Russell Lamberti on cultural communities in South Africa | Solutions With David Ansara Podcast #31
Russell Lamberti on cultural communities in South Africa | Solutions With David Ansara Podcast #31
How do we build a sustainable social order in South Africa? In this episode of the ‘Solutions With David Ansara’ podcast, I speak with Russell Lamberti, Chief Economist at Sakeliga, about cultural communities in South Africa.
Russell and I analyse the causes and consequences of state failure in South Africa. How do we preserve liberty,…
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:28) Russell Lamberti on the breakdown of social order in South Africa
(08:15) Russell Lamberti on the the benefits of decentralised political systems
(19:15) Russell Lamberti on mitigating the risk of inter-ethnic conflict
(30:58) Russell Lamberti on cultural communities and individual rights
(47:18) Russell Lamberti on the decline of ANC hegemony
(57:09) Conclusion
The idea of South African Federalism would have been great in 1948 were each state would have been given equal opportunity to thrive and succeed, we wouldn't be in this mess we are in today. However that wasn't the case. The NP political leadership decided on a winner-takes-all-mentality as the odds were in their favour. Now that the shoe is on the other foot and and on a different end of the spectrum stop trying to change the game accept your faith and let's all move on.
Alright David, I am hearing things here. 50 Minutes of Mr Lamberti speaking around a topic. He speaks well and is a very intelligent man. Yet, when all is said and done it seems like he is using the reasonable idea of a decentralised republic. To cloak what he is really about – seperate development…?
Stop voting for the ANC will be a positive move forward. As long as the ANC are in power South Africa will continue to be a failed state. The end.
Mr Lamberti succinctly and pointedly raises some very important issues. The failure of the State in South Africa is plain to see, and in the not too distant future, communities are going to have to look at de-linking from its greedy, invisible hands. However, I fear this won't happen before the ANC flirts with some kind of autocracy or dictatorship in its dying breaths. Stimulating discussion as usual.
The municipalities have a mindset that follows the idea of the greater good ie pay for water to resupply water to sewage or groundwater and water salvaging to provide more water. These systems are debt inducing to rate payers, become a control mechanism blunting the autonomy of municipal government.
When are authorities really going to assist in clean energy if there is no pocket reach, eg saving water, using grey water, gas electrification from sewage for street lights.
One static carpet outside a public big story building creates enough energy to light up the building day and night. If there is no emphasis in creating and building trust, aiding the poor to live better on basic costs.. there will be no community that shares the responsibility of having responsibility.
It is the faculties of simple energy & water availability that can drive communities to growth. That is the cultural difference and fear of capitalist imposition in most problems of animosity that it should not just be placid but engaging in means and occupation from the ground up within municipal authorities and local bodies.
It is the laxity of capitalism that sees only stupid ways to supply the masses without the awareness that it stifles the poor from inheriting a part in technology and growth.
What is wrong with supplying land to the benefit of the poorly dispensated for what the land is worth and will be. It is only their charge over chaos and belief that there will be too little that works because of disorder.. I believe that the tendency of all culture is already predetermined to organise peacefulness and community much more than the richness of cultures could ever be preserved unless by themselves. It is only the concept of free land and a one party feudal land tax that is keeping the essentiality of politics in an incredibly stupid place.
The breakdown of constitutional order in SA is inevitable. Russell is spot on; the experiment has failed. It's time to break up the one-nation state and separate into smaller, decentralised communities.
Good, interesting & enlightening conversation!
SA levels of violence are indicative of low-level, yet persistent, social conflict. A working solution to that is the devolution of policing powers to provincial and local authorities.