography of the writer Eric Onyebuchi

Eric Onyebuchi was born in Lagos State and after his father falls sick, he relocated to a small village called Effium, in Ebonyi State Nigeria on December 6, 1984. He went to community center school from 1991 to1996, after which he attended Effium high school from 1996/97 till 2002.

In 2004, he received his certificate from the National Examination Council (NECO) at Community Secondary School Mbeekeishieke, for his senior school certificate in Ebonyi State.

Although Eric Onyebuchi is a friendly and happy person he became a 'drop-out' of school because his national certificate in 'Business Administration and Management' was withheld due to unpaid school fees. Due to this incident, he didn't get admission into the Federal Polytechnics Oko Anambra State Nigeria.

Notwithstanding, he urgently wants to be admitted, after collection of his certificate, he would like to obtain his Bachelor's on economics so that he will move into politics. That's Eric's dream when he walks on that small community road in Oko Anambra State. 

The road he used to walk on for brainstorming and writing some of his heart warm quotes. Eric is the eldest boy of  two boys from hardworking parents who try to deal with every difficult life with one main goal only; 'To educate their children.'

After his father, who was a factory worker in Lagos, fell sick and lost his work because of his illness, Eric moved to his village.

Through the help of his mother who was a farmer in the village, and the love a mother has for her child Eric had a successful education. 

Eric started some little jobs to enroll in polytechnic. In fact, life wasn't easy for him but his dream to become a Nigerian leader one day to fight corruption never disappeared. His questions are: “Why are African leaders not ready to develop Africa? Again,  “Why corruption became such a criminal part of the politicians' blood?”

Therefore Eric's dream to cope with widespread corruption throughout Africa still stands tall in his heart because of his background. Besides that, can an empty stomach go to war without food?

In 2008, Eric went to work with 'Chinees Facility Company'  in Ikorodu Lagos State, before enrolling in federal polytechnics in Oko Anambra State Nigeria.

At this very moment, he is managing a little business in order to get his national degree in 'Business Administration and Management'. 

Eric Onyebuchi's belief in 'Oneness Forever' never left him. He is convinced that God is black from the beginning and the ultimate fact that civilization started from Africa strengthens him. 

Yes, GOD started His work in Africa, and together with Him, he believes in making Africa great and forever green. His thoughts about the fact that evil white men do not want to see Africa's progress, is at foremost necessary to form a group around African nations in order to work together. 

African nations have to find a way to get together because the 'Oneness of African leaders' will be the ultimate weapon that can and will be used to fight this corruptive African mess without the interference of white rulers.

And Eric Onyebuchi wants to be one of those newborn African leaders. The view of these NEO African leaders has to change Africa towards a prospective life of Africans as world citizens. Leaders should truly face leadership trends in the regions in order to bring out the best to Africa nations. 

Black is gold and Black, with a capital letter, is always brother’s keeper right from history and it isn't a coincidence that GOD started His work in Africa by creating black from the same ultimate beginning of mankind.

Yes, Eric Onyebuchi from Nigeria West Africa is a great and proud son of that spiritual African soil. His belief in himself and what God will use him to do in the world inspires him. Eric never will surrender no matter how tough roads look like, he will fight on. 

It is his goal to make the circle round for the African future of the African youth and bringing the continent to the top of among the continents.

Eric Onyebuchi's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/eric.onyebuchi.5

DOES THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BELGIUM SUPPORT CRIME?

The Royal Family of Belgium: King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, and their children.

“It takes a million people to build up a good reputation, but it takes one stupid fool to destroy everything they have done,” sings the late Lucky Dube, South Africa’s reggae legend. This is the exact situation of the Royal Family of Belgium, as one of its ancestors, King Leopold II, was a greedy, ruthless ruler and a murderer.

Some women have given birth to monsters to rule this world. Apart from Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Saddam Hussein, etc., another evil man whose crimes against humanity shocked the world is King Leopold II. 

Born on 17 December 1865 in Brussels, the horrible crimes Leopold committed were swept under the carpet, but the hump in the carpet has exposed his heinous crimes to be seen by the whole world.

