The reason for this situation can be explained easily. The ANC has been running the country for almost 30 years, yet in that time they've taken various state owned enterprises and run them into the ground, mostly through corrupt processes where they end up lining their own pockets. As much as the people continue to vote for them, they don't care about the people. All they need from the "uneducated" masses is to keep them in power. Everything from public education to public health care is a mess, and it just deteriorated over the years. Even the projects to build low cost housing was used as a mechanism by public officials to steal money. If the ANC weren't so corrupt, there would be more than enough tax revenue left to build apartment buildings, parks and schools in Alex. Unfortunately, the voter base is not willing to allow an alternative political party to take a shot at resolving some of these issues. You cannot do the same thing and expect different results.
Generational wealth takes time to build . The exploitation of our people is the cause .Yes ANC should have layed the foundation but this started way back before ANC .A black young man inherits debts and white inherit properties and stocks .We need to create entreprenuers and innovators .We need to create a new system of education and change in our mindsets and Taking some of the resources from whites
You are very much right, Africans we have a problem and the problem begins with the electorate and ends with the politicians. There is no foresight or long-term thinking by the people and politicians. Greed and selfishness are the order of the day in Africa. Personally, I am sick and tired of my people's lack of will to better their lives.
@@Me-mr8wk Both were doing just fine before American interference ! Venezuela was basically getting FREE PETROL! Look it up , do your research , don't just swallow everything Main Stream Media tells you 🤦🏾♂️
The problem in South Africa is not Sandton. Inequality is wrong but the grand corruption over the last 30 years is just incomprehensible. The suffering that it has caused is unimaginable.
So it’s companies responsibility to uplift Alex? How much tax is the Sandton business sector paying every year? How much of that tax is wasted by the ANC🤷🏼♂️
It is the government's responsibility to uplift it's people and they don't because they would rather take all that tax money and enrich themselves. We all pay taxes, some much more than others but who spend that money. If we could decide what must be done with our taxes South Africa would be a great Country.
In South Africa there are rich white people, rich black people, rich Indian people etc. And then there are the poor even homeless white people, black people and also other races or ethnicities. The main problem in South Africa is just what some of these people mentioned in this video, the anc government is not competent to run this country and are so extremely corrupt that even they have turned from poor freedom fighters in the past to stinking rich politicians who laughs at the suffering and calamity of the citizens whom they have been deceiving for decades with empty promises which never sees the light of day.
@@abongilebitsha909 Who said anything about a race? You people must get out of your racist bubble. First of all, your figures are not the true statistics, do some research. When I speak about South Africa / South Africans I mean everyone, black, white, coloured, Indian etc. And for the record, I have more black friends than white ones because I am not a white born Afrikaner but a German/Scottish born white South African thus I don't have much eyebrow for the Afrikaners because of their racism and domination of others. So my dear sister if you want to do race bashing you are busy with the wrong guy.
@Warrior of Truth Nitesh Maharaj The reason for this situation can be explained easily. The ANC has been running the country for almost 30 years, yet in that time they've taken various state owned enterprises and run them into the ground, mostly through corrupt processes where they end up lining their own pockets. As much as the people continue to vote for them, they don't care about the people. All they need from the "uneducated" masses is to keep them in power. Everything from public education to public health care is a mess, and it just deteriorated over the years. Even the projects to build low cost housing was used as a mechanism by public officials to steal money. If the ANC weren't so corrupt, there would be more than enough tax revenue left to build apartment buildings, parks and schools in Alex. Unfortunately, the voter base is not willing to allow an alternative political party to take a shot at resolving some of these issues. You cannot do the same thing and expect different results.
@Warrior of Truth Stop speculating and learn to get off your race bashing trolley. Most white people I have seen are working jobs for a living which they also studied for and aren't rich at all. We also don't control the anc but people such as the Oppenheimer's. Most of the white South African billionaires left South Africa because of the anc and it's corruption. Also, not all white people are racists and was against Apartheid therefore we voted for the Africans freedom in a referendum during 1993 (Bet you didn't know that). The problem is a corrupt government or do you also support a bunch of mafia dogs.
The situation of Alex is a result of government's inability to plan and build affordable housing. People that live in Alex go to work each day and come back to Alex coz over the last 30 years, government did not build enough affordable housing in Johannesburg. You cannot plan for the city to have street cleaners, construction workers and domestic, workers, and not plan where they can afford accommodation with their average salary. And the slums are growing in Johannesburg due to foreigners mostly from Zimbabwe and Mozambique who come into the country without any means to live.
Government is not going to build a house for each and every citizens. There are basic services which can be guaranteed to the citizens like infrastructures, security, healthcare and education but not daily necessities and shelter. SA is following capitalist mode of economy, people should taught to be independent and have entrepreneurial spirits. Holding apartheid and neocolonialism banner won’t help black people. The Zimbabweans and other foreigners that you are scapegoating don’t make even 10% of the population!
@@mosesjacksonkarashani2642 , hence i speak of affordable housing. It is not possible to build free hoses for everyone. If the accomodations market is left only to the private sector, only the rich will be able to afford housing near cities. Government needs to partner with private sector to build affordable housing that will keep the private sector accomodations in reasonable rates.
You could even argue more money goes in to keep it in its dilapidated state. Im convinced that the under development of Alex is intentional. Segregation is something the people high up love seeing because they want to feel in control.
I know many people who live in Alex but come from better paces. They are there for work purposes and the rent is much cheaper. Many are building big houses in 'n their rural areas. The story of Alex and other similar places can be deceiving if no thorough research is done.
That mkhulu speaking towards the end . Wearing a green shirt is speaking facts. As much as can blame the government, we as the youth need to take responsibility of our wrong doings
@@lihlemvubu3730 so what does that mean? Losers should stay where they are? Stay and help build where you live, don't expect greener pastures somewhere else if you don't want to work for it.
Namibia has the exact same issue. U have amazing houses 1 minutes drive away from shacks. As someone that has the privilege to live in comfort it's quite sad when you realize it's a system beyond us
One thing I hate about about our government is that once they build something it ends there no maintenance whatsoever occurs. Looking at many township schools, halls, and sport fields they still look the same way as they were before 1994 no change has been made to these infrastructures since then. This is an ongoing thing check the R15 million field in the eastern cape grass is above 1 meter in height and there is no running water in the change rooms do you think that this field will still be used in the next 5 years? No, lack of infrastructure maintenance is what is leading to a lot of facilities to be like this. We need to stop blaming our people about what is happening to these infrastructures in townships and in rural areas but start holding our leaders accountable.
