WHO ARE WE?

We (Brian & Beverley Deller) left South Africa in 1999 after living there for 25 years (we even took out citizenship, full of optimism just before the new South Africa became a reality).  After five years of living in fear for our lives and property from when the new government came to power, and witnessing laws being passed and actions taken by the new people in power that were as racialistic as the former White government's (but at least they were honest about it), we left and have now settled in Spain.

We have escaped especially the serious and very violent crime and corruption at all levels of society and government.   Putting it frankly, we were tired of hearing many people of all colours and cultures being murdered, raped or robbed, some of whom we personally knew, and decided that it was only a matter of time that we, despite our legally carrying guns everywhere and practising at the range regularly, could easily become victims, or being forced to kill someone who was attacking us.  We have read that there has been more Black people murdered since the ANC came to power than in all the years of Apartheid.  But does this include the many that were murdered (necklacing at public meetings to scare the blacks into obeying their wishes and also in their terror camps, etc.) by the ANC to ensure that they were the ones to win power?  There were also other just as savage terror organisations such as tte Pan African Congress who were as bad.

Since 1999, nothing much has improved, most crime is worse according to official and United Nations figures issued, some by the Democratic Alliance Party, the official opposition, who have disproved the government's official figures as being "fudged" *.  However, it is now obvious that South Africa has to tread the same path that States to the North have trod for up to 60 years.  Officially, South Africa is the second worst country in the world for bring murdered, especially with a gun. 

And currently it is getting worse.

Latest Official Crime Statistics for 2007

The Laws there can now be deemed as racial and iniquitous as in the days of Apartheid, with the difference that many more do not have work (unofficial unemployment rate is 40% +, official is 26%) or any semblance of a good life except for the new political elite and those who have been awarded high position in industry because of the new laws.  Only the rich (many of the ANC leaders became millionaires almost overnight), and the gap between the rich and the poor is ever-widening.  President Mbeki has even "wasted" a reported US$ 43-million (plus high running costs) of tax-payer's money on his personal luxury Boeing jet. Politicians have been censured for using tax-payer's cash by using government facilities for holidays, etc. We could go on, but history, in our opinion, is sadly going to repeat itself in South Africa. 

Billins has been spent on unecessary weapons when the cash was need for housing and other social needs.  So much for the ANC's promises,  "Vote for us and we will give you the moon."  Par for the course though!

Because of these Laws, many of the young White South African intellectuals especially those just graduating from university, who would greatly add value to the future of South Africa, are being forced to find work elsewhere in the world due to racially biased laws. 

"Yes, we are desperate for staff of your calibre, but cannot employ you as you are white" 

In fact, I am of the opinion that the ANC's greater percentage of the vote in the last election was because many of those who could and who would have voted for the DA the primary opposition party, have "unofficially" left SA and, unlike similar times in other countries, were forbidden to vote unless they were actually in South Africa.  

But wait, there is now a concerted effort, a campaign which is failing (naturally because of the failing and dangerous SA), to get those who have left and are much needed to return, but no overturning of the racial laws that forced them to leave in the first place is planned.   We know of two people who went back spending their life savings to do so, were bitterly disappointed and now cannot afford to leave again.

We decided on Spain for the same reason why many of the British holiday here and eventually settle in Spain - the climate and it is (was) relatively cheap to move to: it is in the EU and the Spanish people generally are very nice.  Many others are settling here for the same reasons.

Readers must not think that we are racialists, the common accusation for anyone who criticises anybody who does not praise non-whites, with all sorts of excuses for their proven faults, and criticise Whites as being evil and responsible for the African black's situation, even 50 years after they have their "freedom" in many cases.   Problems can only be solved by recognising the causes. There are many South Africans of all colours and cultures who are good people who just want a good and happy life but are denied it by the many new greedy, incompetent, and some who are downright evil leaders.  For example, did President Mbeki really need that luxury personal US$43 plus Boeing jet?  There are plenty of aircraft to use in the national airline South African Airlines (SAA), and even the prime minister of the UK  uses mainly commercial aircraft to move around, even though the country can easily afford a luxury jet aircraft for its P.M.   I think not when the cash could have been used for the HIV/AIDs programme, or any other cause to improve the lot of the suffering by the poor in South Africa.   But  as the SA Minister of Health has publicly announced, "Beetroot and garlic will cure AIDS".    Just as the witchdoctors (sangomas) have told HIV suffers that "making love to a virgin" will get rid of your AIDS.  So children even as young as three months have been raped, after all, they must be virgins.. 

And what about Zimbabwe? How can a so-called leader that Mbeki is supposed to be, turn his back on many millions of suffering citizens there whose only apparent crime is they want democracy and a genuine chance to get rid of the evil despot that Mugabe has become. And to eat, not starve to death.  But Mbeki will not help.  Why, because in my opinion, he has the same plans for South Africa and wants a precedent set first where the World will not interfere!  Already the farmers are being systematically murdered, two thousand since the ANC came to power, and some farms sold to Black organisations (because they are Black) are now non-producing and finished.  The Zebedelia farm, that produced 15.000 cases of Citrus fruit a day in season. is a prime example where it was forcibly sold to locals who mis-managed it so within 18 months it was derelict.  The Banks would not even pay out pensions to those who had worked there for many years before.  It had existed for 80 years, reported to have been started and owned by one family.  It is now reported to being managed (2006) by a new white manager (ex-Zimbabwean) to get it back to full production.  

* The South African Advertising Research Foundation has reported, through polling 24 489 people about their experiences of crime in the last year ending in 2004, and the survey shows that violent crime directly affected 2,4 million people in 2004, some 300.000 more than in the same period ending in 2003.   This means that possibly, 80 in every 1 000 people were the victims of violent crime.  Rape, with the high incidence of HIV/AIDS in SA, can be an effective death sentence especially for the babies.  Many women and young men do not even bother to report being raped now for there is no point. The official reports (statistics), which have in the past been delayed by the government sources by up to a year, advised that violent crime had fallen.   But this has been disproved overall for 2007.

Now recently in July 2006, Norwich Union, one of the UK's largest insurance companies, has analysed its claims for travel insurance and found that South Africa is the world's worst country to visit for all types of crime, based on claims by their clients.  The South African government claims that crime is getting better are all unjustified, even by African standards.

Of course, Apartheid will be blamed for centuries to come because the ANC are now re-writing the history books there, but the intellectuals know that this is not true by looking at the rest of Africa after "freedom day", many still holding out the "begging-cups" after up to 50 - 60 years of freedom.  

As the widow of Alan Paton, the author of Cry the Beloved Country, now says the same but for a different reason to her author husband.  She has left South Africa as it is far too dangerous.

Regards,

Brian & Beverley Deller