Is South Africa on the Brink of Collapse?
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- For two decades, South Africa has been teetering on the brink of disaster. Join us as we delve into the energy crisis that's shaking this regional powerhouse, uncovering the deeper implications for the nation and beyond.
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A quick correction. According to Andre De Ruyter, corruption is not 50 million USD annually. It's per month.
So 600 million annually. Yikes
@@frankieseward8667actually not that bad.
Thats a huge difference lol
@@frankieseward8667 yeah… thought this was nationally, not just their sole energy company of the country . Nvm
@@GotJay713same lol!
I love how Warographics was supposed to be a channel that was gonna cover historic war content from time to time, and since last year and a half the world geopolotics became a nightmare this channel just has to daily upload god tier content in order to keep up with the world. Love teh work Simon and team!
Some of the best content on the corresponding subjects, as well. Just speaks to the quality of this whole team.
@@ChOOHbacca trueee
@todorplavik South Africa IS history, literally.
Its great but I would still like more videos on older conflicts and events as well.
I’m so grateful for the current videos. I struggle with anxiety and PTSD and it makes me very unwell to watch the news. But not knowing what’s happening is also detrimental.
It’s just so helpful to have what feel like balanced, sensible videos about reality. Any theories are discussed with likelihood, risks, benefits etc. Any risks are honestly addressed.
As a South African, I can say it's actually more shocking watching Simon talk about South Africa than the actual corruption in South Africa, it's because we've literally gone so used to our corruption that it's not even a 2nd thought anymore
Couldnt have said it better. We so used to it that we don't even care about it. We just chug along and do as best as one can do. Our only hope is to vote with our heads and not our stomachs. Which might be hard as the ANC has managed to plunge half the population into poverty and unemployment. A situation in which a wellfare state is inevitable. Precisely what the ANC wants.
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@@koketsoletlape3803 I genuinly hope that your countrymen and women votes for a (hopefully) better political government next year. With all that you South Americans have been through for half a decade, you all deserve better. You and the generations that is coming after you that deserve better.
One step at the time, solve issue methodically and with a togetherness, that is key to solve the most pressing issues you face. I hope for a better future for all South Africans that have stayed lawful, I really do.
@@TottoHolmSouth Africa isn’t in South America
And that is the SAD PART, I AM LIVING IN A AUSTRALIA,FOR ALMOST 14years and I still feel sick to the stumic to hear and see all the corubsen worsening every year it is time FOR A NEW GOD FEARING GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE GOD IS NOT PART OF THE NOW GUVERMENT,THEY BELIEF IN FALS gods,no wonder it is going SO BAD
Imagine ruining the life quality of almost 60 million people, just because you want some extra pieces of paper in your wallet... I just can't believe how people can get so greedy.
yup brown clown politics
A 70 IQ is 2 standard deviations below the average IQ of humans in general! Do you understand how low that is? Do you?
I live in Johannesburg South Africa and i agree 100%. Its good to see that the world is watching. Our leaders need to be held accountable
lol what LEADERS? They're just criminals stuffing their own pockets with our tax money
The truth is that few are watching the collapse of SA. The Australian media never reports on Africa, unless an indecent with an western ally occurs. It would seem that Africa has been resigned to BRICS.
SA will not collapse, it is wishful thinking.
@@senzotabethe4311 Frog in boiling water comes to mind
Unless people are sentenced to long jail terms, corruption will not go away. All these useless "inquiries" are an indication that the corrupt are heavily protected
The only reason that South Africa hasn't already become a Zimbabwe or a Venezuela, is because we miraculously maintained a relatively independent judiciary, despite the ANCs, under Zuma, attempts to undermine it. We are also blessed with some of the world's finest investigative journalists who managed to lift the lid on the obscene levels of corruption perpetrated by the ruling party. We have some absolutely heroic individuals who have helped the country from total collapse. But I'm not sure how much longer we can endure the current leadership.
also our resilience...unlike up north we are less likely to run away than we are to stand against our gov
@@stell3175your a braver man than I!
@stell3175 as a Zimbabwean we all had no choice. It wasn't an issue of bravery trust me they committed a genocide
@anesupasipanodya that's what happens when you tolerate Marxists. The people will always become their next target after the revolution.
The judiciary is a joke. It spots corruption and then what? Tell me what major investigation has led to a substantial arrest in the last 10 years. Zuma is out of prison through loopholes that won't be closed, Ramaphosa did nothing wrong by hiding money under his couch, the supposed 12 arrested for the July 2021 riots are unheard of. Even the Guptas are Scott free since there was a blunder in filling in the forms for their extradition! Tell me how you can't laugh at this!
My mom recently left England to retire in South Africa and the government are just robbing her blind in taxes yet the government and county is falling apart.
It’s genuinely ridiculous that a fairly well-developed country like South Africa has an energy crisis of this magnitude.
When apartheid fell, SA was not just an advanced economy. It was a nuclear power that had more wealth in assets and resources than Israel, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand combined. Now, its GDP is about 140% of New Zealand's - a country with a population of 5 million. SA has 62 million and counting. Within ten years, its GDP will be identical to New Zealand's.
Some other highlights worth mentioning: South Africa has the highest rates of unemployment in the world and over 80% of its ten-year-olds are functionally illiterate. These children are born into a country that has the highest rates of rape, sexual violence, and HIV on the planet. Before anyone says it, the ANC has played a direct role in these 'success' stories.
My uncle - now retired - was a world-leading clinical pharmacologist. He was part of a team of doctors that approached Mandela and his health minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, in the mid-1990s. The team presented incontrovertible evidence that the country was at the start of a catastrophic epidemic. They called for a mass testing and treatment programme, condoms issued by the millions in the townships, and a major public information campaign. Do you know what the health minister did? Bugger all.
