So what do people who are from South Africa think? What do they think about the current challenges the country is facing? And what do they think about the past? The answer is (of course) that there are as many opinions, thoughts and viewpoints as there are people. As Facebook taught us, sometimes it's best to use the phrase it's complicated.
I recently read two articles written by a South African man named Trevor Kleinhans. Trevor is an author and a professional speaker. He has lived a fascinating life and because of his personal history, Trevor believes in being very, very honest. I encourage you to check out his website so you can learn more about Trevor and view his videos. You can order his book on Amazon as well. I look forward to reading it in the near future. Trevor's website is secretsmakeyousick.com and you can follow him on twitter @secretsmakeusic
We can never know what all South Africans think, but we can know what Trevor thinks and I am sure you will agree what he thinks is quite interesting as are the reader comments that follow both articles.
I learned a great deal from reading Trevor's thoughts and I appreciate his candid opinions about the state of affairs in South Africa. In the first article, he writes about many of the issues that are currently of concern to people here. In the second, he gives some background about his personal history and how he came to form his opinions.
In the U.S. many people have strong beliefs about what path the country should take, or who is responsible for our troubles. Mix these thoughts with passion and love for the country and it can get very heated. It's no different here.
I look forward to sharing the thoughts of various South African citizens with you over the course of this blog. Here are the links to Trevor's articles:
I learned a great deal from reading Trevor's thoughts and I appreciate his candid opinions about the state of affairs in South Africa. In the first article, he writes about many of the issues that are currently of concern to people here. In the second, he gives some background about his personal history and how he came to form his opinions.
In the U.S. many people have strong beliefs about what path the country should take, or who is responsible for our troubles. Mix these thoughts with passion and love for the country and it can get very heated. It's no different here.
I look forward to sharing the thoughts of various South African citizens with you over the course of this blog. Here are the links to Trevor's articles:
http://voices.news24.com/trevor-kleinhans/2015/06/the-south-africa-that-i-feared-when-i-voted-in-1994/
http://voices.news24.com/trevor-kleinhans/2015/07/i-am-white-and-i-want-to-stay-but/