I have been in the middle of Alexandra in the early hours of the morning in the 80's. My guys did me well. We went through the streets without a problem. I came out alive. I did not think otherwise. Nowadays I wouldn't go in there at all. I trusted you ANC!!
Yes it's true but it benefited only a few. Only whites. Blacks were removed forcefully in places like Sophiatown and dumped in places like Soweto,Alex and places like Langa in Cape Town black people we live like pigs squeezed in small spaces. Whites live in places like Sandhurst,Hyde Park,Campsbay in Cape Town.
Nobody is helping me grow at all. I attended a government school. Why is it unfair if i make it to Sandton? Im working my backside off to get there with no help from anyone
Message to all........stop looking for work. Start thinking what you can do, what you are good at... and make that your work... Yes.. work for your self. The future depends on those who start their own business now. This is what I call freedom and independence.
If Alex looked like Sandton then it wouldn't be Gomorrah Government has been relocating people in places like Setjwetla but people still come back ngoba nje kumnandi eAlex Let Sandton be Sandton Waterfall be Waterfall Gomorrah be Alexandra
I don't think Sandton is "built to keep you out". Every city and country in the world has an area where the wealthy associate, network, do business etc and sandton is that area in South Africa. We shouldn't be blaming the people in sandton- we should be blaming the people who put those in alexandra in that position.
As much as the government is to be blamed, we the People should also blame our selves for refusing to work together, in a way that 10 to 100 black people come together contribute an start a business.if we can manage to establish our own businesses that can fund our development we will be better off.we will give our children bursaries and build our own facilities, but all of this goes back to Education problems we have 😭
The govt is to blame, they enriching themselves instead of their own people and blaming whites. Whites are only about 8 percent of the country or less and they don't rule. They work hard because they know that its the only way out. Govt is supposed to make the economy ripe for job creation, build houses and educate their own so they can be employed. All those Billions of aid from USA, UK etc have been stolen
Unfortunately the reality is that there’ll always be this great inequality. The element of exploitation is too much even in the so called black owned companies.
Once I hear a politician say leafy suburbs why cannot every person plant a fruit tree some flowers plant and flowers are so amazing things to watch take care of the earth respect it God put all for us human to enjoy his benefit people
The last man speaking came with a very important point d problem is "our" people (speaking as African and not South African which I'm not) need to be educated even with resources "Sowetos" will remain poor unless people learn to use d resources available for their own good. Education is d key educate your youth for change teach them values.
What about the other side of the road?? Blaming shifting is not going to solve anything. The vast majority of South Africans are born free and corruption destroyed all not just the townships. Even the jobs in Santon is shrinking daily. Over 200 000 employers left South Africa due to crime and corruption. Fix the crime and corruption locally and collectively and South Africa will prosper again
@@klaasmalepe1406 to get out of poverty it start with work and education. How do you achieve it if employers, teachers and professors are leaving South Africa daily? Majority of them hate South Africa and will never come back just like Elon Musk
@@thulehzondi5494Let me fix that for you. "...... some people have many children, some people make good decisions and plan their parenthood. They make sure they are able to provide their children with a good upbringing." Remember not having sex is the best contraceptive and everyone can make that decision. If you don't have food, shelter and enough money to provide, DONT HAVE CHILDREN!
The problem is a large population, large populations high poverty.... Lower the population then everyone will get opportunities. If people keep breeding indiscriminately the poverty problem won't go away. We have to take accountability for our own suffering. The anc has stolen the money so change the leadership.
Not true,it's not about population it's about greed of the white minority to a point that they killed people to maintain their wealth. If it's not true what I'm saying ,let rotate the mining rights. Mines are mined by white owned companies. Let's rotate. Let whites mine for 10 years after we rotate and let blacks mine for 20 years. Then trust me white people won't have to worry about crime. At the moment blacks are just a bunch of mine workers with low salaries,that's why they were killed asking for R12,500 in Marikana
There's enough resources for everyone to have what they need. One of the problems is greed. Another is how success/happiness is measured. Western mindset teaches you that you cannot be happy if you have the same amount as others. You must have more to be successful and happy.
Everybody will complain and look out for their self interest’s. We all want to eat the piece of the pie but that’s not reality. Someone is bound to always have more. The ANC government is way too comfortable.
@@digfilms3537 I think Jozi is more unequal by quality of life inequality and Cape Town by wealth inequality.Im from Cape Town the difference is stark 💀
So I have a question and i'm not trying to bait anyone into an argument but rather for my better understanding Many a time the narrative is pushed that 1 - Apartheid did this 2 - The ANC inherited the woes of the NAT Govt 3 - Wealth is in the hands of the select few 4 - Why don't the wealthy "save" the poor Why aren't communities helping themselves? Driving through Alex, Orange Farm, New Clare, Westbury, Fietas and other struggling areas its always the same thing. 1 - Nice cars parked outside 2 - DSTV Dishes on every house/shanty/flat/caravan 3 - Litter everywhere 4 - Many name branded clothes/watches/smartphones ( maybe they are fake idk ) 5 - Kids not in school ( i know there is a schooling problem but we can do better ) How could the areas value increase to a point of becoming lucrative/attractive for business owners/property investors when its in squalor? Why dont South Africans support one another? Its often heard time and time again from people contracting someone to do work that they are always looking for the cheapest possible solution ( and maybe that's all we can afford ) but when we get the cheapest guy in he usually screws the other South African over? I dont have any of the answers to our problem but I hope that soon South Africans band together, stop relying on passed failed and currently failing govts and we get it done Much love
Exactly Jews build their communities Indians build their own us we want the flashiest things that car money can buy you the title deeds of the shack space they already have citizens should start building their own houses we did it in Zim gov/council should not be responsible for building houses
Points needed to be made: 1. Number of minutes taken to blame Apartheid: less than 6. 2. Private vs public sector. 3. Second point again... Corruption. 4. When the ANC came into power, all debts were waved. 5. 20 odds year later, still blaming apartheid? Really? 6. Again you can't blame Apartheid forever. Eventually you need to see the plank in your own eye before you see the splinter in another's. 7. You dont know how much aid money has been stolen, in honesty no one does because they got rid of the person keeping track.
