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I was born, raised and educated in South Africa. I was registered at birth as an American citizen since my father was an American. I moved permanently to the United States in 1962. I have never returned to South Africa. I do not want to destroy the fond memories of that beautiful country and its friendly people. The country has been on a steady downward trajectory since 1994 when the communist/socialist African National Congress (ANC) took power. The harsh truth is that South Africa is doomed to continue its downward cycle and struggle economically, socially and politically because of widespread political corruption. South Africa was once the Southern Hemisphere's "America." It had a burgeoning industrial and manufacturing base supplied with abundant, reliable electrical energy. Today it suffers from "load-shedding" and blackouts. Mismanagement and corruption have crippled the nation's regional power grid, once the envy of the world. Crime is rampant. Unemployment is near 33 percent. Urban centers, like Johannesburg, the nation’s largest city, wreak of decay with abandoned buildings, its streets littered with trash and vendor stalls, some selling your neighbor’s stolen property. Today’s South Africans are the victims of a government that’s more interested in its own welfare than that of the people it claims to represent.

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