Well, that's not entirely true. She told the people of South Africa to 'cure' themselves of AIDS by taking a pill laced with an industrial solvent. This pill hadn't passed any clinical trials and here was a minister of HEALTH taking to the airwaves to advocate its use.
It gets better. The pill was developed by a company that senior members of the ANC, including the future president Thabo Mbeki, had invested in. Do you want to know what Mbeki did when he came to power in the early 2000s? He did not introduce a national mother-to-child transmission prevention programme until 2002 - and only did then because he was forced to do so by the Constitutional Court. Nor did he make antiretroviral therapy available in the public healthcare system until late 2003 - against the advice of all the leading physicians in the land.
The end result was as tragic as it was predictable. Hundreds of thousands of people died, 99% of whom were black. Mbeki was himself an AIDS denialist or 'dissident' as he liked to call it. He used his position to spout ludicrous theories about AIDS being a myth 'invented' by the white man, and that immunodeficiency was caused by poverty and not an identifiable disease.
In every other area of life in South Africa, you will find similar stories. Millions - quite literally - have died because of the mismanagement of the country by the very people who promised 'liberation' to the masses. You can't blame the malice, incompetence and corruption of these people on Apartheid. You need to blame those responsible, from the top down.
The Apartheid economy was for WHITES ONLY- you forgot to mention that one. So it wasn't as "advanced" as you're alleging.
Amen
Do you think it could be that the institutions that a functioning democracy depend on have to evolve organically over generations, built on competence, tradition, and public trust? And just handing the reigns to a group of people (regardless of their race, religion or ethnicity) who haven't developed those institutions for themselves is asking for trouble?
@@doomsdaybooty1072 That's probably true but I want you to show me just one nation outside the western world that became prosperous under democracy. You must not be a democracy to be rich.
@@user_4046 ya true that. In the west 'Democracy' is like our founding myth, our true religion that you're not allowed to question. Truth is, it mostly sucks; there's just not a lot of alternatives that are better. But to my earlier point, I guess I meant that institutions, whether democratic or not, need to be built from the ground up, over generations. Education, policing, health care, etc. You can't just march into a country and appoint people to specific positions and expect it to work out, like in Iraq. The people have to build those institutions gradually and demonstrate competence, which earns the public's trust, which disincentivizes corruption. In SA it was kind of like one culture just handing the reigns over, and although it was morally the right thing to do, I'm wondering if there was a better way. But truth is I have no idea, it's easy to observe and criticize
South African here. Its heartbreaking that my beloved country has found its way on this channel. Its hard to stay hopeful sometimes.
I know right😥
Me too, in fact this video just gave me heart palpitations 😢
It could all change in just one election cycle.
It could all change in just one election cycle.
@@luck3yp0rk93 my nightmare is that the ANC loses its majority and then forms a coalition with the EFF
I immegrated to the UK via ancestral VISA with my small family in 2009. We were branded traitors by friends, family, aquantences and heavily judged for doing so... Yet we still supported South African charities, visited and spent money there supporting local business as often as we could. My parents have aince passed away, my brother immegrated to New Zealand and has done well there but my sister is still in South Africa with three of her four kids (one moved to UK) and with her British husband. She is deeply depressed about how things are now, but they are so connected to country still I feel they will see it through to the end, in whatever form that may be. It is a sad sad situation, a incredibly beautiful country with lovely people from all walks of life undermined by elietest rulers and insanely bad corruption.... It's soul destroying to watch. The South Africa I grew up in is lost forever, and as comfortable as I am now I feel more a resident of Earth than that of any particular country, but also thank you to the UK and EU for offering a safe places to live, work and grow.
The SA you grew up in...? The one with apartheid? A reminder that 80% of SA was simply excluded from economic participation......corruption has been rampant for almost a century...nothing new.
The lovely country you remember was not lovely for more than 80% of its inhabitants at the time you are talking about. Just saying...
@@felicitynefdt9926 its now not a lovely country for 99% of it's inhabitants and it's only getting worse.. Just saying right back at you
@@felicitynefdt9926what is stupid thing to say
you can't deprive me of cape town who do you people think you are. This is just surreal@@lenardogorra613 you people only live there, you didnt build it, the most beautiful city in OUR country
i thought we've already collapsed. My power is off 8 hours a day, the crime rate is second worst, and the unemployment rate is the highest in the world. oh yeah, I have to write off about 2k worth of cold chain drugs every quarter. it doesn't sound like much, but trust me. its a lot. why the hell did SA waste money taking Israel to court when its people needs that money? I'll never understand politics. i work in a pharmacy in one of the townships in north west. the people are suffering. gangs everywhere. mass chaos. on my way home today, there was a drive-by shooting. i saw no dead bodies, but I did see a child cry. i don't like it when children suffer. on the topic of presidents, Ramaphosa didn't start this fire, he used to be a great guy back in the day when he was in charge of NUM. this all started escalating beyond repair in 2007. that's all I'm saying. With regards to water quality, one does not simply drink Potch water, want dit gloei in die nag my bruh. one does not live in south Africa, one survives in south Africa.
Hey Simon, South African here, well done on this episode, your research for this is stellar. It's very difficult to watch as this is our reality.
I hope you stay safe and can get out
fight for your country, and bring back the old way. it's the only way to live on that continent.
@@levitatingoctahedron922 a shocking and uneducated response. The future of our country has no space for this attitude.
Shouldn’t have voted to end apartheid
@@aguynamedtritonit’s the opinion many of us have. Africans can’t rule themselves it seems.
