President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to eradicate poverty. So do we all. But elements in the governing party, or courted by it, also appear to want to eradicate whites. SA cannot do both. White skills are crucial for sustainable growth, which must be distributed to blacks. However, whites are leaving SA due to mixed, often overtly hostile, messages about their future. EFF leader Julius Malema is mulling over the eventual killing of whites. Although the ANC is not so crude, its fiercely defended demographic targets will eventually drive all whites out of the country. Whites are at present, certainly in the private sector, represented in top management far above their demographic proportion of the population. However, attempts to close the gap means skilled whites are dislodged or blocked from promotion. This is one reason causing rapid emigration. So we are chasing a vanishing target. The more we try to close the gap, the more whites leave, and the gap stays. At this rate, we will only be...
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