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Noch einen artikel zum thema...

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Brilliant article-
Tell it as it is by Prince Mashela from the Sowetan Times ..

In the midst of the political confusion that has gripped our country many people are wondering if we have come to the end of South Africa.

The answer is simple: the thing called an "end" does not exist, not in relation to a country. SA will be there long after Jacob Zuma is gone.

What Zuma has done is to make us come to the realisation that ours is just another African country, not some exceptional country on the
southern tip of the African continent.

During the presidency of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, some among us used to believe that the black people of SA are better than those of
other African countries.

We must all thank Zuma for revealing our true African character; that the idea of rule of law is not part of who we are, and that
constitutionalism is a concept far ahead of us as a people.

How else are we to explain the thousands of people who flock to stadiums to clap hands for a president who has violated their
country's constitution? Such people have no idea of constitutionalism.

Now that we have reclaimed our place as another African country, we must reflect on and come to terms with our real character, and imagine
what our future portends.

In a typical African country, ordinary people don't expect much of politicians, because people get tired of repeated empty promises.

In a typical African country, people have no illusions about the unity of morality and governance. People know that those who have power have
it for themselves and their friends and families.

The idea that the state is an instrument for people's development is a Western concept, and has been copied by pockets of Asian countries.

Africans and their leaders don't like to copy from the West. They are happy to remain African, and do things "the African way".

The African way is rule by kings, chiefs and indunas in a setting of unwritten rules. Is there anyone who has seen a book of African
customary laws?

The idea that a commoner can raise questions about public money spent on the residence of a king is not African. The ANC MPs who have been
defending Zuma are true Africans.

Asking a ruler to be accountable is a foreign - Western - idea. In a situation where there is conflict between a ruler and laws, Africans
simply change the laws to protect the ruler. This is why no single white person has called for King Dalindyebo to be released from jail.

The problem with clever blacks is that they think they live in Europe,where ideas of democracy have been refined over centuries.

What we need to do is to come back to reality, and accept that ours is a typical African country. Such a return to reality will give us a
fairly good idea of what SA's future might look like.....

This country will not look like Denmark. It might look like Nigeria, where anti-corruption crusaders are an oddity.
Being an African country, ours will not look like Germany. SA might look like Kenya, where tribalism drives politics.

People must not entertain the illusion that a day is coming when SA will look like the US. Our future is more on the side of Zimbabwe,
where one ruler is more powerful than the rest of the population. Even if Julius Malema were to become president, it would still be the same.

African leaders don't like the idea of an educated populace, for clever people are difficult to govern. Mandela and Mbeki were
themselves corrupted by Western education. (Admission: this columnist is also corrupted by such education.)

Zuma remains African. His mentality is in line with Boko Haram. He is suspicious of educated people; what he calls "clever blacks". Remember
that Boko Haram means "Against Western Education".

The people who think we have come to the end of SA don't realise that we have actually come to the beginning of a real African country, away
from the Western illusions of exceptionalism. Those who are unsettled by this true African character need help. The best we can do for them
is to ask them to look north of the Limpopo River, to learn more about governance in Africa.

What makes most people restless about the future of SA is that they have Western models in mind, forgetting that ours is an African
country.

The idea that a president can resign simply because a court of law has delivered an adverse judgment is Western. Only the Prime Minister of
Iceland does that; African rulers will never do that.

Analysed carefully, the notion of SA coming to an "end" is an expression of a Western value system - of accountability, political morality, reason, and so on.

All these are lofty ideas of Socrates,Kant, Hegel, and so on. They are not African.

All of us must thank Jacob Zuma for introducing us to the real African Republic of South Africa, not some outpost of European values.