South African here, good episode, just one note to add, the coal fire power plants were initially reliable because they were built with a rule-of-three in mind, there would be three generating units at a plant, one unit is on at all times, one unit on stand-by, and the final unit is offline for maintenance. The idea was to always rotate the units. Take the online unit off for maintenance, take the stand-by unit into full production mode, and the newly maintained unit is then put on stand-by.
When the ANC came in, they just flicked the switch and put them all on to electrify the entire grid, hence why now when maintenance has to be performed, half the bloody country goes dark.
Very interesting!!
I thought Europe amd America made plain the anc were gods gift to the country and only racists would doubt this. This is why I enjoy the mass migration changing the face of Europe, I'm glad you too will experience the fruits of your liberal labours. Sweden now 28th most dangerous country in world and Scotland wants to let in gazans as refugees. Enjoy it
The only reason the electricity was able to be rotated before the ANC is because electricity was only being supplied to a minority white population
It reminds me of when Zanu-FP fought against Rhodesia and they always set the sights at the highest number because they thought it was the best accuracy.
Well they needed to pilfer the money that was meant to maintain the equipment.
From huts to skyscrapers back to huts... Everyone seems to be avoiding the elephant in the room and it's just hilarious.
Lmao
SA average IQ is 69.
@@truthismycause2800now sort it by ethnicity 😂
@@basrengangetch.2042 Let's not do that. We don't want to embarrass a certain group even more, do we?
Let's put the smart ones with the r-tarded ones, all in one basket, so the tardation doesn't look even more appalling. Lets show some compassion, we're not savages here.
Deprivation of nutrients can cause lower IQ, put them in a western country or family that can eat well and IQ is no different between every and any ethnicity
When a CEO warns of corruption that’s saying something!
As a South African farmer who will be first in line when things go to shit...you know things are bad when you call the police for help due to vandalism on your farm.. and they tell you to find out who the culprits are yourself and then contact them again. Just one more sign that we are pretty much on our own now
WTF you still doing there? Why haven't you left?
@@JB-yb4wnit’s not that easy. You need to be accepted by another country unless you’re willing to climb over a fence penniless like the South Americans do at the US/Mexico border.
My niggie en haar man boer nou in Kanada. Laat weet as jy meer wil weet. Waarmee boer jy?
@@zebrapleco7895 Train as a nurse and you will have immigration access to most of the western world.
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Sell your farm and move to Canada. BC has the closest climate and you can grow wine grapes there.
Also a cautionary tale about how replacing anti- black discrimination with anti-White discrimination doesn’t help a nation much.
As a South African who recently emigrated, it’s painful to leave home simply because staying in a decaying economy where jobs only put you on survival mode is one of the few options left. The ANC is truly nauseating, continuing to watch those who benefit from the collapse is even more sickening.
The county was incredible back in the 1980's.. The parks in Jo Burg were amazing with all those bronze critters & water fountains. What a shame..
Here in South Africa we don't have a energy crisis we have a Crime and Corruption crisis.
As a Namibian, my heart breaks. I pray for a brighter future than what exist today in SA too. Thanks for the value Simon.
Same. If SA falls, they would take us with them.
Only other option is kicking it with the Germans (by using oil and the Südwesters as negotiating tools hehe), but the Germans have their plate fairly full at the moment.
To be honest. As a German I have to say strenghten ties with our former colonys would not be the worst Idea and could benefit both sides greatly.
And Namibia is a beautiful country, I would like you visit it some day. :)
@@dr.wahnsinn9913 I agree fully. I'm German born, live in Germany, but am Namibian. The countries are very well matched, it wouldn't be very difficult to cooperate. The German cultural presence and general interest in Germany on the Namibian end is relatively enthusiastic, despite the desire for a good reparations deal for the Genocide.
Young Germans don't seem to know much about Namibia, but in my experience it's very easy to stirr up that fascination. Older Germans seems to know some more, and approach me and Namibians I know with remarkable enthusiasm :) (if we ignore the AfD wähler types hehe)
It could easily be a win-win situation for the parties involved given the way the world seems to be developing these days
As a South African I welcome German intrest anything to counter balance the Chinese and Russian influences I feel like the Germans would introduce mutch better regularly controls making the regional more functional
@splashafrica I think the Germans have their hands full at the moment bailing out Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. That's been ongoing since 1990, so I don't think they'll have any spare cash any time soon. Southern Europeans make South African's look like amateurs when it comes to corruption.
A fellow South African here. I follow your other channels. You have done well on understanding our current struggle. It breaks my heart man.
I was born in South Africa, ever since Nelson Mandela past away things in South Africa have not gone well with each passing day.
South Africa is a cautionary tale of what can happen to a resource rich country with economic mismanagement and corruption.
Communism doesnt learn i guess
@@electricangel4488South Africa is technically a capitalist country but there are aspects of national industry which make it a mixed economy in practice.
@@just9911 more so aiming at the history of the ANC
See Argentina!
@PAVANZYL Hahaha, I wasn't gonna pick on Argentina, which is a carbon copy of South Africa. Sad.
Everybody knows what went wrong. No one will say it out loud.
Including simon. He managed to talk about the symptoms for 24 minutes without mentioning the cause.
Visited most South African countries including SA a number of times over the past three decades. South Africa used to be a well oiled a sort a first class country. My Last visit was a eye opener. Every single branch of government has failed badly. Making it a failed state.
My Power bill is $400 this month in Georgia USA . I grew up off grid in South Africa because of Apartheid. I can survive for eternity off grid. Brutal winter or not I thrived without electricity. But the whole world is fragile right now. This is a justice issue. Georgia Power blew through its fuel budget last year when the price of fossil fuels skyrocketed, but at the same time, it pocketed billions in record profits. Now, customers are going to have to readjust their family budgets to find space for increasing bills with no relief in sight.
the end of apartheid seemed to of caused more problems than which it solved.
