Black Millionaires - South Africa

Dec 1996
As South Africa adopts affirmative action policies, we profile some of the blacks who have overcome racial inequality. Half of South Africa's 30 million blacks live below the poverty line. Despite this depressing statistic, a few break the trend. Black millionaires! Having acquired his wealth during apartheid, businessman Richard Maponya is the richest black in the country. Emerging from his opulent villa he reflects on the turbulent times and his success in gatecrashing the horse racing set. Sam Tsima, winner of a 1988 study scholarship, is now the manager of the biggest bank in South Africa. Fighting for black rights, he teaches German twice a week to youngsters from Soweto. Many feel betrayed when rich blacks enjoy the spoils and move to wealthy suburbs. Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, singer and businesswoman, justifies her extravagant lifestyle as the result of dedication and hard work. Clapping and swaying to the music at a dinner-dance, she serenades the most successful of all black South Africans - Nelson Mandela.

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[ureallysuckglobes]

@happyness01 Who originally brought the Africans to America and Europe? Who went to Africa and fucked shit up? Sit your ass down.

[jkyl100000]

@Stone8age

lmao. are you really that dumb or was this post a joke? i think you need to be reading a book. have you ever done any studies on north africa?

[imRyRy]

@lakeside321How so? Less than 10% of black Americans have slave ancestors. Prove me wrong.

[lakeside321]

@imRyRy You are so wrong.

[imRyRy]

@DivinelyMochaDipped I just re-checked. Less than 10% of African-Americans have slave ancestors.

I'll leave now, since you're obviously a very angry and racist person.

[DivinelyMochaDipped]

@imRyRy

i'm not looking shit up bc ive been black for 22 yrs and know my history well enough 2 counter ur ignorance. u RE-look it up bc the data prob said that less than 10% of the AfAm r immigrants. (Meaning less than 10% of black Americans are recent immigrants bc african immigrants are classified w/ us as well) Htf is 12% of the pop black if so few of us are slave descendants? Those many blacks would not have migrated to this country anytime b4 1980 as sick and vile as white Americans were.

[imRyRy]

@DivinelyMochaDipped Less than 10% of African-Americans have slave ancestors. Look it up.

[DivinelyMochaDipped]

@imRyRy

u're stupid as hell. the overwhelming majority of us are here because our ancestors were brought here on slave-ships, stupid. how the hell did we get here? our ancestors didn't voluntarily come over here? (hell why would they) African slave owners SOLD their slaves into slavery and some whites stole Africans as well, but the majority of us are descendants of slaves. ur another one of those dumb caucasians who twist history out of ur own guilt. stfu, idiot

[imRyRy]

@ureallysuckglobes Less than 10% of African-Americans have slave ancestors. Most slaves were bought by OTHER AFRICANS.

[ureallysuckglobes]

@Jimmyretired lol the irony of this comment.

[Jimmyretired]

@ureallysuckglobes we civilised you babbon man