“the problem with our government”. I realised along time ago that the masses don’t know anything about politics and economics just surface level where they can pick sides. But here’s a thought SA ranks fifth in the world when it comes to coal production yet we have loadshedding 🧐 There are people that like things this way because hey it’s cheap to build factories and mines here no one ever bothers you let them squabble and protest but it’s business as usual. I remember when zuma said we should build nuclear plants and people protested 😹😹😹😹 lawd the politics exist to serve a few
9:55 - It's interesting that the first thing that comes to mind for this guy is the last time government built a prison. You cannot develop without security.
As true as this may be, Johannesburg's inequality would never equate the equality experienced in Cape Town. Its far more apparent. In Joburg everyone still stands a chance, in Cape Town the gate keeping is ridiculous
If you take people from Sandton and move them to Alex, Alex will become more developed. If you take people from Alex and move them to Sandton, Sandton will rot. It’s all a mind game we need work on
Sandton build not by governmant/ it's build by privite capitals. I don't live in reach area but I don't just jeliouse of rich ppl. Just go study and work, you are in freedom country,
As a SouthAfricanmyself, I really do understand why people live in nice houses, since you're not publicizing you're wealth and it gives you reason to work hard...but why South Africans buy sports cars blows my mind because you're buying it with the reason being to showcase it to the public, a very poor struggling public
Many German cities which got bombed and flattened during WW2 was rebuilt to look lie very beautiful and fully functional places during a very short time after the war. It's been 28 years when the last "structures" of Apartheid fell.....and nothing was done to fix these South African slums. A brand new black middle class and black elite exist in South Africa now, all with expensive cars and addresses with lavish spending power and yet, these poor people are in the majority in South Afrika and they just have to look on (at al this new wealthy class) as they slide deeper and deeper poverty, lapping up the excuses and fruitless promises of the upper African classes.
Nonsense,true wealth is in the hands of white people,which is privately owned. That why when you buy a property,most property owners and Land owners a privately owned and mostly white. Demographically blacks are the majority but they own no land. We are squeezed in small places like Alex and Soweto. Yes a few blacks have money,your Motsepe and just a few like Ralph Gumede but it's just a drop in the ocean. It's not true blacks only buy expensive cars,do your research,check which race owns most of the supercars in South Africa. Your Aston Martin, Bentleys,Rolce Royce majority of these cars are owned by the minority.
@@klaasmalepe1406 Yes, that's how it was in 1910..1970. There are only 6% whites left in South Africa now and while people are victims of BBE, BBEEE etc. and own very little in South Africa.....now.
Oh, hey. It's you. lol I saw you on the 1985 vid the other day. Don't cite inconvenient truths like West Germany, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
@@dannyarcher6370 I only offer my personal opinions. I certainly cannot claim "the truth". I know that social media in now fully equipped with arsenal to check commenter's opinions....called "Opinion Checkers" under the guise of "Fact Checkers".
I work and hustle everyday the flipping rich budget richer makes me fuckin sick.I am Indian South African by the way.Rich get richer poor get poorer.I just want my fair share.031 Durban,KZN🇿🇦🕉
Brother the afrikaner regime was only developing the metros, so with that budget we also fixing the rural and the townships, so budget is not enough tlogela ANC
@@tebogomodiselle7230 ANC has done very well for the country in 28 years than the National party PIGS did from 1948 to 1994 (46 years ) . The national party treasury was entirely concentrated on developing European and Indian areas but ignoring local people .
Because you were not local, you were foreign migrants. And in fact the homelands recieved taxes for the state. Who burnt your infrastructure then? Who stoleyour taxes ciukd it be the ANC of today, your very own freedom fighters? When you wanna talk shit, be brave enough to tell the truth and the full story. no person is buying all the blacks smooth talking the political situation. The world is well aware of 92' vote and how Southern Africa is now 100 different countries instead if 1, they also well aware of xenophobia and our open borders as the SA passport is used in America by the immigrants flooding their borders 😂. But by all means blame the people you fled too for a better life, be racist in top of that and lie as well, because you built Africa, everything here the Blackman built neh?
There's no space meant to keep you out. If you don't like the grueling Sandton corporate environment, then it means you're clearly privileged and not hungry enough, and that's ok. Some of those "lucky" men who started those multinationals still had to work their arses off to establish themselves, sometimes not seeing the fruit of their labour in their lifetimes, but wena you're exhausted still so young? These are the kinds of academic / philosophical arguments that irritate me because they divert attention away from the failures and corruption of ANC politicians, and put the blame squarely on "the free market system". The job of government is to organize society as efficiently as possible, in order to bring out the full potential of its people. The ANC has failed, period. More than half of our youth don't have a decent matric qualification, in an increasingly less labour intensive 4ir economy. I mean really. Most of Alex is comprised of illegal settlements (that should have never been allowed to begin with) and the government now expects to build decent housing in places where shacks are less than 1m apart?? How??
According to the Gini coefficient, Jozi is number 1. The World Bank says Cape Town is number 1 - next video. And Hong Kong is ‘unequal’ due to multi-billionaires, not the extremely poor.
@@digfilms3537 The Gini coefficient is flawed. It’s a poor measure of inequality. It’s basically a gauge for disparity of income and does not take land, government grants, access to free land and electricity and other important factors into consideration.
People should stop blaming rich people for their poverty...the sense of entitlement is reason why so many are bitter and jealous. Work your ass off and don't expect anyone to help yu
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 The European settlers were spoon fed 100% by their APARTHEID government to start businesses and farming . Where some settlers failed they were refinanced by the same National Party crooks . There's no problem in locals seeking help from the govt .
@@mansamusa6505 yes that we all know it also happened here in Namibia but , my dear friend we /i don't live in the past for us black people after 1990 /94 in south Africa opportunity gates have open back then with no nothing and begging for government and waiting on the lazy poeple bench some of us have school us self to get outa poorverty it's entitlement mindset of us black kids that is having us where we are for me simply equation we can't legislate the one's that's wealthy outa wealth and the ones that is in poorverty into wealth to let's say equality sake there is still plenty of opportunities for those living in Alex and Soweto i have been to countries and back didn't find and see equal nation free market economy it's the way forward touch it then we see .
