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South Africa, My country, My home❤

Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts. The truth is, South Africa is complicated. Crime is real and touches every community. We live with gates, alarms, private security, and the constant awareness that danger exists. Corruption and failing infrastructure make life harder, and inequality is something we face every day.

But still, millions of us carry on. We raise families, go to work, laugh with friends, and find moments of joy in spite of it all. This is why blanket statements like “it’s not safe at all” miss the mark. Life here is tough, but it’s also full of resilience and humanity.

As someone who lives here, I won’t deny the problems, but I also won’t accept oversimplifications. South Africa is not perfect, not a nightmare — it’s home
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akindheart · 61-69, F
i have to tell you i love South AFrica. i was there last November and one of my favorite trips. I have been to africa 3 times and loved each trip. i know i had the sanatized tourist version but there is no country as beautiful as south africa. the only sad thing was i was sitting in the airport waiting for my plane and a light skinned black lady told me that her race was being discriminated. apparently jobs were given to blacks and white people but not her color.
akindheart · 61-69, F
@DarthInvader actually i was minding my own business waiting for my flight. a light skinned black lady told me that she was not able to get the jobs. so there. all i canoffer.
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akindheart · 61-69, F
@DarthInvader my black friends call them Bright...light mixed race.
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
Having people think they know more about your home country is par for the course on social media.

I should know, I live in America.

Don't take it personally.
daydeeo · 61-69, M
Well said. And could be said of most every country on this old round world.
Apartheid would still have been in force in your childhood. I wonder do you remember those times, and what have the changes since then been like for you and yours?
3timesalady · 51-55, F
There is this one incident I can't erase from my mind and I was about 4yrs old. My parents worked for a white family and we lived on their property. One day I climbed on something to look over the fence into the neighbours back yard and the neighbour came out of the house and pointed a gun at me.. just because I was of colour. Also experienced being one of the first non-white that was able to go to a so-called white school. I was received very well and didn't have any issues there.
@3timesalady That is terrifying, having a gun pointed at you at that age and for that reason! But I am glad to know that you were made welcome in that school!
Kstrong · 56-60, F
We are one race, human, different nationalities, and we all bleed red....
akindheart · 61-69, F
@Kstrong beautiful post
HobNoblin · 36-40, M
Was better in the 90's but people wanted cheap labor and bought in people who didn't belong there.

 
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