Just thought since I am South African Id post a bit of a err Long - Short history of South Africa... Enjoy!
A short history of South Africa If the history of South Africa is in large part one of increasing racial divisiveness, today it can also be seen as the story of - eventually - a journey through massive obstacles towards the creation, from tremendous diversity, of a single nation whose dream of unity and common purpose is now capable of realisation. The earliest representatives of that diversity - at least the earliest we can name - were the San and Khoekhoe peoples (otherwise known individually as the Bushmen and Hottentots or Khoikhoi; collectively called the Khoisan). Both were resident in the southern tip of the continent for thousands of years before its written history began with the arrival of European seafarers. And before that, modern human beings had lived here for more than 100 000 years - indeed, the country is an archaeological treasure chest. The hunter-gatherer San ranged widely over the area; the pastoral Khoekhoe lived in those comparatively well-watered areas, chiefly along the southern and western coastal strips, where adequate grazing was to be found. So...
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(For those who are not familiar with the term in South Africa we call Gasoline -Petrol) We are currently going through a petrol strike, where it is like mission impossible to find petrol anywhere. This is due to the fact that the workers who supply and transport petrol have decided to strike until they get a 9% salary increase. Well because of their suffering the entire country is suffering.
I dont even know how many days are left before I run out of petrol and will not be able to make it to work. I cant concieve where these people get the guts to do this as there is such a job shortage that all these workers can be replaced in a matter of hours. I personally wouldnt. But this situation makes us all fearfull in that if we cannot make it to work due to the strike and petrol shortage - where is our job security?
Regardless if you the only one qualified to do the job, without a doubt there is someone sitting at home somewhere with the same qualifications as you who has not been as successful in finding a job. So for now South Africans are living with a lump in...
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