Analysis: Colonial economy of SA must be uprooted

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The colonial rulers brought people from India to meet the colony’s labour needs, and created a special status for them: thus the South African Indian emerged. Another status position was created for the children of sexual union between Europeans and Africans, from which South African coloureds emerged.

The identity and status of Indians and coloureds flowed from the tension between Europeans and Africans.

A recent creation is the black middle class and a black capitalist class, as protection for the capitalist social order. This is a very tiny slice of society, which is merging with the middle and upper classes of the white, Indian, and coloured communities, making up “nonracial” South Africa.

The black middle class and individual capitalists have become detached from the colonial economy in which the vast majority of blacks are trapped. By and large, they have also become detached from the black community, and have moved to formerly white suburbia.

The problems of inequality, poverty and unemployment remain. The World Bank has warned about the growing problem of inequality.

How can we eliminate these ills, and the racial problem?

The majority of blacks are trapped in deep underdevelopment in rural areas through the migrant labour system.

These millions of blacks constitute the colony in society and the economy. Figures indicate that most working-age urban blacks do not work in modern industry and commerce, but are in the “informal economy” – in our terms, are in the colonial economy. This is the country’s fundamental problem.

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The problem lies in colonial conquest. Colonialism gave rise to a colonial state, economy and ideology.