Thank you for covering this Simon (Love your stuff by the way 😁).
As a South African living through all this, the possibility of the country collapsing and becoming worse than it is has crossed my mind more frequently than usual. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people and loads of potential, but the level of corruption poisoning everything really has me worried about the future generation and the kids of today living here (amongst a whole list of other things to worry about)...
All I can do as an average civilian is try to wade through the mess, and hope things get better.
Support the Western Cape's independence.
@@0816M3RC not going to happen. For a cessation to be constitutional, it has to be a national vote. Neither the ANC nor the DA benefit from cessation. WC is too important for national revenue collection for ANC to like the idea, and DA's chances of ever unseating ANC nationally are massively set back if WC no longer counts to the national vote. Even if the vote was somehow forced by the constitutional court, it would be a national vote and not a regional one, and with the ANC and DA all telling votes to vote "no", it would still fail. Only chance of it would be if the ANC realises that losing WC means going back above 50% nationally and thus they use it as an opportunity to retain power for longer - but I doubt they'll do that.
South Africa is a cautionary tale of how corruption and mismanagement can destroy a resource rich country. Hello Argentina?
@@summer031977 Unfortunately, very true...
"It's a beautiful place with beautiful landscapes and beautiful people." These are the last place participation ribbons that get awarded to every shithole nation. Probably need to actually get electricity running full time otherwise you will deindustrialize. No coming to our functional nations with few Africans though, KTHX.
Remember hearing during the recent taxi strike in Cape Town a Business man on his way to the airport accidentally went into a bad area and got killed straight away. Shocking the value that's placed on life. He was doing no harm to them. He wasn't in a gang., What about just giving him some directions to the airport. So sad.
I am a proud South African who came to visit my girlfriend and her family,who live in a Semi favela in Rio Brazil,nearly 4 years ago before Covid hit,SAA cancelled my flight after and didn’t replace it and I was illegal here,anyways I just decided to stay,I lived for a couple years in the area my girlfriend family stays which is basically a Favela,in those years the power never went off,the water never went off,the internet was fast and worked always,I was never once robbed or felt unsafe,i walked to gym at 9pm at night alone or walked the dogs no worries,best part is the police left me alone and didn’t try stop me or scare me for money(I am more scared of SA police than anyone as I have been robbed and beaten by them before), just as a side note I am white and the only white person in that area,the state of South Africa is so bad I felt like I was living in tranquility in a Favela in Brazil compared to South Africa,that says something.
Stay there and don’t come back
The Africans of South Africa were handed a fully functional state with all the options: resources, industry, energy, economy and military. They took less than 30 years to kill it.
I don't think people knew the main agenda was self enrichment, but I have faith in the new generation, they might vote for other parties if they don't benefit from the Corruption themselves...
These people were not built for advanced, civilized society. Look at how they lived when we found them, we built modern nations and they return them to equilibrium. It’s the same story regardless of where in the world they go. Paris, London, Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis… race is not just skin deep
So we can agree on what people are causing the problems
@@sandilesz4660 that is the most eyes closed and naive statement I've seen in a minute.
@@michaelhowell2326 good for you.
As a South African, I'm really grateful for you guys making a great video on it's problems
I want to visit your country🎸🇿🇦
@@user-ng1oj1nh7e you should. It's a great place
I wonder if he will make something on that angry little red man with the intense hatred toward the people that feed him.
LOL@@henrydutoit69
@@user-ng1oj1nh7e With a guide, you will find that it's one of the most beautiful countries in the world
you seemed to have left out the fact that a large percentage of black people don't want to pay for electricity as the ANC had told them that they would provide electricity for free....
Soweto owes eskom billions of rands for electricity, even after having billions of rands of debt written off previously...
a large percentage of people in soweto just hook up to powerlines illegally and steal electricity...
Nelson Mandela was a naive fool to think that the ANC could actually govern South Africa.
I’m South African. It really sucks that as a country we’re being held back by greed. It keeps me up some nights thinking about how bad and how long things have been this bad for. We stay hopeful though. South Africans have an indomitable no nonsense spirit and national pride.
Blacks fucking blacks....
Corruption and tyrannical leader is pretty much the story of every African country, with the exception of Wakanda.
Pride about what? Your country is synonymous with mad max
This is what happens when 70 Iqers take over. Mandela was a mistake.
No hope left for SA. It wont get better.
In less than a lifetime, South Africa went from being the world’s only country to voluntarily give up their (indigenously developed) nuclear arsenal to literally not being able to keep the lights on
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Seems South Africa now copies Zimbabwe. Because that worked so well.
South Africa's problems go way beyond energy: it was already a clear failed state by the year 2000. The first 5 years of ANC rule were instructional as to where it would be going in the future.
I think privatization of Eskom is the only solution. An utility company can not be run by politicians.
Yeah, privatisation of essential services has never backfired, that's for sure. /s
@@LDam-pf6lx what do you prefer and utility company run by corrupt politicians or like in the US were utility are private there are competition and the light are on. Lived in this country for 3 year and only once during a horrible strom the light were out.
Privatization of national infrastructure always only makes things worse
Belgian electricity, france’s roads, brittish rail, dutch healthcare, all destroyed by privatisation. It never works.
Hey, everyone in this thread! I think we can find examples of public services and private services in a multitude of countries that are doing well in terms of what they provide. While I suspect one of these two approaches might be better on average, I think the fact that there are so many examples of both working suggests that the problem is not so simply reduced.
