The Continent of Me First

"Clearly the masses of our people are convinced that our country has entered into its Age of Hope. They believe that the country they love, their only homeland, will not disappoint their expectation of an accelerated advance towards the day when they will be liberated from the suffocating tentacles of the legacy of colonialism and apartheid." That's from the ANC website today (www.anc.org.za, 9 Jan 2006). I think this sums up Africa nicely; a continuous struggle against oppressors. Up to 1994 we had apartheid, now we have "tentacles". And this is one we never have to vanquish, we can blame our problems forever on it. Wonderful. On TV our Bafana soccer captain said that they lost all their games at the African Cup of Nations because of Safa, the SA football association. What does it say about people when everything gone wrong is someone else'e fault, nothing is even partly theirs? Its called being an individualist. Look after yourself completely whatever the situation. Do ANYTHING to ensure nothing is your fault, you get more than everyone else, and you're 1st in line. As I said, we Africans are definitely made to be the best, purest capitalists.