Africa is a basket case. Many moons ago I drove to Hogsback from Cape Town. The quickest way there is to cut through an independent homeland called the Ciskei which is surrounded by South Africa. The minute you leave SA and cross the border the road deteriorates. But the most shocking thing is that for 80 kilometers, on both the right and left hand side of the road as far as you can see there is nothing but tree stumps. ALL the trees have been cut down to use or sell as firewood. There is nothing left except a barren landscape. That sums up Africa for you. Use up everything you can and never plant anything or take care of anything. A few years ago I drove my Mom to the Cedarberg Mountains, once a beautiful valley with an amazing forest. The forest is no more. Some local politician decided that the trees were not native to South Africa and so had to be cut down. Of course he sold all the wood and pocketed the proceeds. No surprise there. Farms that have been taken over from white farmers have been completely destroyed because of lack of crop rotation. So the soil is now totally infertile and they cannot grow anything anymore. Another brilliant move! And that is how the whole continent operates. Take everything - create nothing. And then when there is nothing left and everyone is starving blame it all on the white man. Same old story no matter what African country you go to.
And of course there is never any money for food but always money for arms and ammunition.
And of course there is never any money for food but always money for arms and ammunition.
Somewhere between right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there - Rumi