Im south African
This video describes everything perfectly but its worse than that
At this point by 2025 this country will be gone or overrun by criminals
Thank you for speaking out about this. It is nice to hear that people somehow are still clinging to hope, however unfounded that hope may be. The fact is that it will take at least a decade to fix the power problem, and that will be once they actually start working on an actual fix. That hasn't started yet. Renewables are not a quick fix, it is way more expensive and more fragile, and you still need traditional non renewable base load generation regardless of how much renewables you have. Germany has shown us this.
Then one has to consider that a very robust and developed infrastructure has now become so degraded that even if the power generation problem is fixed, the transmission and distribution infrastructure is now so damaged that it requires immense investment to repair. (cables under the ground, local distribution stations, etc). This is also true for transportation (roads, rail), water, sewage, agriculture, health. Things have gotten so bad that it will now take generations to come back from.
The main problem is that there is corruption at every level. Those in power have used their power to enrich themselves and their families at every level, and there is no incentive for these people to stop doing that. This will not change regardless of who is voted into power. The trade unions run the show. We see this with Eskom (et al), they have 66% overemployment (2 out of 3 workers are unneccesary) but cannot fire anyone because the trade unions will not allow it and so the problems cannot be resolved without a major overhaul which no government will have the power or will to do as long as they can continue to line their pockets. It simply is not in the interest of those in power to change anything.
South Africans need to wake up to this. The DP won't fix anything. The Cape Province CANNOT get away from load shedding because there is only one electric grid and the Cape simply does not have the generation capacity to disconnect from the grid. Renewables cannot not fix this and Eskom will not allow connections to the grid from 3rd party generation. (This was proved when the courts shut down Frankfort's solar recently) The DP government are just lying to the people.
There is no reason to think that a total electric grid collapse is not going to happen. There simply is no way to prevent it. Things have gone too far and every possible intervention just simply takes too long.
Once the grid collapses it will take months just to turn the power back on. Even if everything is in place and working. It's a big deal.
South Africans need to face the facts and be prepared for this. There are at least 10 years of worsening power problems ahead.
It doesn't matter who is voted into power, everyone is playing the same game! We need to figure out how to change the game.
South Africa used to be the most richest and safest during Apartheid era.. we can't denie it.
It is now called DA and not DP but point taken on the other issues. What can be done outside the political system? Self sufficiency?
@@mark_sugar42 I wish it were that simple. Once the electricity goes, pretty soon your internet and cell phone connection will go. Ask yourself how you then do banking, get paid, anything. Self sufficiency will only go that far. Maybe small communities like Frankfort will be able to become self sufficient and maybe that's the way to do it.
Hi I’m south’s African. My aunt is becoming a nurse and works in government hospitals when she isn’t on campus and the conditions in them are so horrible that there are no more IV bags so gloves have to be substituted.
As a south african I 2hi has a nurse for an aunt , our country is going to shit . I remember when we were actually a "good" nation in the early two thousands but corruption is the root of our problem.
My opinion, as a South African:
While I do not support the actions of the apartheid government, I admire their strive for self sufficiency. Unfortunately, our current government seems to have adopted a more dependent stance - importing many things that used to be made right here in SA, and not using our resources in the most optimal way. There is a bad cycle that will be difficult to change: we have a failing education system, that doesn't produce people with employable skills, so they rely on government grants or turn to crime. More government grants = more pressure on the government budget (already hammered by corruption), so the government increases taxation on a dwindling tax base. Loadshedding and corruption is bad, but as a young South African I am hopeful that the younger generation will be able to look past the wrongs of the past and move forward, stronger, together to remove the corrupt ruling party and bring real change to the country.
☝️This is a very well thought out comment
I also think it's disgusting how the bad decisions and deeds by the men in power are constantly explained away with: "well at least it's not as bad as apartheid" or: "If you stand in my way of doing bad things then you're a sympathizer of apartheid!"
And all that finger pointing back and forth means nothing constructive is ever getting done
You're not allowed to advocate for self reliance under the yoke of globalism. You get called all the bad words for thinking that. God forbid you want your country to be as strong as it possibly can be without needing to rely in some way on bigger global leaders.
Also, probably fucked up to say, but get woke go broke in the literal sense. As they still want to hang their hats on having dealt with a past wrong 30 fuckin years ago the country crumbles and erodes.
There’s no other way.
Impossible for young people to ignore the words of the past when the government constantly blames the past for their inadequacies and for votes.
Being a pariah nation was not without some economic advantages
Lived in South Africa for 25 years, super accurate facts. Good job as usual Simon
Wakanda forever.
Not the city they want, but the city they deserve.
Im a South African, living and working in Medupi power station . Everything you saying is true . ANC is messing Everything up
From mud huts, to skyscrapers…..to mud huts
I can't believe that such a diverse place isn't a paradise.
Hah
Thanks Simon for covering my country but I can tell you that us as South Africans are suffering from power outages in our economy and our the level of corruption in the country has been of high level and of high attention to the local population Unemployment Rate is at about 53percent and Youth unemployment 62percent,Inflation is double digits,Power outages are common due to one State owned Energy Supplier also a Government Party that is influenced by Plutocrats.And the State going into decline.
Boy situation is this dire, but the fact that this is going around TH-cam and everywhere else and getting more attention. I think that’s no accident and that will at least in someway help out with getting attention on those people that are being so irresponsible with what they’re supposed to be doing.
Hmmm, maybe let the colonist run it again for awhile.
Well with one party always in charge corruption will always be a problem.
How is the population growth going? With high un-employment, is it jobs decreasing or people increasing?
Mandela would be super sad to see what has become of his beloved country abd of the ANC.
