A Different Kind of Apartheid: Why South Africa Needs to Wake Up

A Different Kind of Apartheid: Why South Africa Needs to Wake Up 

By: Anything and Everything Blog

Once upon a time, in our very own country, there was a system called apartheid. It was cruel. It separated people by skin color. Black South Africans couldn’t go to the same schools, ride the same buses, or even live in the same neighborhoods as white people. They had to carry special ID books, and if they didn’t — they were arrested. They were treated unfairly, even though this was their land too.

Yes, apartheid was ugly. It hurt so many people. There were beatings, arrests, and killings. But even in those hard times, there were jobs, there was discipline, and there was a system — no matter how twisted it was. Crime was low because people feared the law, and government workers knew they had to show up and do their jobs.

But now... we live in a free South Africa. No more apartheid. No more passbooks. No more racial laws. We should be living better. We should be healing. We should be growing.

But are we?


🥀 A New Kind of Pain

Today, we’re no longer divided by skin color. But we are divided by something just as painful:

  • Corruption: Many government leaders take positions not to serve, but to gain. They sit in “fattening” offices, collecting money, while streets go without lights, water, or hope.

  • Joblessness: Our young people are home with degrees, but no work. Our fathers and mothers roam the streets with nothing to do and mouths to feed.

  • Crime: Robberies, hijackings, shootings — it’s too much. Our people can’t even walk to the shops without fear. Why? Because too many have nothing, and too few are doing something about it.

  • Poor Healthcare: Hospitals are understaffed, medicine is missing, and patients die waiting.

  • Education Failing: Schools lack books, teachers are tired, and many children can't even read properly by Grade 6.

  • Drugs & Alcohol Abuse: Tik, nyaope, and alcohol are eating away at our youth — and no one seems to care.

  • Mental Health Crisis: Depression, anxiety, and suicide are rising. People are silently screaming inside.



😢 Who’s to Blame?

It’s not about pointing fingers. But we must ask: Why are we going backwards when our past was already so painful?

Why take a job in government if you can't even manage your own household? Why make promises during elections and then disappear when people are crying for help?

Our elders fought for freedom — not for this. Not for a South Africa where freedom means fending for yourself.

🗣️ A Loud Cry from the People

I may not have lived through apartheid, but I hear the stories. I respect the pain. Still, I must speak for the thousands — maybe millions — who are hurting today.

This isn’t hate. This is a cry for change.

We are not saying bring back the past. Never. But don’t use the past as an excuse to ignore the present. We are in trouble now. We are bleeding now. We need help now.


💡 What We Dream Of

  • Leaders who care, not ones who count coins.

  • Communities that feel safe, not scared.

  • Jobs that restore dignity, not handouts that keep people quiet.

  • Schools that build futures, not babysit broken dreams.

  • Young people with purpose, not lost to drugs or gangs.

  • A country that finally lives up to its anthem: “Let us live and strive for freedom, in South Africa our land.”

🕊️ The Truth Is…

Apartheid may be over on paper. But the pain of being ignored, abandoned, and left behind is very real. It is another kind of apartheid. Not based on race — but on power, poverty, and neglect.

To those in power: Please wake up.

To every South African: Let’s not wait for change — let’s be the change.

❤️ A Final Word

This article is not written to offend. It’s written out of love. Out of concern. Out of deep, painful truth.

We are not just complaining — we are crying.
We are not just angry — we are broken.
We are not just remembering apartheid — we are begging not to create another.

Let the cry be heard. Let the healing begin. Let South Africa rise. 

Anything and Everything Blog


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