Proudly South African ?

I am getting to a point now, where I have had just about enough of these so called “We are proudly South Africans” (PSA’s) individuals in the UK (for that matter all over the world)

They scream and shout about being proud to be South African, how much they miss the country, how South Africa is the best country in the world, and how much they would like to go back one day / at some stage to “their country” …….

Then in the same breath they slag South African off, from crime to corruption (and everything in between), to SA (maybe?) opening their borders for the Zims to come in without Visa’s. How they miss the “ousie”, “meid”, “maid”, “garden boy”, “gardener” or any other form of cheap labour that they might have had when they stayed in South Africa. Paid them peanuts, for long hours slaving away doing the house work, washing and ironing the cloths, cleaning the house, making the beds, cleaning up after them  …. and I can go on.  

But before I move to far away form my point here, these so called PSA’s are quick to open their mouths, and shout at the top of their voices “We told you so, you voted for the blacks / ANC, now they are fucking up the country”. “Zuma is a crook, he is going to take the country down” , or  ”Xenophobia – now they are going to kill each other again”, and then I saw “SA jobs for SA People” , “We moved because of the crime, and there is no work for us” 

Make no mistake, I am not for the ANC, or will ever vote for them, but the attitude of (some of) the ex-pats sometimes really just makes me shake my head in disbelief. If you want to moan and grown about “things back home”, the I hope you voted in the election last month, if not, then shut your mouth. If you want to make a difference,  pack your bags, give up your (foreign) passport and move back. Go and make a difference in SA, put your money where your mouth is.

Stop shouting shit from the sidelines (in the UK), stand up and be counted, move back, and go and make a difference !