Excellent review !!!
How do I say this without sounding like a complete Uncle Ruckus???🤔🤔🤔☻
Edit:I love my people but...
The greed of the ANC has gotten so bad that they are even trying to integrate a monthly tax for people that are converting their homes to solar. The ANC was and is the downfall of South Africa.
Daniel Koffler was from S. Africa, he moved to Canada where I met him. One of the most amazing men I have ever met. He was a tool and die maker, skills beyond comprehension. A master of his craft. He told me of life in his country, growing up, and what made him to decide to leave a place he loved. He knew this was coming, and didn't want his children growing up there. Daniel passed away on Canada Day, almost 10 years ago. Canada has it's problems and issues, but not on a level like this. His children are thriving and I know he would be happy.
mandela and the communists destroyed a country in little under 30 years
Keep letting 3rd worlders in to replace you and you will follow suit
My understanding that the generators aren't currently running at capacity because the ANC put a cap on the price they'd pay for coal (that's being mined in South Africa) which means that the mines make more money exporting coal than they do selling it locally.
I live in SA, an incredibly beautiful country .. the ANC has been a curse but it was overwhelmingly voted into power repeatedly…we therefore are deserving of this current situation.. it is surprising how muted and unprovoked we accept the current government’s inaptitude. This presentation is a brilliant synopsis albeit with a few salient points mistakenly quoted and missed. Thank you for producing a video which could not even be accomplished by local channels.
The only reason these uneducated blacks vote in the ANC year after year is that they have been brainwashed that if the White man wins there will be apartheid again, which is nonsense! There are roughly about 50 million blacks in South Africa today with only 5 million Whites!
I support CAPE INDEPENDENCE. We don't want to be part of South Africa anymore..
South Africa used to be the most richest and safest during 1950-1990..
Capexit!
Black people are the ones voting despite overwhelming incompetence and corruption
Both ANC and apartheid governments are failures. What other choice do you have for politicians and political parties? Are there any successful African countries you can follow?
Simon really dodged the real factors here.
As someone who has spent the last decade helping over 4000 South Africans apply for visas for the purpose of permanent relocation outsidethe country, almost the same factors came up nearly every-single-time as to why people have to leave the country, aside from the rampant violent crime rates...
Pattern recognition.
Even the black South Africans who I worked with stated outright that the end of the Apartheid spelled the death of South Africa.
I'll never forget the words which one black South African told me once his visa was approved:
"Blacks are completely incapable of managing a functioning society on their own, they eventually burn everything they touch and every attempt at society falls through their fingers".
He literally said that in in front of me and my secretary and I swear those words have echoed through me ever since.
His writers would never take that (correct) assessment. And even if they did, TH-cam would penalize him for reading such a script.
With an average ~70 IQ, there are relatively low upper limits to their possible achievements.
I do business in some African countries. Trying to explain basic concepts to government regulators and ministers is a deeply painful experience.
I don't know. Some black majority countries have managed to pull themselves out of poverty and create decent governments. Like in the Caribbean. Haiti's a major failure but other countries like Trinidad and Tobago or Bahamas are doing great for themselves. In the case of South Africa and most other African Nations the people were just never properly prepared for self governance or majority rule.
@@bumblingbureaucrat6110 countries that either or have the benefit of a natural tourism industry, or convenient for offshore banking, tax havens.
it's the elephant in the room , which i don't care being called Racist for showing the obvious, irrefutable truth.
A sub 70 average IQ, buoyed up by lets say non locals.Cannot build or manage a complex infrastructure or instituions.
Imagine there is the guy who starts tescos, the guy who builds the store, and the logisctics, marketing, hiring, sub 70 does'nt get you that, it barely gets you a janitor.
a Modern country simply cannot function with that as a fact, nothing to do with Apartied or Racism, it just is
You're lying. You're saying that yourself, not your so-called black client. Say it with your chest. Don't be scared. Just say it that you think black people are incapable of leadership.
As a South African, this was made really well thank you for covering this topic that does get swept under the international media rug.
Loadshedding hit me while I'm watching this video, my phone is on 7% and I need to study for a physics exam by candlelight
Thank you Simon for putting a light on our country's issues(corruption mainly)
South Africa was only a functional country when the lights were brightly shining on it. When the lights literally turned off, all the shadows took power.
Lol. Accurate.
Remember what happened in Zimbabwe? A country that fed most of Africa. Now can't feed itself.
It took a while to see the results of the change in power in South Africa. This was bound to happen. It is extremely unfortunate.
Thanks for the love and support brother, i appreciate the video. Amandla awethu *power to the people* via South Africa 🇿🇦
As a South African this was painful to watch but sadly true😢 great content as always
It's almost like electing people based on their skin color and not their competence results in gross mismanagement. Who would've guessed?
So you have a problem with democracy. You believe people shouldn't vote for who they want and should rather vote for some white, who miraculously is a competent leader due their skin colour. Got it. 👍🏿
The simple fact is that only white people care about competence more than racial tribalism.
Western left scream in the distance
That's true, look at a number of US presidents throughout history.
@@timothybrown8424Exactly
I live in South Africa and the info in this video was spot on! It's great to see a foreign report that is so well researched and tells it like it is for once!
Good job! It's tough to watch this as it's so sad, this used to be a great country. granted we had problems that needed to be fixed, but now the whole country is a backyard, banana republic.
So many people have left the country, business owners, skilled tradesmen, productive members of society and it's taking a toll as well.