Es wird ungemütlich für Zuma

Tausende fordern heute in vielen Städten Südafrikas den Rücktritt von Jacob Zuma. Erstmals wird der Präsident auch in den eigenen Reihen offen kritisiert. Am 18. April kommt es im Parlament zum Misstrauensvotum.

www.nzz.ch/internati...a-nimmt-zu-ld.604781

Es bleibt zu hoffen dass es ihn aus den Sattel lupft und er hoffentlich irgendwann im Gefängnis landet...

lg A

Moin zusammen,

entgegen der meisten Expertenmeinungen, die aufgrund der Währungskopplung Namibias mit Südafrikas und der "Abhängigkeit" Namibias von Südafrika eine Abwertung der Kreditwürdigkeit Namibias, nachdem Südafrika "Junk" ist, erwartet haben, wurde Namibia heraufgestuft. Fitch sieht Namibia nun AAA- mit positivem negativem Trend. Man hat die sehr positiv angelaufene Konsolidierung des Staatshaushaltes hervorgehoben und klar gezeigt, dass Namibia trotz der genannten Abhängigkeit von Südafrika ein unabhängiges Land ist.

Viele Grüße
Christian

Hallo,

travelNAMIBIA schrieb:
Das ist - mal wieder - komplett falsch, weil Äpfel und Birnen. Ich weiß: Du magst solche Einleitungen

Wenn Namibia ein AAA-Kreditrating hätte, dann hätte Namibia ein besseres Rating als Österreich, Finnland, China, Frankreich usw. Wir haben sehr gelacht. An der Kreditwürdigkeit Namibias hat sich rein gar nichts geändert. Die bewertet Fitch ausdrücklich unverändert für Kredite in Eigen- und Fremdwährung mit BBB- (bei negativem Ausblick für beides). Das ist nach wie vor genau eine Stufe vor Junk. Es gab da keine Aufwertung und schon gar nicht hat Namibia ein AAA- bei der Kreditwürdigkeit.
www.fitchratings.com/site/pr/1022527

Das heutige "Upgrade" bezieht sich auf die "South African Scale". Das ist eine regionale Skala, die Namibia primär in Relation zu Südafrikas Kreditwürdigkeit beurteilt. Wenn Namibia sich zuletzt nicht im gleichen Maße wie Südafrika verschlechtert hat, dann musste es als technische Reaktion auf das Downgrade Südafrikas zwangsläufig ein Upgrade geben. das Downgrade Südafrikas hat quasi die Skala verändert. Zitat Fitch: «The upgrade follows the downgrade of South Africa's Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to 'BB+' from 'BBB-' [...] A change in Fitch's assessment of either Namibia or South Africa's credit quality would result in a change in Namibia's National Rating.».
travelNAMIBIA schrieb: Das ist wahrscheinlich vom namibischen Finanzminister oder Nampa frei erfunden? Fitch hat die Kreditwürdigkeit Namibias nicht neu beurteilt und entsprechend die angebliche Konsolidierung des Staatshaushaltes auch nicht erwähnt. Es wäre im Übrigen durchaus spannend wo diese Aussage herkommt. Zu den Optionen gehört u.a., dass der Finanzminister Namibias die Ratings selbst nicht versteht oder das er bewusst mit Falschmeldungen Propaganda betreibt. Es gibt nicht den geringsten Grund zu jubeln.

Beste Grüße

Guido

Hi Guido,

das einzig wirklich falsche in meinem Beitrag war der "positive" Trend. Dieser ist weiter auf "negativ". Sorry dafür.
Einzelheiten kannst Du in der Tagespresse lesen (z.B. www.namibian.com.na/...tch-upgrades-Namibia oder www.az.com.na/nachri...s-signal-fr-namibia/ oder www.newera.com.na/20...nfidence-in-namibia/ "The international credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, has upgraded Namibia’s national rating to the AAA grade – a prime grade it allocates to countries whose economy and fiscal standing are most reliable and stable.") oder z.B. dem Finanzminister auf Twitter folgen, u.a.
"Fitch upgrades Namibia, in respect of South Africa, to AAA-. That is an indication that our fiscal stance and consolidation is paying off."

Viele Grüße
Christian

P.S. Soweit ich es sehen kann hat NAMPA noch keine MEldung dazu. Vielleicht morgen