It's obviously un equal. Problem with people getting everything for free means you don't really know how to work and save money. And yes the rich have money its called working hard and saving money. But the only problem with townships is they have choosing to vote for the anc that use to be a terrorist organization. So why should they care about poverty or you not a single African country is doing well. And you can not expect the minority being white or Indian to just give money to you for nothing and why should they develop your townships when they do you burn and loot everything you destroy what gets built for you. You burn down schools you burn down almost everything. And yes how can the government pay when you guys are stealing electricity. What you need is not have that mentality that everything must be given to you for free
That's the problem with poor people. No place is rich. It is the people who make a place rich. The people living in Sandton solve problems and the other ones in Alex complain and whine and wait for the government to provide. You look like you will soon be living in Alex yourself.
The ANC and the EFF are the same, one just shouts louder, that's all.: they don't take from the rich and give to the poor, they take from the rich and give to themselves.
The gentleman with the Green Maxed shirt definitely hit the nail on the head. It came clear to me that just shoving money into the hands of poorer people isnt going to help them, because they wouldnt know how to use it properly, even if they move to a middle class area, they bring that township mentality with them. Its clear when my own area had poorer families move in, but within a month they had built illegal communes, where there was 40 plus people living on that one property. It looked filthy, the area became filthy, crime went up, more people moved out to get away, the area lost value, houses are cheap, more of the same people move in, build more communes, and within 2 years the area turned into a township. Much of the African people need to learn to hold higher standards, like white folks do. But of course government and people like EFF or BLF perpetuate problems by never allowing the people to move on, to grow, to evolve into better versions of themselves. The decades of poor attitude, lack of consideration and respect will be the African peoples downfall, as well as living in the past. Overall there is an enormous amount of work to be done once the damage is fixed if we ever get rid of ANC, EFF and people who think and function like them. The youth are the majority of the unemployed right now, they have no future because the older people refuse to let go of their hang ups times long past constantly allowing hateful people telling them what they should think.
I agree, white people messed up in SA with colonization, they should have learned from Australian and American history as they are economic powerhouses today.
colonization made some of the best countries to live in on the planet, decolonization left you and me in the mess we call south africa.....all countries that decolonized are 3rd world basket cases today.
![เปิด อาณาจักร หมื่นล้าน "สาระตั้ม" l [Nickynachat]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3XE0nPF4YkQ/mqdefault.jpg)
The reason for this situation can be explained easily. The ANC has been running the country for almost 30 years, yet in that time they've taken various state owned enterprises and run them into the ground, mostly through corrupt processes where they end up lining their own pockets. As much as the people continue to vote for them, they don't care about the people. All they need from the "uneducated" masses is to keep them in power.
Everything from public education to public health care is a mess, and it just deteriorated over the years. Even the projects to build low cost housing was used as a mechanism by public officials to steal money. If the ANC weren't so corrupt, there would be more than enough tax revenue left to build apartment buildings, parks and schools in Alex. Unfortunately, the voter base is not willing to allow an alternative political party to take a shot at resolving some of these issues.
You cannot do the same thing and expect different results.
Generational wealth takes time to build . The exploitation of our people is the cause .Yes ANC should have layed the foundation but this started way back before ANC .A black young man inherits debts and white inherit properties and stocks .We need to create entreprenuers and innovators .We need to create a new system of education and change in our mindsets and Taking some of the resources from whites
You taught us over 45 years how much you hate us how can we ever trust you again.
It's all political parties.
I agree 100%
You are very much right, Africans we have a problem and the problem begins with the electorate and ends with the politicians. There is no foresight or long-term thinking by the people and politicians. Greed and selfishness are the order of the day in Africa. Personally, I am sick and tired of my people's lack of will to better their lives.
In SouthAfrica "Everyboy is fixing the blame,nobody is fixing the problem"
biggest problem is #anc
Vote EFF , PROBLEM SOLVED ✊🏿🖤
@@africa1st737 EFF is worst than ANC, before you vote for a direct communist party go and look at Venezuela and Cuba
Very true this person used logic
@@Me-mr8wk Both were doing just fine before American interference ! Venezuela was basically getting FREE PETROL! Look it up , do your research , don't just swallow everything Main Stream Media tells you 🤦🏾♂️
The problem in South Africa is not Sandton. Inequality is wrong but the grand corruption over the last 30 years is just incomprehensible. The suffering that it has caused is unimaginable.
So it’s companies responsibility to uplift Alex? How much tax is the Sandton business sector paying every year? How much of that tax is wasted by the ANC🤷🏼♂️
It is the government's responsibility to uplift it's people and they don't because they would rather take all that tax money and enrich themselves. We all pay taxes, some much more than others but who spend that money. If we could decide what must be done with our taxes South Africa would be a great Country.
In South Africa there are rich white people, rich black people, rich Indian people etc. And then there are the poor even homeless white people, black people and also other races or ethnicities. The main problem in South Africa is just what some of these people mentioned in this video, the anc government is not competent to run this country and are so extremely corrupt that even they have turned from poor freedom fighters in the past to stinking rich politicians who laughs at the suffering and calamity of the citizens whom they have been deceiving for decades with empty promises which never sees the light of day.
I agree with what you said on competency. The elites are not competent
Well that’s 1% of white people who are poor while there’s more than 50% poor black people
@@abongilebitsha909 Who said anything about a race? You people must get out of your racist bubble. First of all, your figures are not the true statistics, do some research. When I speak about South Africa / South Africans I mean everyone, black, white, coloured, Indian etc. And for the record, I have more black friends than white ones because I am not a white born Afrikaner but a German/Scottish born white South African thus I don't have much eyebrow for the Afrikaners because of their racism and domination of others. So my dear sister if you want to do race bashing you are busy with the wrong guy.
@Warrior of Truth Nitesh Maharaj
The reason for this situation can be explained easily. The ANC has been running the country for almost 30 years, yet in that time they've taken various state owned enterprises and run them into the ground, mostly through corrupt processes where they end up lining their own pockets. As much as the people continue to vote for them, they don't care about the people. All they need from the "uneducated" masses is to keep them in power.