In the 1880s, when Europe was scrambling over the continent of Africa like ants stumbling upon a sugar source, Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium. 

The 905,000 square miles (76 times larger than Belgium) of African rainforest held vast natural mineral resources, including rubber, a commodity in high demand in late 19th-century industrial Europe.

King Leopold II of Belgium was responsible for the deaths and mutilation of 10 million Congolese Africans during the late 1800s.  On his throne in Brussels, Leopold gave orders to his commanding officer to “cut off the heads of the men and hang them on the village palisades, also their sexual members, and to hang the women and the children on the palisade in the form of a cross.”  

Leopold’s reign of terror wasn’t only the cutting off of the heads and hands of the innocent, helpless Congolese, but also flogging them to death, starving them into forced labor, holding children ransom, and burning villages as a punishment for those who failed to meet the rubber quotas set by the Belgian officers.

The disturbing part of this story is that after the death of Leopold II, his successors (the Belgian Royal Family) never took his crimes into account. Instead, he was hailed as a hero, with streets named after him and a statue built in his honor. 

That’s where the Royal Family went wrong because the dead can’t be mocked. There are many restless souls haunting people in their homes. There are houses where people can’t stay inside, all because of the horrible circumstances in which those people were murdered.

The lunatic King Leopold II's statue

Adolf Hitler killed over six million Jews. In Germany, streets named after him have been changed, but not in Belgium. The government has named many streets after the lunatic Leopold II, and many of his statues are all over Belgium. 

A country that doesn't support crime wouldn't do what the government did. The reason I say it clearly and loudly is that the Royal Family of Belgium supports crime.

FILM: OLIVER SCHMITZ'S 'LIFE, ABOVE ALL'

African film on Aids


LIFE, ABOVE ALL, is a film by Oliver Schmitz, a White South-African residing in Germany. Oliver wants to raise awareness of the world about the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. 


The film was presented at the 2010 Cannes premiere. It's a film based on a Canadian novel and financed in Europe.

Almost six million South Africans are infected with HIV, killing thousands of people each day with AIDS. The AIDS epidemic is disastrous, silencing the dead, but the living are crying, wailing, and calling for help. 

Life, Above All" is trying to send a message of hope about an epidemic that has killed millions and will probably take millions to their untimely grave.

The film is about the difficult adolescence of Chandra, played by actress Khomoso Manyaka, in her first role in her acting career. The background of the story is sad but educational. 

Chandra has a bright future, as her school results were excellent. She has the opportunity to study further, but she has to wait.

She has other plans. Chandra has to arrange the burial for her baby sister and her junior brother. Her mother was not only sad, but the problems took their toll on her experience depression every day. It is worth for one to watch this film.

The background of the film was made with an excellent story, hoping this movie carries the message that could change the present situation in South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT IS NEXT AFTER THE WORLD CUP?

Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa after 27 years in prison, but he didn't have a magic wand to solve all the problems created by Apartheid leaders.


As a matter of fact, South Africans have suffered a great deal from grim terrorism, segregation, mass killings, and imprisonment without trial under the minority white rule, before the fall of Apartheid. 


The coming of Nelson Mandela as the first elected president of the Republic of South Africa gave hope to many South Africans, with the idea that poverty is over and everyone will have the chance for better education and job opportunities.

Unfortunately, their thoughts are what one could call wishful thinking. Nelson Mandela doesn't have the magic wand to heal a nation that has been crippled for ages with the Apartheid virus, which has created a big difference between "white rich and black poor." 

Unemployment soared, coupled with a high rate of crime. The suffering escalated when the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome started taking its toll on them.

Under the administration of Jacob Zuma, South Africa hosted the just-concluded World Cup. Before the match, South Africans thought the tournament would help to create job opportunities for them. Unfortunately, the game has ended with South Africans facing another bleak future.

The World Cup has certainly put South Africa more firmly in a global perspective as the first African country to host a World Cup tournament. The question now is "what is next after all the money made in this World Cup? 

Would that create more jobs to improve the welfare of the people? Time will tell, or God only knows.