Gieni out of the bottle
In South Africa, scenes of black South Africans chasing after black Africans legal or illegal in the country have gone viral on Social Media for weeks.
In 2016, xenophobia in SA with destroyed shops of Africans from Ghana, Kenia, Mozambique, Nigeria and other African countries led to the repatriation by the state of Nigeria of Nigerians while Ghanaians had to pay for their own tickets to fly home by themselves. In 2020 the scenes were repeated and now in 2026 another wave of violence against African nationals of black colour is ongoing. Black South Africans claim other Africans take away their jobs.
Africa is praised and praises itself as a rich mineral resources continent. When you exploit and use the minerals oil and gas disappear in the hemisphere. Other products produced from these rare minerals only come back in a recycled form in the industry.
Credible facts based on prediction when the minerals of Africa will finally be fully exploited no Scientist can predict today. Possibly in 50 or 80 years Africa will be emptied of any useful minerals. As democratically elected African leaders have not and seemingly transformed their societies and economies to satisfy the rapidly growing population of African states it will end in scenes we see today in South Africa already. The exodus of African economic and political migrants to Europe will increase. The dream of the African Union and African Unity will be a dream kept in the hearts of Africans yet not reflected in real life.
The white man will feel the heat of history not able to do much about it. Unless any political bloc changes its current approach to dealing with Africa. Wise political affiliates will anticipate the wisdom of no political ideas that exist today, bringing about a workable forward-thinking approach. What shocks Europeans scenes of black Africans drowning in the Mediterranean Sea or knowing even more get killed on route to Libya will know more grusam scenes are ahead of us; the current crisis is only the beginning.
PD Dipl.-Pol. Karl-Heinz Heerde (Political Scientist and Historian, Hamburg University 1980-1985), married to Alberta Heerde born Mensah, Ashanti from Kumasi with Ewe roots from Volta Region, Ghana, Entrepreneur and Author of several novels, the new constitution draft for Ghana and various Articles.
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