Everything from public education to public health care is a mess, and it just deteriorated over the years. Even the projects to build low cost housing was used as a mechanism by public officials to steal money. If the ANC weren't so corrupt, there would be more than enough tax revenue left to build apartment buildings, parks and schools in Alex. Unfortunately, the voter base is not willing to allow an alternative political party to take a shot at resolving some of these issues.
You cannot do the same thing and expect different results.
@Warrior of Truth Stop speculating and learn to get off your race bashing trolley. Most white people I have seen are working jobs for a living which they also studied for and aren't rich at all. We also don't control the anc but people such as the Oppenheimer's. Most of the white South African billionaires left South Africa because of the anc and it's corruption. Also, not all white people are racists and was against Apartheid therefore we voted for the Africans freedom in a referendum during 1993 (Bet you didn't know that). The problem is a corrupt government or do you also support a bunch of mafia dogs.
The situation of Alex is a result of government's inability to plan and build affordable housing. People that live in Alex go to work each day and come back to Alex coz over the last 30 years, government did not build enough affordable housing in Johannesburg. You cannot plan for the city to have street cleaners, construction workers and domestic, workers, and not plan where they can afford accommodation with their average salary. And the slums are growing in Johannesburg due to foreigners mostly from Zimbabwe and Mozambique who come into the country without any means to live.
Yes agreed
Whites have and continue to exploit Africans in the country. Things have remained the same since 1948 .....it can't continue !!
Government is not going to build a house for each and every citizens. There are basic services which can be guaranteed to the citizens like infrastructures, security, healthcare and education but not daily necessities and shelter. SA is following capitalist mode of economy, people should taught to be independent and have entrepreneurial spirits. Holding apartheid and neocolonialism banner won’t help black people. The Zimbabweans and other foreigners that you are scapegoating don’t make even 10% of the population!
@@mosesjacksonkarashani2642 , hence i speak of affordable housing. It is not possible to build free hoses for everyone. If the accomodations market is left only to the private sector, only the rich will be able to afford housing near cities. Government needs to partner with private sector to build affordable housing that will keep the private sector accomodations in reasonable rates.
Or rather build better jobs so people can afford stands and build their own houses
Alexandra isn't poor. It's underdeveloped. Alot of money moves in and around Alex.
You could even argue more money goes in to keep it in its dilapidated state. Im convinced that the under development of Alex is intentional. Segregation is something the people high up love seeing because they want to feel in control.
That kind of small minded thinking is why you're still poor.
@@MazBringsby Crazy thing is I don't even reside in South Africa. I live in England lil bro. You washed up fickle brained shit. 🤣
Are there no built together federation s in Alex
I know many people who live in Alex but come from better paces. They are there for work purposes and the rent is much cheaper. Many are building big houses in 'n their rural areas. The story of Alex and other similar places can be deceiving if no thorough research is done.
A few not many
@@sosawillduma1073 thank you
tat is true 100%
Sure to catch the next episode... Truly something to look for!!
Alexander is also a symptom of people's choice. Alex cannot be fixed. It's impossible. New entrants from SADC come live here.
That mkhulu speaking towards the end . Wearing a green shirt is speaking facts. As much as can blame the government, we as the youth need to take responsibility of our wrong doings
Everyone talking about politicians or political parties saving us is living in a dream world
Sandton cannot be the most unequal city in the world. Go to India or Brazil and you will find it there as well.
in my opinion cape town is the most unequal city in south africa.
According to Gini coefficient, Johannesburg is. According to World Bank, it’s Cape Town - next video.
Source: Trust me bro 😭
Yes including East London in the UK.
@@lihlemvubu3730 so what does that mean? Losers should stay where they are? Stay and help build where you live, don't expect greener pastures somewhere else if you don't want to work for it.
Looking forward to more content from this Channel 👌
Namibia has the exact same issue. U have amazing houses 1 minutes drive away from shacks. As someone that has the privilege to live in comfort it's quite sad when you realize it's a system beyond us
One thing I hate about about our government is that once they build something it ends there no maintenance whatsoever occurs. Looking at many township schools, halls, and sport fields they still look the same way as they were before 1994 no change has been made to these infrastructures since then. This is an ongoing thing check the R15 million field in the eastern cape grass is above 1 meter in height and there is no running water in the change rooms do you think that this field will still be used in the next 5 years? No, lack of infrastructure maintenance is what is leading to a lot of facilities to be like this. We need to stop blaming our people about what is happening to these infrastructures in townships and in rural areas but start holding our leaders accountable.
Great piece of video journalism!
I have been in the middle of Alexandra in the early hours of the morning in the 80's. My guys did me well. We went through the streets without a problem. I came out alive. I did not think otherwise. Nowadays I wouldn't go in there at all. I trusted you ANC!!
We go in and out of Alex every week. There is a club called Mogodu Monday that runs a street meat traditional cuisines on the street.
I can’t believe that Old Taima complained about prisons not being built 😢😢
South Africa will never, ever recover under ANC rule
so which one should we vote for??
Vote for yourself bru go built your house man
South Africa was the 20th largest economy in 1980, never knew that....
Check the exchange rate of Rand to Dollar in the 80s.
ask urself y
Yes it's true but it benefited only a few. Only whites.
Blacks were removed forcefully in places like Sophiatown and dumped in places like Soweto,Alex and places like Langa in Cape Town black people we live like pigs squeezed in small spaces. Whites live in places like Sandhurst,Hyde Park,Campsbay in Cape Town.
@@justinthislife Yeah I heard somewhere in the media that the rand used to be on par with the dollar.
@@shimza0027 I think you mean worth more, as I said check the exchange rates
Nobody is helping me grow at all. I attended a government school.
Why is it unfair if i make it to Sandton? Im working my backside off to get there with no help from anyone
Blaming the government won't fix anything, it is only an excuse for not stepping up.
Holding them accountable will work
Message to all........stop looking for work. Start thinking what you can do, what you are good at... and make that your work... Yes.. work for your self. The future depends on those who start their own business now.
This is what I call freedom and independence.
If Alex looked like Sandton then it wouldn't be Gomorrah
Government has been relocating people in places like Setjwetla but people still come back ngoba nje kumnandi eAlex
Let Sandton be Sandton
Waterfall be Waterfall
Gomorrah be Alexandra
"But what about us?" That's the only concern these children have.
