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June 2006 Since the end of apartheid, thousands of white South Africans have been forced into poverty. They blame the government's positive discrimination policies, which favour black employees. Twelve years ago, Afrikaners like Betsie Dreyer lived a privileged and cocooned life. Now, many are dependent on charity handouts. "We are fighting all the time to survive." The government is determined to see the workforce appropriately reflect the population. It gives black people priority in employment, sets 'black quotas' for businesses and favours companies owned by black people. But critics accuse the government of neglecting its responsibility to white citizens. As union rep Kallie Kriel states: "It's ironic that a government that fought racial laws is now doing exactly the same thing."

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 15:33
Rating: 4.36
Views: 223220

Tags: Africa  ANC  Apartheid  Government  Journeyman  Pictures  Poverty  Racism  South  Whites  

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prepschoolkid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Europe was pretty much the backwards shithole of the world until the rennaisance, and the "discovery" of the new world. European expansion was motivated by profit, rennaisance curiousity, and a desire to spread christianity.
prepschoolkid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and europe has obviously declined..where are your huge colonial empires?? Western dominance is slowly eroding as countries like china and india grow more powerful. Africa was just fine before you guys came, sure u built roads, and brought technology but that was for YOUR people's benefit not theirs. The europeans could have cared less about the native people
prepschoolkid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
All great civilizations rise and decline, the persia empire, the roman empire, egypt, are just a few examples. Where do you think all the gold used in europe came from AFRICA. There were great civilizations such as Axum, the swahili city states(the new york and honk kong's of their day), songhay, ghana, Cities such as timbuktu and gao were important learning centers where ppl from all over came to study. These civilizations were flourishing while Europe was in the dark ages.
0724942 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Uit ervaring weet ik dat niet alle geschiedenisboekjes een goed zijn ;). De cursus die ik heb is gemaakt en samengesteld door mijn docent, tevens dokter in de oudheidskunde. Ik vrees dat jij een commercieel, politiek correct geschiedenisboekje hebt :p.
SturmUndDrang13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah right. Er staat daar niets van in MIJN geschiedenisboeken.
SturmUndDrang13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What a pathetic excuse. We never declined. Besides, how come they never did anything on worldscale. Sure, they dominated the even more inferiour black nations like the Bushmen, but that's about it. All great nation, the Chinese, Japanese, European, Middle-Eastern, etc expanded and kicked ass.
prepschoolkid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Everybody knows that most of the blacks are in poverty, but now there are whites in poverty too. Most whites still do live pretty well though,
Isochest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Spot on: A lot of these whites pictured here fall into the vulnerable/disabled category which warrants support from the SA Government.
grandsmokio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It seems like the crackers want to bring Apartheid back so they can put the NATIVE SOUTH AFRICANS in the middle of the shit... Actually this vid is a lie, the vast majority of blacks in South Africa live in poverty, and Im sure the whites there live much better than the blacks
grandsmokio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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