When will the Europeans eventually be thrown out of South Africa?

Question

What do you think?
I think the present government is quite clever - they have not adopted any radical policies like most other previously colonised African countries did.
That is, if you wouldn´t say affirmative action (basically the opposite of Apartheid, where you are employed by the colour of your skin - black being good and white being bad) isn´t radical.

And insufficient policing, high high and very high crime (10% of all the worlds murders occur in S.A.), lack of work, high taxes for no return etc. have been the main reasons for the Europeans to leave.

Answer 1

There are a lot of the Afrikaans, the original settlers that are wholly established there. They would never leave, unless a Zimbabwe situation developed. Sorry that you feel things are so bad there. What would you do to better things?

Answer 2

there is no reason to throw any1 out of anywhere.
if you read president thabo mbeki's speech called "i am an african", you will know that most intelligent black south africans do not have any hate feelings towards white south africans and realise that what we now have and have lost is what has shaped us into our beautiful rainbow nation.
as for taxes etc.....please bare in mind that you are talking about a 3rd world country, a fairly new democracy and with that comes some teething problems. sounds like you are comparing sa to the usa and the uk???
nothing is going to be solved over-night and all countries have problems like crime and rape etc. (the difference is that it seems to be escalated is south africa as it is being reported by european owned media)
so i guess that your so called europeans will remain i south africa forever as their blood runs in most south african's veins!

Answer 3

I was in S,A, a few years ago and it was nice , they had plenty to eat and fed the other townships that surrounded them, I thought they had a good relationship,but the U,S and Britain just couldn't leave well enough alone so our great communist political system forced S,A, to turn control over to a bunch of crooks and thieves and their president had spent over 20 years in prison, now e have got to send them food so they can kill and starve the white people and the poor blacks,who wish for white control again so they could eat, I won't go into detail as it won't help I am just sorry our damned gov, can't keep their noses out of other peoples business, and when have they ever helped any country we have screwed with, I apologize to you folks for my country,

Answer 4

As the EU has already stated, all of the Europeans will be "thrown out" (as you put it) during July of 2011. The South African Congress has already accepted this timetable, which begs the retortive question, Have you not been paying attention to the news?

Answer 5

In 10 years time, South Africa will just like Zimbabwe.

Answer 6

Actually they are trying to kick them out in a sly kind of way.
I am a white born in South Africa and lived there most of my life.
I am married to a British citizen and having lived in the UK off and on since 1976 but having paid national insurance every week since then, decided at 60 years old to take British citizenship.
Mainly as it was a nuisance getting a visa every-time we go to France ( we go around 5 or 6 times a year ).
On receiving my new British Passport we decided to go to SA on holiday as I still have a daughter there. I spoke to the SA consulate who told me that as I had naturalised I had forfeited my SA citizenship and that it was illegal for me to keep my SA passport and I could only enter with my British passport if I had a letter stating that I could use it. They would only send me the letter once I returned my SA passport to them. I did so with pleasure.
The stupid thing is that this law only came into being in 2004 and my wife who naturalised long before 1995 had to apply for a SA passport as she is not allowed to travel on a British passport. She never had one and had to apply for one.
That was my last trip there,my daughter will have to come here to see me in future.
I prefer the South of France anyway. Same as Cape Town but better.

Answer 7

Have you ever been there? Lived there?
I have.
The black people are not all "squeaky-clean", oppressed, victims and the white people (Europeans in your q) are not all Sjambok-weilding, kaffir-hating, despots.
And what about all the "in-betweens" - the people who used to be classified as either "coloured" or "indian" - have they merely had one ruling class replaced by another?
Do you really know anything at all about SA?
Do you really know anything, period?
Mail me, if you want to know what happened during the transition - I lived it.
The sentiment you're displaying is NOT what South Africans want the world to think - black or white, green or blue, old or young.

Answer 8

Africans should stay in Africa and Europeans in Europe, there problem solved mixed race nations will never work because someone always has a problem with someone else because of the colour of there skin (sad but true also FACT)

Answer 9

Backlash is never an answer. Your question is bigoted. Become part of the solution, not part of the problem. Think you're better than them? Prove it by doing the right thing.

Answer 10

The sooner the better I say let our coloured brothers have ther land back, by the way I am white English.