06-29-2012, 02:57 AM
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South Africa and Egypt are pretty much the power houses on the continent. There are other countries that are plodding along with out much bother. Namibia is full of German settlers and is doing ok for a country that is pretty much made up of desert and rust. But in general, the biggest thing most of the continent has going on is eco-tourism and civil war.
..and yes, this place is going down in many ways. No longer the largest producer of gold. Ranked up there as one of the most violent societies that is not at war. Infrastructure is going down. We had serious issues with power supply a couple years back. It seems to have stabilised a little, but nobody is really surprised when power goes down, for what ever reason. Just gets blamed on "load shedding". But popularity for the ruling party is going down. They were pretty close to getting a 2/3s majority with the first "free and fair" election, which would've allowed them to change the constitution and make up shit how ever they wanted. As is they are trying to sneak shit through which is fucked. One that was caught and had a lot of publicity was the "reappropriation of property act". Which they were trying to sell as a more forceful angle on the land redistribution scheme they have going on (basically, they reckon white people came here and fucked the country over, so now white people have to give their land back to the original inhabitants. The largest amount of land in white hands is of course farms. Currently it's being done under a willing buyer, willing seller scheme). How ever, this "property" law sneakily said that anything you own can be taken away and given to somebody else if it is seen to be for the good of the nation. Anything, including your money in the bank.
But with infrastructure going down, and only the people at the top benefiting from their positions of power, the masses are losing faith. Every election has seen them get less and less. There is currently a huge rift in the party, and a lot of people are hoping they're going to split.
Also, we don't just have 2 parties here. It's closer to 30 or something stupid.
..and yes, this place is going down in many ways. No longer the largest producer of gold. Ranked up there as one of the most violent societies that is not at war. Infrastructure is going down. We had serious issues with power supply a couple years back. It seems to have stabilised a little, but nobody is really surprised when power goes down, for what ever reason. Just gets blamed on "load shedding". But popularity for the ruling party is going down. They were pretty close to getting a 2/3s majority with the first "free and fair" election, which would've allowed them to change the constitution and make up shit how ever they wanted. As is they are trying to sneak shit through which is fucked. One that was caught and had a lot of publicity was the "reappropriation of property act". Which they were trying to sell as a more forceful angle on the land redistribution scheme they have going on (basically, they reckon white people came here and fucked the country over, so now white people have to give their land back to the original inhabitants. The largest amount of land in white hands is of course farms. Currently it's being done under a willing buyer, willing seller scheme). How ever, this "property" law sneakily said that anything you own can be taken away and given to somebody else if it is seen to be for the good of the nation. Anything, including your money in the bank.
But with infrastructure going down, and only the people at the top benefiting from their positions of power, the masses are losing faith. Every election has seen them get less and less. There is currently a huge rift in the party, and a lot of people are hoping they're going to split.
Also, we don't just have 2 parties here. It's closer to 30 or something stupid.