Life as a young South African
LIFE AS A YOUNG SOUTH AFRICAN
As a young South African today, I live a very fortunate life. Although in my lifetime I didn’t experience the effects of apartheid, life for my generation is becoming increasingly difficult.
This picture shows the democracy we are lucky enough to live in and is a symbol of how ‘colourblind’ we are in that we do not discriminate against people because of the colour of their skin.
As a young South African, although I am a person of colour, I do not suffer the effects of apartheid as much as many South Africans do because of the hard work and sacrifices made by my parents and so I am fortunate enough to receive a good education and live a comfortable life.
Throughout our lives we have been educated on apartheid, but it is difficult to understand the struggle because we didn’t experience it ourselves, and so I take for granted sometimes that we no longer live in that time period. Therefore I shall strive to make the most out of the opportunities I am presented with so as to lead the life my forefathers could not, due to the stunting circumstances of apartheid.
South Africa has come a long way since 1994 but certainly has quite a distance to travel. In terms of the results of The Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, the government has succeeded in improving the lives of certain individuals who were previously disadvantaged during the era of apartheid but these people are now, even though they have gotten back onto their feet, still benefitting from this system while the rest of the previously disadvantaged people remain disadvantaged and are not given the opportunity to benefit from the system. As shown in the image above, this means that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Although certain boundaries have been removed along with apartheid, there are still many issues South Africa faces today:
To begin with, our government is entirely corrupt. The majority of
As a young South African today, I live a very fortunate life. Although in my lifetime I didn’t experience the effects of apartheid, life for my generation is becoming increasingly difficult.
This picture shows the democracy we are lucky enough to live in and is a symbol of how ‘colourblind’ we are in that we do not discriminate against people because of the colour of their skin.
As a young South African, although I am a person of colour, I do not suffer the effects of apartheid as much as many South Africans do because of the hard work and sacrifices made by my parents and so I am fortunate enough to receive a good education and live a comfortable life.
Throughout our lives we have been educated on apartheid, but it is difficult to understand the struggle because we didn’t experience it ourselves, and so I take for granted sometimes that we no longer live in that time period. Therefore I shall strive to make the most out of the opportunities I am presented with so as to lead the life my forefathers could not, due to the stunting circumstances of apartheid.
South Africa has come a long way since 1994 but certainly has quite a distance to travel. In terms of the results of The Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, the government has succeeded in improving the lives of certain individuals who were previously disadvantaged during the era of apartheid but these people are now, even though they have gotten back onto their feet, still benefitting from this system while the rest of the previously disadvantaged people remain disadvantaged and are not given the opportunity to benefit from the system. As shown in the image above, this means that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Although certain boundaries have been removed along with apartheid, there are still many issues South Africa faces today:
To begin with, our government is entirely corrupt. The majority of