South African here. This made me so sad. We had so much potential. Perhaps there is hope, but it is difficult to see it. 😢
My gratitude for simon and his team for continiously providing us with in depth videos , even so most of the time it is not supported with TH-cam ads ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Many thanks
My prayers go out to south Africa. I did a research paper on yalls country, and yall truly have an amazing home. Sucks to see it in so much pain. Sending love from louisiana.
Thank you.
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Amazing land. Too bad it's filled with and being destroyed by Bi-pedal animals.
one channel on youtube was telling us power company workers would sell information to scrap metal dealers of the area they were going to shut down for load shedding so their 'workers' could chop off the copper wires
As a young South African I can definitely say it's more or less what we're experiencing, despite all that's happening I still wish something good would help change our country for the better.
I still have hope.
Thanks for covering this Simon. We're in a scary situation
South African here.
I have a charity shop at a special needs school. I need to buy any meat the day before I use it because of load shedding. (If I keep it in my fridge it’s bound to go off, due to load shedding)
This means extra costs because we need to go to the butchery/supermarket daily, and the cost of fuel is horrendous.
TLDR It’s affecting all walks of life
major respect for keeping that up! I'm afraid many people wouldn't..
@@AndreGreeff Nope, I didn't. I had a small yoghurt and cheese factory on the East Rand. but saw this coming. I sold and now live a quiet life in Chile. Our only power outages have been due to a huge earthquake(couple of days) and some severe wind storms (couple of hours). Chile produces no oil or gas and has to import it all.
Nelson Mandela would be so disappointed to see how the ANC have run SA. The man spent 27 years in prison and this is what they did with his legacy.
It is absolutely insane, I was visiting Stellenbosch university earlier this year and at the hotel multiple times for a few hours, the lights and all of electricity would just go out. I asked what’s wrong and they said that’s normal, it happens all the time. That is completely unthinkable, the university has their own generator in those cases but this situation is totally unsustainable.
As a South African I just want to say bravo to the accuracy of this video, I’ve been watching videos on this channel for years but this level of research and reporting just made me subscribe because I can be assured that your other reporting is accurate as well ❤
Thank you Simon and the war-o-graphics team for this video. It is really sad to see my country listed here, and really it was not a matter of if but when this kind of episode would be made. ThankfullyI live in the Western Cape where our province started investing in renewables a few year ago and I am noticing the difference. The city of Cape Town has been able to shield those not directly on Eskom from a portion of the load shedding which helps a lot.
Greetings from Pretoria. Good video and sadly, all true.
I am a South African (I don't live there anymore, unfortunately) and I'm impressed by the level of detail and accuracy in this.
As a South African, I must say, this is a very informed analysis for an objective party. Well done to you and your research team. It's one of the few that hits virtually all the marks, leading right up to your final remarks. As a matter of fact, you're spot on, though the complexity of the situation extends to unquantifiable elements too. I may not even have my own South Africans in full agreement with me, and that's perfectly reasonable, but there's a quality of South Africa and South Africans that continues to provide hope in the face of all reason. We have been on the brink of collapse more often than many, going back as far as the fears of civil war at the end of Apartheid. In some way, brink of collapse is our resting position. Somehow, through a very particular brand of resilience, through a certain level-headedness, an ingrained sense of resourcefulness, we find ways to endure. It sounds naive, fanciful even, but it's also measurable throughout recent history. We innovate. We find ways. We're learning the hard way to fight in the darkness. There's every possibility this breaks us for good. There's also the possibility of this being a hard turning point for something better. We stumble, we get hit, and as terrifying as things are, somehow, we hang on, to a point that I've said before, ironically, with all that's going on in the world, we may very well have the awareness, knowledge and know-how to be the last "man" standing.
I agree with you on the resilience of the country given how everyone DID expect civil war in the ‘90’s…. I was born in 1979 and so saw the end of apartheid, and thankfully was young enough to not be indoctrinated into a crazy ideal.
That being said my alignment with your views diverges more recently, only because when in a country, and especially a third world country (which sa is for sure), when infrastructure fails, it becomes a failed state, and unless china throw a lifeline (which obviously comes with massive downside in the future), there is barely anyway of bringing the economy back as we just do not have enough money to rebuild that infrastructure which is beyond easy repair, and the opportunity for that was missed in the early 2000’s.
I grew up in Cape Town and left in 2004 to the Uk to actually have a chance at a career…. And since then I have bought property in sa in hope…. But now I am starting to regret it… which is sad… especially when I now here news that people are having to drink bottled water…. When the entire world historically came to South Africa to learn from our water treatment experts as we we considered to have theist advanced water treatment in the world, along with medicine, education and many other vocations. I would lobby the west to step in ahead of china but I fear that option is too late…..
@baksteen2007 All fair point. And yes, the reality. I'm a South African still living here, involved here in various economic capacities, and am married to a British woman with family in the UK. What I speak about relates to what's on the ground, in the day to day, that includes a keen eye and ear on where private and government investments are being made and where they aren't, and, despite all you say, logical, reasonable and probable as it is, I repeat: there remains and will continue to remain a paradoxical tenacity and resourcefulness that cannot be undermined. The British press are notoriously derisive with regards to their reporting. Billion Rand investments continue. Privatisation has evolved in radical ways. Our press remains powerful, as does our Constitutional court. For all that don't (and there are many) many other communities are still well run, smart and effective. That's not to say that you're wrong. All arrows point one way. I make a single point: South Africa, for all its projections and corruption, it's negligent leadership and economic disparity, retains something I have not experienced in many of the countries I have lived and work in over the last couple decades. It is a quality that has no name, that's not even quantifiable, but that undoubtedly exists.
I feel exactly like you do, so thank you for reminding me today I am not alone in my "we've got this" attitude....
One thing I have only seen in South African. Only South Africans make jokes about the serious stuff.
