@ Mpele, please some of your statements are ill informed!
“The very same people who were oppressed and had dogs set uppon them are now tired of the black government. Our standard of living has dramatically reduced. The Crime rate is high. This is not about race we can still have a white government that will take care of our needs.”

Which standard of living? Please Mpele, be a bit realistic here. I was born during the era of Apartheid (when Namibia was still part of SA) and by virtue of the fact that I am black, I grew up in a township in a two bedroom house, with a pit latrine toilet outside the house. These were standard houses for the black people, regardless of what your profession was. Not even to talk of profession as during Apartheid, Blacks had a different educational system – BANTU education, which didn’t even permit black people to study Mathematics. In those days, Standard 6 (Grade was considered to be the highest achievement for a black person, you were considered lucky if you go up to Standard 8 (Grade). And all this happened during the white government. I know people like you (with mixed background) where somehow favoured by the Apartheid government, which is why you will never fully understand the plight of us ‘blacks that grew up in the townships’. So please before you come here to make such statements – study your history very very well!!!
Mpele a question for you, what makes you think that ‘white government’ will take care of ‘our’ needs, I ask?
Crime rate is high?? Have you ever sat down to think through on why the crime rate is high is SA??
Obviously some policies of the ANC government have failed – especially towards the very poor. However, some of their policies have equally succeeded in increasing the middle class – the so called black diamonds. But failed policies should not be the space goat for calling for a ‘white government’. Colonial mentality at its best – ‘all white is good rubbish’.

@Mpele, on the issue of South Africans not knowing much about Africa is utter stupidity in my opinion. I am Namibian, did my postgraduate studies at one of the South African University and mind you I used to be asked stupid questions such as “where are you from?” Namibia I would answer and then the next comment will be “oh, one of those African countries” or “do you have electricity in Namibia?” or you hear statements like this one “You are not that dark in complexion; people from upper north of Africa are generally dark in complexion”. Now you wonder, so Namibia is now part of “North Africa”? For crying out loud, before 1990 Namibia was part of South Africa and I expected at least university students to have an idea about Namibia. One wonders, if university students showed such great ignorance what more of the unfortunate-uneducated citizens. It is the ignorance of some of the South Africans that foster the “We as South Africans are better than the rest of you (Africans)”.

Wow, even though I am not Nigerian, as an African it pains me to see these pictures. More so for a 'great' nation as Nigeria - a country with one of the most educated people in Africa (most of my best teachers in high school, professors at the university were Nigerians. Even at my place of work, one of the best advisors we ever had from Africa was Nigerian). This is beyond my level of comprehension. One wonders doesn’t economic theory apply in Africa - 'human capital development good for economic growth (and poverty eradication)'?? What can we as the new generation of Africans do to save our continent? I mean it could have been me or you in those pictures; after all we don’t get to choose our birth families.

Though I am not Nigerian, I am female, in my 20s & also one of the committed viewers of Nollywood films. At the face value, the Nollywood movies might appear shallow, however, to some of us who are Africans without a strong African culture background; these movies bring us closer to that. They teach us the values of truthfulness, honesty & integrity, amongst others. I will opt to watch a good Nollywood movie over a Hollywood movie anytime. Moreover, I don’t think it is the viewing of Nollywood movies that makes ‘females’ (allegedly) ignorant. Ignorance is by choice. I do watch Nollywood movies, however, I am fairly informed on what’s happening around the globe (I know who the Nigerian newly elected president is, I know that you recently got a new speaker of parliament, Australia got a new state President from a labour party who might bring in alternative foreign policy on Iraq, Barack Obama is contesting to be the Democrat’s presidential candidate – possibility of him being the first African American to be in the White House as President, the ANC in SA is busy with the process of electing the new ANC president to contest in the country’s presidential election in 2009). This just a tip of the iceberg, with the aim of demonstrating that it is not the viewing of Nollywood that makes someone ignorant, ignorance is by choice. Additionally, Nollywood movies might seem insignificant to some of you guys but to some of us who, unfortunately have not been fortunate enough to have grown up in any environment that promotes African culture, we find Nollywood films educational.