Does Reverse Apartheid Exist in South Africa?

In 1994, the South African president, F. W. deKlerk, in conjunction with revolutionary, Nelson Mandella, instituted reforms of the apartheid system that had been in place for over 50 years, for which they received the Nobel Peace prize, and began re-enfranchising the black majority in South Africa.  The end of apartheid is hailed as a very good thing but the fall out of this democratic movement has apparently swung quite the other way since that time.  

 

10 years after the end of apartheid, you read evidence in the existence of reverse apartheid.  Reverse apartheid is exactly what it sounds like, discrimination of the white population of black controlled South Africa and it's ANC controlling party.  If you are white, it no longer matters that you have a degree or experience, you are not allowed a job due to the rules of affirmative action which states that 80% of the jobs MUST be held by black South Africans.  Many white South Africans leave the country for good just so they can get a job and raise their families but this also causes a problem for the country in the form of a "brain drain".  

It may have been prudent for South Africa to phase in to the affirmative action.  What they have now is an uneducated majority attempting to run the country without the benefit of education and experience.  Reports from my friend's son who still lives in South Africa demonstrate increasing vocalization and urban violence by black citizens against white citizens.  I think South Africans should have learned more from Nelson Mandela.     

Various discriminatory allegations have arisen over the years and despite the new democratic government, corruption, crime and human rights violations still abound.  Crimes against white South Africans are at a frightful high but human rights violations are perpetrated against all colors of primarily women.  The rate of sexual violence in South Africa is unsurpassed on a global scale.   

Whites now live in shanty towns like the multiple gold winning, 15 year old runner, Irene van Niekerk, who you can watch in an interview here.  I suspect that all is not what it seems and maybe someone is trying to make some money on Irene's situation.

Since the end of apartheid, there have been increasingly violent attacks and murders on the predominantly white farmers of South Africa.  The government no longer keeps statistics on the crimes against the farmers but independent research groups say the number of murdered farmers in the last 23 years is nearly 3,000.  In 2011 the murder rate for South Africa was 31.9 per 100,000 people, 30 times that of the British murder rate.  In South Africa the murder rate for policemen is 51 per 100,000 but the statement that it is twice as dangerous to be a farmer as it is to be a policeman is accurate when you look at the farmer murder rate of 99 per 100,000 people.  Statements by victims say that the new government looks the other way  when killers "take out their hatred for all those past wrongs, and show who's in control now".

Looking at the overall violence in South Africa and it's causes, from Wikipedia we read:

In February 2007, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation was contracted by the South African government to carry out a study on the nature of crime in South Africa. The study concluded that the country is exposed to high levels of violence as a result of different factors, including:^[3]

• The normalisation of violence. Violence comes to be seen as a necessary and justified means of resolving conflict, and males believe that coercive sexual behaviour against women is legitimate.^[3]
• The reliance on a criminal justice system that is mired in many issues, including inefficiency and corruption.^[3]
• A subculture of violence and criminality, ranging from individual criminals who rape or rob to informal groups or more formalised gangs. Those involved in the subculture are engaged in criminal careers and commonly use firearms, with the exception of Cape Town where knife violence is more prevalent. Credibility within this subculture is related to the readiness to resort to extreme violence.^[3]
• The vulnerability of young people linked to inadequate child rearing and poor youth socialisation. As a result of poverty, unstable living arrangements and being brought up with inconsistent and uncaring parenting, some South African children are exposed to risk factors which enhance the chances that they will become involved in criminality and violence.^[3]
• The high levels of inequality, poverty, unemployment, social exclusion and marginalisation.^[3]

    One can extrapolate that the current violence has come about on the backs of the fight to end apartheid.  Hopefully South Africa can rid themselves of the corruption in the government and embrace a truly democratic state, free of racism and violence, for the good of their beautiful country.