I read the news today, oh boy!

[Jerome]

And on another hysterical, gender-neutral, politically correct point - the makers of Barbie dolls have now made a gender-neutral doll. This planet is well and truly screwed. Hey wait, maybe that's the solution to overpopulation. Humankind will stop procreating because they won't know what to do with their fiddly bits. I can forsee a future where you will one day order your child like a take-out meal. Come to think of it you already can. You can look at a menu in a fertility clinic and pick out your future son or daughter based on the father/mother's appearance. Mad stuff.

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theres been an exodus of qualified professionals from SA to Australia, and Perth in particular, over the last 20 or so years, many of those I have spoken to vow to never set foot in their homeland again no matter what life throws their way abroad, so yeah, I totally hear what you guys are saying as ive heard it a lot.

Not sure if the figures are accurate or not CH but I saw an article some time ago saying that 3 million have left SA in the last 7 years. And on another point - sounds a bit far-fetched to me but who knows - an article stating that 11 million have arrived in SA from other African states since the government changed hands. 

I have been back to SA about 7 or 8 times since I left to see family etc. If it wasn't for them not too sure I would go back at all. Some places I miss for sure but the country is rapidly falling apart. Such a bloody shame. It was a fantastic place to grow up in but you would not dare raise a child in that society now.