I don't think Sandton is "built to keep you out". Every city and country in the world has an area where the wealthy associate, network, do business etc and sandton is that area in South Africa. We shouldn't be blaming the people in sandton- we should be blaming the people who put those in alexandra in that position.
This is well done
Video we need to be watching Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!
As much as the government is to be blamed, we the People should also blame our selves for refusing to work together, in a way that 10 to 100 black people come together contribute an start a business.if we can manage to establish our own businesses that can fund our development we will be better off.we will give our children bursaries and build our own facilities, but all of this goes back to Education problems we have 😭
My brother as a young black man I would like you to go secure a loan at the bank. Well you don't even have to come tell me how that goes!
The govt is to blame, they enriching themselves instead of their own people and blaming whites. Whites are only about 8 percent of the country or less and they don't rule. They work hard because they know that its the only way out. Govt is supposed to make the economy ripe for job creation, build houses and educate their own so they can be employed. All those Billions of aid from USA, UK etc have been stolen
@@phokomauriceramarumo5898 or you can simply look for an investor
Built together programs must be implemented
Great video man
I beg my for our country to get it's shirt together
Comparison is the thief of joy
It's also an eye-opener
Unfortunately the reality is that there’ll always be this great inequality. The element of exploitation is too much even in the so called black owned companies.
Once I hear a politician say leafy suburbs why cannot every person plant a fruit tree some flowers plant and flowers are so amazing things to watch take care of the earth respect it God put all for us human to enjoy his benefit people
Can we get info/contacts/social media for Alex arts collective?
The last man speaking came with a very important point d problem is "our" people (speaking as African and not South African which I'm not) need to be educated even with resources "Sowetos" will remain poor unless people learn to use d resources available for their own good. Education is d key educate your youth for change teach them values.
Its start from yourself no will built a house for you if can built yourself forget bru
This is not Soweto it's Alexandra before you comment get your facts straight.
What about the other side of the road?? Blaming shifting is not going to solve anything. The vast majority of South Africans are born free and corruption destroyed all not just the townships. Even the jobs in Santon is shrinking daily. Over 200 000 employers left South Africa due to crime and corruption. Fix the crime and corruption locally and collectively and South Africa will prosper again
Johann yes some of the vast majority of people are born free,but yet the vast majority are born in poverty.
@@klaasmalepe1406 to get out of poverty it start with work and education. How do you achieve it if employers, teachers and professors are leaving South Africa daily?
Majority of them hate South Africa and will never come back just like Elon Musk
They both go hand in hand dummy.
Last guy talks a lot of sense.. Vandalizing and destroying is not the answer.. You don't need to be educated to have common sense...
Aint no equality here..let's not blame other people for their hardwork
I have seen worse in many other african countries. Some people make good decisions, some people don't. Some people have many children, some don't.
... some people have many children, some have contraceptives.
@@thulehzondi5494Let me fix that for you. "...... some people have many children, some people make good decisions and plan their parenthood. They make sure they are able to provide their children with a good upbringing." Remember not having sex is the best contraceptive and everyone can make that decision. If you don't have food, shelter and enough money to provide, DONT HAVE CHILDREN!
The problem is a large population, large populations high poverty.... Lower the population then everyone will get opportunities. If people keep breeding indiscriminately the poverty problem won't go away. We have to take accountability for our own suffering. The anc has stolen the money so change the leadership.
Don't say that. It's too true.
Not true,it's not about population it's about greed of the white minority to a point that they killed people to maintain their wealth. If it's not true what I'm saying ,let rotate the mining rights. Mines are mined by white owned companies. Let's rotate. Let whites mine for 10 years after we rotate and let blacks mine for 20 years.
Then trust me white people won't have to worry about crime. At the moment blacks are just a bunch of mine workers with low salaries,that's why they were killed asking for R12,500 in Marikana
There's enough resources for everyone to have what they need. One of the problems is greed. Another is how success/happiness is measured. Western mindset teaches you that you cannot be happy if you have the same amount as others. You must have more to be successful and happy.
Yeah you're right, kill 80% of the millionaire class and redistribute their resources... That's what you meant right
Doesn't really make sense England has the same population, less space but the poverty isn't nearly as bad
Everybody will complain and look out for their self interest’s. We all want to eat the piece of the pie but that’s not reality. Someone is bound to always have more. The ANC government is way too comfortable.
No goverment will ever fix this problem...it became too big..
Everyone would've expected it to be Cape Town but no it's the Sao Paulo of South Africa.
Next video. Cape Town is most unequal according to World Bank. Jozi is by Gini coefficient.
@@digfilms3537 I think Jozi is more unequal by quality of life inequality and Cape Town by wealth inequality.Im from Cape Town the difference is stark 💀
So I have a question and i'm not trying to bait anyone into an argument but rather for my better understanding
Many a time the narrative is pushed that
1 - Apartheid did this
2 - The ANC inherited the woes of the NAT Govt
3 - Wealth is in the hands of the select few
4 - Why don't the wealthy "save" the poor
Why aren't communities helping themselves?
Driving through Alex, Orange Farm, New Clare, Westbury, Fietas and other struggling areas its always the same thing.
1 - Nice cars parked outside
2 - DSTV Dishes on every house/shanty/flat/caravan
3 - Litter everywhere
4 - Many name branded clothes/watches/smartphones ( maybe they are fake idk )
5 - Kids not in school ( i know there is a schooling problem but we can do better )
How could the areas value increase to a point of becoming lucrative/attractive for business owners/property investors when its in squalor?
Why dont South Africans support one another? Its often heard time and time again from people contracting someone to do work that they are always looking for the cheapest possible solution ( and maybe that's all we can afford ) but when we get the cheapest guy in he usually screws the other South African over?
I dont have any of the answers to our problem but I hope that soon South Africans band together, stop relying on passed failed and currently failing govts and we get it done
Much love
That's a million dollar 💵Question
Exactly Jews build their communities Indians build their own us we want the flashiest things that car money can buy you the title deeds of the shack space they already have citizens should start building their own houses we did it in Zim gov/council should not be responsible for building houses
I like how in one sentence you say they. In the next you say we.
@@superfelix20 so your plan is to rather pick on my ability to write proper sentences vs answering the question lol
@@Noobish588 I wasn't picking on tour ability to do anything. I just complimented you.
