The British did not build a thing in Botswana. They built their country grounds up. That’s why Botswana has been known as African’s success story.
British and Dutch colonialism in Southern Africa, while exploitative, was accompanied by significant infrastructure development. In South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana, they established roads, commercial farms, mining operations and functioning economies. Zimbabwe, for example, had a strong and productive economy prior to its collapse under Mugabe.
French colonialism in West Africa and Central Africa followed a markedly different pattern. In Mali, Congo,Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, there was minimal investment in sustainable infrastructure or local economic development. They just stole, left, and left chaos and no peace behind.
That is why French colonialism was the most destructive in Africa — it took everything and built nothing.
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DISCLAIMER: These are my personal views and do not represent the official position of ActionSA.
The narrative being pushed by the DA that ActionSA would be betraying its voters by engaging the ANC in coalition discussions is insane. Before we even go anywhere, the DA itself is in government with the ANC at national level. So why does it work for them, but suddenly becomes a betrayal when ActionSA does it?
🚨Why DA shouldn’t be an option!
My concern with the DA’s approach to coalition politics is the recurring difficulty of collective accountability. You cannot build a sustainable partnership with a party that expects to dictate the terms of engagement, struggles to accommodate differing views and treats every disagreement as grounds to threaten the relationship- this is what caused the DA/ActionSA coalition to collapse in joburg
The DA has consistently approached coalition politics with a big-brother mentality. There is an expectation that everyone must fall in line, that their position must take precedence and that other parties must simply accept their terms. That is not how coalition government works and this is what cause instability
What bullshit is this?🤷🏿♂️
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South African white people are so arrogant and entitled. Wanting everyone to bow down to the DA and take instructions like good old little black boys. Nxa.!!!
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We feel the same way @Our_DA voters felt after giving back ANC power to run this country 🤷♂️😭🤷♂️🤔we wanted to taste how it feels like to support ANC.🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Dear @Action4SA voters, how do you feel now that you know you voted for the ANC on 04th November?
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The DA and their supporters who spent the entire election campaign attacking, belittling and undermining ActionSA. Now, suddenly, they presume to know what is best for ActionSA voters?
The sheer audacity. The cognitive dissonance is staggering.
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President Khama says Zimbabwean illegals prefer South Africa over Botswana because Botswana police have no mercy. Then you will hear Batswana call us xenophobic for marching against this lawlessness.
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ActionSA president proposes that both he and Helen Zille step aside, with the DA retaining the mayoral chain in Joburg. ebx.sh/A4ysXm
