It is a cry for help from a failed experiment that is 'a patchwork nation' (as opposed to the rainbow one we keep getting forced down our throats). Cape Town WAS a thriving province, but everyone moved there and now there are massive shanty-towns. The population ballooned while engineers were culled from the council, leaving a knowledge vacuum. Because budget. In 2003 Cape Town imported a very important World Bank Advisor:
Reforms landed hard, moved fast, and left deeper cracks than progress.
When she departed, the scaffolding fell away, and the city saw what had been built on sand. I would say start there, and map the struggle thereafter.
Regarding the reformation of homelands: There ae 12 offiical languages spoken. But even language does not define a nation - So Canada has two. In New Zealand, there is a Bill in Parliament to make English an official language. That's right, all the laws are written in English, but the language was never recognized. Apparently.
Point is: There is a dynamic to either build nations from tiny enclaves of separate people, or devolve towards such. The argument is between centralization and decentralization.
Self determination movement.
It is a cry for help from a failed experiment that is 'a patchwork nation' (as opposed to the rainbow one we keep getting forced down our throats). Cape Town WAS a thriving province, but everyone moved there and now there are massive shanty-towns. The population ballooned while engineers were culled from the council, leaving a knowledge vacuum. Because budget. In 2003 Cape Town imported a very important World Bank Advisor: Reforms landed hard, moved fast, and left deeper cracks than progress. When she departed, the scaffolding fell away, and the city saw what had been built on sand. I would say start there, and map the struggle thereafter.
Regarding the reformation of homelands: There ae 12 offiical languages spoken. But even language does not define a nation - So Canada has two. In New Zealand, there is a Bill in Parliament to make English an official language. That's right, all the laws are written in English, but the language was never recognized. Apparently.
Point is: There is a dynamic to either build nations from tiny enclaves of separate people, or devolve towards such. The argument is between centralization and decentralization.