Quote Originally Posted by Blurock View Post
Japan was almost wiped off the face of the earth following the American bombing raids and the nuclear bombing of Hirohima and Nagasaki. In less than 20 years the country was rebuilt and became the leading economy in the world.

In March 2011 Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake which triggered a massive tsunami and the meltdown of some of its nuclear reactors. The whole country worked together to overcome that disaster and manufacturing and trade is back on track in what was described by some as a miracle.

The state of Israel was founded amid attacks from its neighbours and several terrorist groups and became a thriving economy in far less than 20 years.

Germany was rebuilt after the 2nd world war. Their industry in the Ruhr valley and elsewhere was totally decimated, yet in far less than 20 years they became the leading economy in Europe and one of the strongest in the world.

The ANC came to power in South Africa in 1994. They were handed a country which had the strongest economy in Africa. It had the best education, military, transport system and infrastructure in general. Where is it all today? Why have they destroyed everything that worked and replaced it with the chaos we have in government today?
You have a point -- but believe me that, apart from a bigger economy, SA could not compare with Zimbabwe on the other fundamentals such as education, health ...etc... -- and look what happened there!
Bad leadership is a killer!!!!