@@ttentionpls I agree with you, and there is an X factor, that cannot be quantified in study….yet.
However it is becoming more and more difficult to use that as a solution to what is happening…. Nigeria, Ukraine, Brazil, chile, Colombia, Peru…. A handful of third world countries I have visited recently, they all have 24/7 electricity. I even had a drink with ice in Nigeria…..
The ANC's mismanagement of everything also saw the parliament building burnt down.
It’s wonderful to see so many fellow South Africans watching, though this whole episode is truly depressing to watch. I am lucky enough to attend a good school and can afford to leave the country if it reaches collapse, but it is so saddening to see all of our issues are complied into one very well researched video. I am very nervous for our upcoming elections, and while I will be 2 months shy of being able to vote, I don’t even know what I would have voted if I were able to.
There are no good options, and all we can do it wait to see the dust settle and hope we come out the other side somewhat unscathed. What is awful, is that those who are less fortunate than I am will not come out unscathed. The only reason I will be alright is because I have the ability to afford private services. That is not the case for the vast majority
I hope my other South Africans are well, and for those who intend to stay and wait it out, I truly hope it will get better
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Corruption and greed will be its downfall eventually .
It’s interesting to see how Warographics has evolved. Originally it has been an excellent gateway channel into historical events but in the last year it has moved to a hugely informative channel on current world events. I especially appreciate that the channel is able to look beyond the typical look at events only surrounding US/NATO/China/Russia group. I also appreciate that it is often done with a degree of neutrality that is almost entirely missing from the very partisan traditional news media.
Fine work Simon and the team.
Russia is in the group. no one wants the potatoe head country.
Our farming sector gets hit worse then most of the rest of the country. Watershedding has been their reality for years too.
I remember in 2007 the ANC government said it'd take 5 - 7 years to fix the grid and suspend loadshedding. Here we are 16 years later with an entire generation that has never known anything but loadshedding.
Did they just ignore or did the money get embezzled?
A lot of both really, including corruption at such high levels of our government, almost every part of all government owned enterprises and theft of the raw resources needed to keep the country running. @@1wun1
@@1wun1 a bit of both really
Hearing about South Africa's currently frequent blackouts (I'm writing this as somebody in Canada) reminds me of India's frequent blackouts. And one more point: What South Africa and Venezuela have been going through lately with the electricity supply, could be the lot of the entire world (even the most developed countries) were a crippling solar/geomagnetic storm or a massive cyberattack to take place.
From South Africa glad you finally got round to this problem. It's not only energy, but every single state run entity, harbors/ rail / education / policing / health care / simply everything... nothing works. We are already a failed state
. Corruption unimaginable incompetence at the highest levels and a system hidden under " cadre deployment " which is nothing more than jobs for friends has utterly destroyed our country. AND WE TOLD EVERYBODY THIS WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE 1994 and the regime change..
I'm glad we have gotten so far that any problem in South Africa has few people shouting "Racism did this"
Yes and Europeans will not be going there. Neither will Japanese or Koreans. China may come in to sort out the children.
One small step for social reformation, one giant leap for stone age re-establishment.
I'm from South Africa. This is accurate, and the depth of your research is impressive.
One thing that may set us apart from the majority of the Western world, though, is that there are still hard men here. The product of hard times.
In the face of a collapse, if we can not thrive, we will at least survive. We are well armed, we generate our own electricity, we grow our and hunt own food.
Come what may, we are prepared.
No... if the government makes it legal for the citizens to take your property and belongings by force, you will be lucky enough to escape with your life and can't possibly win.
Being tough or self sufficient has nothing to do with it.
You're being delusional, I do admire your courage for staying though.
Thanks!
I am a South African and it is great to see how acurately you reported this. Thanks for your great videos and keep the good honest content coming!
I'm from South Africa and since loadshedding has created a large solar market, it is possible to pump excess solar back into the grid, yet the government wants to tax people who install solar systems in their homes rather than incentivise them to pump solar power back into the grid.
Think of it; why would they create incentives to put solar power back into the grid၇ Then they had to pay the solar owners. Instead, they can tax them and therefore get paid to do nothing. Remember that the people in power, don't struggle with the loadsheading and common people's problems. So for these people; business as usual 🙄
Great content as always.
I live here in South Africa. What time to be alive. For some.
Makes us think how much we take our lights, heat, and running water for granted. It’s the foundation of modern society and industry. If it went out tomorrow, we’d be in trouble.
I worked for a PMC in South Africa for 25 months a few years ago. It was vastly different from my time at Triple Canopy or even with the 82nd 1st/504th. The firm I was employed by were without doubt, squared away, quantifiable and effective shooters. But it was common to see a half dozen or more different firms within the same neighborhood, each with varying skill sets, ROE’s via corporate policies, levels of quality kit, etc. standing outside an iron gate with an ancient FAL , with no body armor, no up-armored QRF vehicles, no comms between shooters, not even an eBay chest rig so you don’t have to stuff your pockets with mags, doesn’t instill experience or empirical knowledge of operating in a potentially hostile AO. These types of guys were the majority, with squared away firms being the minority. Can’t wait to see Chinese Tofu-dreg buildings and infrastructure in Africa, that’ll mend things for sure 😂
It's scary to watch this video as this is the reality we're currently living in but I can still appreciate it and how thoroughly researched it is.
Thank you for the coverage
Als Nederlander kan ik twee dingen zeggen:
1. De beste tijd om te vertrekken uit SA was 20 jaar geleden.
2. De een na beste tijd is NU.
Ga NU weg!
Here I am. Sitting in loadshedding watching a video about loadshedding. Viva south africa viva!