Alex must change it's rehabilitation
Where are the schools existing in alex
Points needed to be made:
1. Number of minutes taken to blame Apartheid: less than 6.
2. Private vs public sector.
3. Second point again... Corruption.
4. When the ANC came into power, all debts were waved.
5. 20 odds year later, still blaming apartheid? Really?
6. Again you can't blame Apartheid forever. Eventually you need to see the plank in your own eye before you see the splinter in another's.
7. You dont know how much aid money has been stolen, in honesty no one does because they got rid of the person keeping track.
People need to protect each other in Alexander not killing themselves townships are everywhere in africa you guys are lucky yoiu even have power...
Don't worry, given enough time the suburbs will equal out, the whole of Joburg will be like Alex.
“the problem with our government”. I realised along time ago that the masses don’t know anything about politics and economics just surface level where they can pick sides. But here’s a thought SA ranks fifth in the world when it comes to coal production yet we have loadshedding 🧐 There are people that like things this way because hey it’s cheap to build factories and mines here no one ever bothers you let them squabble and protest but it’s business as usual. I remember when zuma said we should build nuclear plants and people protested 😹😹😹😹 lawd the politics exist to serve a few
11:32 - This man's eyes are open.
Gomora, I like Alex. What a township
Does anybody know the name of the artist in this video?
9:55 - It's interesting that the first thing that comes to mind for this guy is the last time government built a prison. You cannot develop without security.
not a question of black and white its a question of who the people are voting for, if you elect criminals for 30 years then that's your own fault.
"Your boss is never going to pay you enough to be his neighbour" - Ransom
As true as this may be, Johannesburg's inequality would never equate the equality experienced in Cape Town. Its far more apparent. In Joburg everyone still stands a chance, in Cape Town the gate keeping is ridiculous
Next video. Cape Town is most unequal according to World Bank, Johannesburg by Gini coefficient.
They aint Even fix streets there thats sad
If you take people from Sandton and move them to Alex, Alex will become more developed. If you take people from Alex and move them to Sandton, Sandton will rot. It’s all a mind game we need work on
Fact
People with a lot of capital VS people with no capital, of course how sandton not rot.
@@abongilebitsha909 even if they had capital they aren't educated enough 😂😂
Sandton build not by governmant/ it's build by privite capitals. I don't live in reach area but I don't just jeliouse of rich ppl. Just go study and work, you are in freedom country,
In my opinion, Stellenbosch has signs of more unequality than Sandton. Don't you think?
Worlds most unequal town - future video!
As a SouthAfricanmyself, I really do understand why people live in nice houses, since you're not publicizing you're wealth and it gives you reason to work hard...but why South Africans buy sports cars blows my mind because you're buying it with the reason being to showcase it to the public, a very poor struggling public
Also note that I'm a motorsport enthusiast, but that doesn't make up for driving expensive cars in front of a suffering majority population
Many German cities which got bombed and flattened during WW2 was rebuilt to look lie very beautiful and fully functional places during a very short time after the war. It's been 28 years when the last "structures" of Apartheid fell.....and nothing was done to fix these South African slums. A brand new black middle class and black elite exist in South Africa now, all with expensive cars and addresses with lavish spending power and yet, these poor people are in the majority in South Afrika and they just have to look on (at al this new wealthy class) as they slide deeper and deeper poverty, lapping up the excuses and fruitless promises of the upper African classes.
Nonsense,true wealth is in the hands of white people,which is privately owned. That why when you buy a property,most property owners and Land owners a privately owned and mostly white. Demographically blacks are the majority but they own no land. We are squeezed in small places like Alex and Soweto. Yes a few blacks have money,your Motsepe and just a few like Ralph Gumede but it's just a drop in the ocean. It's not true blacks only buy expensive cars,do your research,check which race owns most of the supercars in South Africa. Your Aston Martin, Bentleys,Rolce Royce majority of these cars are owned by the minority.
@@klaasmalepe1406 Yes, that's how it was in 1910..1970. There are only 6% whites left in South Africa now and while people are victims of BBE, BBEEE etc. and own very little in South Africa.....now.
Oh, hey. It's you. lol I saw you on the 1985 vid the other day.
Don't cite inconvenient truths like West Germany, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
@@dannyarcher6370 I only offer my personal opinions. I certainly cannot claim "the truth". I know that social media in now fully equipped with arsenal to check commenter's opinions....called "Opinion Checkers" under the guise of "Fact Checkers".
More unequal than Cape Town?? Who made this, the DA?
Next video. Cape Town is most unequal according to the World Bank. Jozi is by Gini coefficient.
Please make more videos.
I work and hustle everyday the flipping rich budget richer makes me fuckin sick.I am Indian South African by the way.Rich get richer poor get poorer.I just want my fair share.031 Durban,KZN🇿🇦🕉
Worlds most?? Hell no.
This is a mess.
ANC the problem
Brother the afrikaner regime was only developing the metros, so with that budget we also fixing the rural and the townships, so budget is not enough tlogela ANC
@@tebogomodiselle7230 ANC has done very well for the country in 28 years than the National party PIGS did from 1948 to 1994 (46 years ) . The national party treasury was entirely concentrated on developing European and Indian areas but ignoring local people .
Because you were not local, you were foreign migrants. And in fact the homelands recieved taxes for the state. Who burnt your infrastructure then? Who stoleyour taxes ciukd it be the ANC of today, your very own freedom fighters? When you wanna talk shit, be brave enough to tell the truth and the full story. no person is buying all the blacks smooth talking the political situation. The world is well aware of 92' vote and how Southern Africa is now 100 different countries instead if 1, they also well aware of xenophobia and our open borders as the SA passport is used in America by the immigrants flooding their borders 😂. But by all means blame the people you fled too for a better life, be racist in top of that and lie as well, because you built Africa, everything here the Blackman built neh?
No,we can't blame the ANC for all our failures.The ANC is not our parents.it is not even the almighty.Stop waiting on the government.
There's no space meant to keep you out. If you don't like the grueling Sandton corporate environment, then it means you're clearly privileged and not hungry enough, and that's ok. Some of those "lucky" men who started those multinationals still had to work their arses off to establish themselves, sometimes not seeing the fruit of their labour in their lifetimes, but wena you're exhausted still so young?
