How South Africa is Drifting Towards Communism
A warning from South Africa: how state collapse, racial scapegoating, and failed “restorative justice” are fueling division and resentment while the West follows the same path. Just one generation behind.
Our ruling elite speaks openly about accelerated land redistribution, not as a threat but as an “opportunity.” The rhetoric is not about coexistence but about ownership, race, and entitlement. The messaging from politicians is designed to stir envy and to pit poor against rich, black against white in exchange for votes. It’s not about building a nation; it’s about fracturing one.
White Cross Monument - Farm Murder Victims
These struggle-song slogans go unpunished, reflecting a more profound, dangerous shift, not only in rhetoric but in the fabric of society itself. As trust in public institutions erodes and violence becomes normalized, those who can afford it turn to private solutions such as gated communities, armed response, and private medical care, effectively insulating themselves from a collapsing public system.
But this survival instinct breeds deep resentment. For millions who are trapped in poverty, abandoned by the state, and unable to access even essential services, the sight of private wealth feels like a daily insult. “Under those conditions,” says Petzer, “I would also be envious and angry.” But the anger isn’t directed at the corrupt elite or the dysfunctional government. Instead, it’s channeled by politicians and media toward white people, who are framed as the eternal scapegoats. “Because the ones truly responsible,” he continues, “keep repeating that it’s the white man’s fault.”
Poverty doesn’t just create hunger; it creates hatred. When people live without hope, with no path to dignity or upward mobility, they become vulnerable to ideologies that offer a target for their pain and suffering. That’s why crime in South Africa so often carries the tone of rage. It’s not just theft, it’s vengeance. It's not just murder, it’s a message. That message doesn’t stop at South Africa’s borders. The same forces: grievance politics, identity resentment, and institutional decay are beginning to surface elsewhere.
Restorative Justice Gone Too Far
When Ineptitude Becomes a Shield
South Africans, in a darkly humorous way, might even count that as a blessing. It’s better to be misgoverned by Cyril Ramaphosa than terrorized by Joseph Stalin. Our communists are too incompetent to implement communism. Their ideology may be textbook Marxist, but South Africa is not a communist country , not because they lack the will, but because they lack the capacity to pull it off.
This ideological failure has produced something uniquely South African, a government powerful enough to control but too dysfunctional to serve.
South Africans live in a parallel state. In theory, they have free healthcare. In practice, it’s unusable. Billions are poured into it, but nothing improves. The money is mismanaged, and the system is broken. Private citizens and companies have quietly taken over key state functions, maintaining roads, providing security, even running utilities.
Hemel en Aarde Pass
You can see it everywhere. Drive out to the farms, and you’ll find pristine roads not because the government fixed them, but because farmers paid out of pocket to do so. Those who can afford it live in a first-world oasis; those who can’t are left behind in a collapsing third-world system.
We now have two South Africans living side by side, one built by private citizens, the other falling apart under state control. It is the natural outcome of ideology meeting incompetence. As South Africa moves deeper into it, the West should pay attention - not with pity, but with urgency. Learn from us before it’s too late.
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