This great country has overcome many challenges. There have been droughts and recessions. Apartheid and revolution. The previous stalemate of the strongest army in Africa battling the majority of its people was peacefully negotiated. White fears of terrible retribution were replaced by the grace and goodwill of the black majority. Afrikaans civil servants and government workers never abandoned their posts, enabling democracy to unfold, even though they believed they would be doomed under the new deal. Other problems have since arisen. The future seemed dark, with Eskom unable to keep the lights on and emigration increased drastically. But Eskom now generates excess capacity. The potholes are bad but not as bad as those in Canada, Italy and Paraguay. Many predicted that our currency would fall to $20, but it has improved. The crippling drought in many parts of SA was broken, though not yet in Cape Town. Problems remain. The economy is down and there is terrible unemployment. Racial t...
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