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Obscene wealth.

You know, in a country with a population of over 80% black people, it almost doesn't make sense that of the Top 20 richest South Africans, only three are black. Thirty years into a democratic, "non-racial" South Africa. 

It's not because we're lazy, we've been working & trying to get grinding for a long time. The thing is, there are people guarding who gets wealthy in South Africa. And it's true, "There are no good billionaires." You can't be an average good guy with millions in the bank in South Africa, it doesn't work like that. If you are, they're going to find a way to strip you of your money. The (white-owned) banks of South Africa are often said to be racially biased, with black-owned banks being constantly under attack. While South Africa seems like a place where you could work & get a reasonable amount of money, once you gain a certain amount of cash, they start trying to push any ugliness or bad feelings to your surface... maybe, unfortunately, you snap & end up doing something really bad. Plenty of plain sight satanism going on in South Africa. We've heard of rich guys murdering spouses & killing their kids. It's sad but most of South African society hates obscene wealth. 

I could come up with excuse after excuse why there aren't more black billionaires on this list & the truth is we simply don't back each other. We hate other black people succeeding. 

South Africa is about to get a new (white) billionaire this year, a Zak Calisto. It really pays to be white.

But what does a person even need R5.8 billion for? I imagine that any individual needs no more than R10 million (about US$ 500 000) to live a full, happy & stress-free life. Billions of rands really seems like undeserved wealth. A plumber or electrician could work his/her entire life & they would never get R95,2 billion.
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