Why is there so little q's in the SA categorie?

Question

Kom man mense julle chat almal met die Americans (no offense to them)

Where are all the Proudly home made South Africans?
How many of you are actually still living in good old SA?

cheerio guys
mercaydees

Answer 1

Hey! I'm still living in SA and I love it here!:) As I've said many times before, I intend to live here for many more years! Where are you from? I'm from Joburg and despite what people say about the crime, I still dig this city! (I have lived here my whole life). I have traveled to other parts of the world which were great, but I can only really say that my home is in South Africa! I would ask more questions in this section if I could think up some, lol! I sit here staring at the computer screen sometimes thinking of a question to ask and my mind just stays blank, lol! Well hopefully I will post some questions soon! Take care, cheers! :)

Add in:

For those of you who are too scared to stay in this country, why are you still here? Rather leave, but don't come with stories about how bad SA is, because we are living in a beautiful country and crime doesn't make it a terrible place! I know allot of people who would agree with me and trust me, there are still millions of proud South Africans out there! I am one of them!

Answer 2

Here is the top secret:
You can EITHER see few Q's on SA category, eg 6, OR many, eg 34. Let's prove it.

1. Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on a UK flag. After that go to SA category. How many Q's do you see? Less than 10 is the answer.

2. Now, Scroll down again but this time click on a US flag and then go to SA category. How many Q's do you see now? Probably more than 30 is the answer.

Answer 3

Maybe because some people were succesfully scared by certain people who promoted a negative image of our country. People who think that somehow they are telling it like it is when all they do is purposefully promote hysteria and fear.

I don't want it to seem like I am making light of someone's suffering or experiences but I have yet to experience this South Africa where people stalk you, waiting for Nelson Mandela to die so that "the black population" can take over our homes. Those are the very theories espoused by the former South African government propaganda machine - the idea of the "Swart Gevaar."

It's sad in this day and age to hear such dangerous ideology still being bandied about. This is the ideology so fervently spread by the Afrikaan Broerderbond as highlighted in "Brotherhood of Power: An Expose of the Secret Afrikaner Broederbond" by J. H. P. Serfontein

From 1994 there has been an increase in crime figures as compared to pre-1994. One of the greatest reasons for this was the fact that before 1994 crime statistics in South Africa were only taken and kept for the so called "White" population of South Africa. Very little if no stats were present for the whole of South Africa or the black percentage of the population. This changed after 1994 leading to an increase in recorded figures.

"People across the planet have, in recent years, been uncommonly preoccupied with public order, crime, and policing. From Britain to Brazil, Nigeria to the Netherlands, Slovakia to South Africa, 2 the specter of illegality appears to be captivating popular imaginations. In much of the world, to be sure, this preoccupation is far from groundless. True, accurate crime statistics may be impossibly difficult to arrive at; 3 such actuarial artifacts depend, after all, on what is seen to constitute a felony in the first place, on what counts as evidence, on how much is conceded to the truth-claims of aggregate numbers. True, too, the perceived threat of criminal assault is often incommensurate with the real risk to persons and property; as it happens, that risk remains more unevenly distributed in South Africa than it is in most places. 4 All this notwithstanding, the incidence of violent crime here, and its effects on the lives of ordinary citizens, are not to be trivialized. They are perfectly real. As criminologists have come to recognize, the burgeoning violence endured by segregated black communities under apartheid has, especially since the late 1980s, spilled over into once tranquil, tightly policed, "white" cities and suburbs." - Jean and John Comaroff
Criminal Obsessions, after Foucault: Postcoloniality, Policing, and the Metaphysics of Disorder.

This does not mean to say that crime is acceptable. No level of crime is acceptable and never will be.

There are many Proudly South Africans out there of all "races". Just last night I met up with three Afrikaner friends who had returned from America having worked there for three years. They are still Proudly South African. Without prompting, they all complained of the high crime rate they experienced in the States, with all three having been robbed, mugged and assaulted.

This too does not imply that South Africa has an acceptable crime rate. Our crime situation needs to be addressed by level heads with objectivity free from screaming hysteria.

The aspects most needed to be improved are the police force, particularly the on the ground force and the forensics units. Investigations need to be tightened up and better admin systems need to be put in place. A better filing and record keeping system needs to become a reality. In 1999, the police force experienced a 30% absenteism rate - a rate which has risen since then. A better and bigger budget needs to be drawn up as the bulk of funds go toward remuneration with the paltry balance being spent on equipment resulting in a very under-equipped police force. It's no small wonder that our cops get routed by better armed criminals.

These things and many other can still be a reality if South Africans can take up the challenge to help make South Africa a better place.

And doing something doesn't mean complaining on Yahoo Answers - do something in the real world where you can make a real difference.

Answer 4

I'm still living in South Africa but it's definitely not good old SA anymore and I'm not Proudly South African anymore. There's nothing to be proud of anymore. I don't know what I'm still doing here but I guess I'm still here because of my family and friends. I will never leave them behind. I don't even want to go out anymore. They watch you from every corner, they even attacked a girl and her friend one night in Hatfield. They wait for you at your car and they are always in a group. When you drive home at night, you must just hope and pray that there's no one following you. Ag no, it's horrible.

Answer 5

Goeie ou SA??? Waar is dit???

The americans (and the rest of the world) are far more interesting than this local is lekker kak!

What's lekker of being a proud south african who is too scared to take a 5km drive??? I only drive to work these days, cause if you drive somewhere else the chances of you being jacked or killed is very good!!!

Answer 6

jaaa we are still here.....even ol brad and Alf make an occassional appearance telling us how bad it is here to try and justify their running away........

Answer 7

I would chalk that one up to a complete lack of interest. (This means that WE DON'T CARE!!)

Answer 8

we arent interested

Answer 9

because its not popular