These are the kinds of academic / philosophical arguments that irritate me because they divert attention away from the failures and corruption of ANC politicians, and put the blame squarely on "the free market system". The job of government is to organize society as efficiently as possible, in order to bring out the full potential of its people.
The ANC has failed, period. More than half of our youth don't have a decent matric qualification, in an increasingly less labour intensive 4ir economy.
I mean really. Most of Alex is comprised of illegal settlements (that should have never been allowed to begin with) and the government now expects to build decent housing in places where shacks are less than 1m apart?? How??
The title is misleading!!! There are far wider gaps between the rich and the poor. Hong Kong for instance!!!Show some gratitude SouthAfricans🙏🏿
According to the Gini coefficient, Jozi is number 1. The World Bank says Cape Town is number 1 - next video. And Hong Kong is ‘unequal’ due to multi-billionaires, not the extremely poor.
Typical white guilt,I'm not surprised by your statement.
@@digfilms3537 The Gini coefficient is flawed. It’s a poor measure of inequality. It’s basically a gauge for disparity of income and does not take land, government grants, access to free land and electricity and other important factors into consideration.
Stellenbosch vs Khayamnandi?
Worlds most unequal town - future video
Not just JHB, look at cape Town,
Welcome to Alex and Sandton yeah baby that's wassup
One big road separating the two worlds 😔😔😔
this guy sounds like he was fired he sounds bitter and blaming the corporate
true
People should stop blaming rich people for their poverty...the sense of entitlement is reason why so many are bitter and jealous. Work your ass off and don't expect anyone to help yu
South Africa is the most unequal country on earth. Rich people is why there are so many poor people on earth. Have you never heard of Apartheid? Lol
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 The European settlers were spoon fed 100% by their APARTHEID government to start businesses and farming . Where some settlers failed they were refinanced by the same National Party crooks . There's no problem in locals seeking help from the govt .
@@philipbanda6637 the national party was better than ANC because more black people were employed during apartheid than now
@@Me-mr8wk you mean given crumbs.
We have an extracting system.
It still is today south africa is 33rd today
Capitalism in it’s biggest form
Yet the countries in the world that are the worst off all adopted socialism.
When? The government is socialist and a socialist government can't run a democratic country
How can it be that system alone it all about mindset of poeple lazyness will never lead you to the promise land
@@josefswartbooi6688 Apartheid did happen
@@mansamusa6505 yes that we all know it also happened here in Namibia but , my dear friend we /i don't live in the past for us black people after 1990 /94 in south Africa opportunity gates have open back then with no nothing and begging for government and waiting on the lazy poeple bench some of us have school us self to get outa poorverty it's entitlement mindset of us black kids that is having us where we are for me simply equation we can't legislate the one's that's wealthy outa wealth and the ones that is in poorverty into wealth to let's say equality sake there is still plenty of opportunities for those living in Alex and Soweto i have been to countries and back didn't find and see equal nation free market economy it's the way forward touch it then we see .
Excuses, excuses, excuses.
So one shouldn't make it in life, drive a nice car and live in a big house. Hhaibo!
its the group for me🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's obviously un equal. Problem with people getting everything for free means you don't really know how to work and save money. And yes the rich have money its called working hard and saving money. But the only problem with townships is they have choosing to vote for the anc that use to be a terrorist organization. So why should they care about poverty or you not a single African country is doing well. And you can not expect the minority being white or Indian to just give money to you for nothing and why should they develop your townships when they do you burn and loot everything you destroy what gets built for you. You burn down schools you burn down almost everything. And yes how can the government pay when you guys are stealing electricity. What you need is not have that mentality that everything must be given to you for free
South Africa is 2 countries in one
That's the problem with poor people. No place is rich. It is the people who make a place rich. The people living in Sandton solve problems and the other ones in Alex complain and whine and wait for the government to provide. You look like you will soon be living in Alex yourself.
These comments, especially the pinned comment makes me worried about this country and how we conceptualise our very intricate problem of poverty.
If you know 'In Time' film
People will continue to blame other people. When the floods hit kzn who did you blame ?????
Can I correct you, you don't heal the people you assiste them to heal God and medication can heal them. 🤞.
Mxm people will complain but they will never take action....just work hard and stop doing drugs and you'll live in sandton yourself
It is what is ..
The ANC and the EFF are the same, one just shouts louder, that's all.: they don't take from the rich and give to the poor, they take from the rich and give to themselves.
The gentleman with the Green Maxed shirt definitely hit the nail on the head. It came clear to me that just shoving money into the hands of poorer people isnt going to help them, because they wouldnt know how to use it properly, even if they move to a middle class area, they bring that township mentality with them. Its clear when my own area had poorer families move in, but within a month they had built illegal communes, where there was 40 plus people living on that one property. It looked filthy, the area became filthy, crime went up, more people moved out to get away, the area lost value, houses are cheap, more of the same people move in, build more communes, and within 2 years the area turned into a township. Much of the African people need to learn to hold higher standards, like white folks do. But of course government and people like EFF or BLF perpetuate problems by never allowing the people to move on, to grow, to evolve into better versions of themselves. The decades of poor attitude, lack of consideration and respect will be the African peoples downfall, as well as living in the past. Overall there is an enormous amount of work to be done once the damage is fixed if we ever get rid of ANC, EFF and people who think and function like them. The youth are the majority of the unemployed right now, they have no future because the older people refuse to let go of their hang ups times long past constantly allowing hateful people telling them what they should think.
Truly speaking my brother problem start at home our people 're not financialy literated
The saddest thing is that when white people came to Africa we weren't rich but our society's worked. Colonization ended now we are left with a mess.
I agree, white people messed up in SA with colonization, they should have learned from Australian and American history as they are economic powerhouses today.
colonization made some of the best countries to live in on the planet, decolonization left you and me in the mess we call south africa.....all countries that decolonized are 3rd world basket cases today.
This is outdated. Where are all the free solar geysers on every shack. Electricity not yet free.
Poverty is a choice wealth is a choice stop complaining the government and take charge of your life
Especially when you are the majority and all the laws are in your favour to succeed.
Make more videos
South Africa does not have the world's highest unemployment rate. not even the highest in Africa.
For Bloomerberg’s index of 82 countries with developed and formal economies, South Africa is.