Chapter 272: What is the price?

There are many theories as to why South Africa has degenerated from an African power into a chaotic country.

But for Chris, these are not important, the important thing is that the social contradictions in South Africa are very large, and that is enough.

With the dissipation of South Africa's segregation policy, it can be said that the whole of South Africa is rapidly becoming a "disorderly place" with fierce national and class contradictions.

Perhaps the vast majority of people in the world will blame it on the contradiction between black and white, but this is not the case.

The so-called contradiction between blacks and whites is only a façade, because South Africa has a population of more than 50 million, of which 80% are blacks, 10% are other people of color, and only 10% are whites.

It can be said that the white people have an absolute disadvantage, unless they have an absolute advantage in force, otherwise they will not be able to make waves under this extreme demographic difference.

But the point is, black people are not monolithic internally.

Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Tswana, North Sotho, South Sotho, Tsunga, Venda, Ndebele are the nine largest tribes of black Africans, in addition to dozens of smaller tribes.

And these tribes will be scattered into various small tribes due to geographical reasons.

These tribes, large and small, have different cultural beliefs and living habits, and when they were once ruled by whites, they could still unite a little, but with the fall of white power, the contradictions between black tribes still intensified...... One of the big manifestations of this is the chaos of government agencies.

Because the vast majority of black people in South Africa have not received a modern education, their living conditions are still tribal...... This also makes them cronyistic when they are in power.

That is to say, the patriarch of a certain tribe is appointed mayor of a certain city, and then you will find that the important members of the city's institutions will soon all become members of this tribe...... At this time, it is not the white people or other races who have the greatest opinion on this way of governing, but other black tribes...... We're all black, why are you doing better than me? As a result, many blacks from small tribes who did not enjoy the benefits of reform began to commit crimes, and even some small tribes began to transform into criminal gangs as a whole......

This is the biggest reason for the social chaos in South Africa, there are too many black tribes, and none of them are strong enough to completely overwhelm the main body of other ethnic groups.

More importantly, the number of South African troops is only 70,000, and the number of police is only more than 100,000.

It can be said that the South African regime has been stable enough and has not collapsed, which is simply a miracle.

Among them, the greatest contribution is not the army, the police, or the government, but the other two armed forces.

That's all sorts of security companies, and a large number of farmers.

The fact that there are more than 200 registered non-registered security personnel in South Africa is 10 times the number of military and police in the country, which cannot but be considered ironic.

These security companies provide residents with a variety of security services, and their efficiency can be said to be dozens of times that of the police.

The vast majority of South African residents who encounter crime are never called to the police, but to contact these security companies...... Of course, at least the middle class can do this, after all, security companies charge a fee.

To put it bluntly, whoever can integrate the power of these security companies will have an absolute say in South Africa and even rule the country directly.

However, this is obviously not possible, because the composition of these security companies is too complex.

Europeans, Americans, Russians, Asians.

Even behind many security teams, is the military intelligence agencies of those countries, after all, South Africa's special position, as well as its identity as a mining power, for each powerful country, is a big piece of fat, and the current situation in this country is the best situation for them, so these security forces, in fact, are the real stability of South Africa, so that the military and police dare not provoke these security companies.

As for that government on the table? Hehe, they just need to be responsible for playing their political game while being corrupt.

And the other force is the white people who are now standing in front of Axella...... Or rather, the Boers.

After all, whites are also ethnic, and in South Africa, the largest number of white ethnic groups are British and Boer...... A nation composed of the Dutch as the main body, mixed with German, French and other multinational blood.

When the quarantine was lifted, many of the white elite fled the country, and the vast majority of those who fled were British and other ethnic groups, many of whom had British or European citizenship.

But these Boers, who have lived in this land for generations, cannot.

As the earliest colonizers in this land, the Boers have long been completely cut off from their European compatriots, unless they have the money, power and ability, otherwise, like other countries, the vast majority of ordinary people are unable to abandon a stable life and leave the country, and they are also the biggest losers in the interests of the black people after they are in power, the number of their group, relative to the whole country, is not much, only more than two million people, but for Chris, it is enough, as long as it is mobilized, there can be tens of thousands of troopsChris, who could turn the country, and the whole of southern Africa, upside down.

Most of the Boers in front of Axella were the representative group, the South African farmers.

"From 2002 to 2004, there were more than 1,000 armed attacks on farms throughout South Africa, and I think all of you here, many of you, have experienced this," Axella said to the silent men, many of whom nodded.

"But this year, starting in 2005, that number is declining," a slightly urbane Boer retorted.

"Oh, yes, it's going down, and I'm sure it's going to go down in the future," Axella said in a somewhat agreeing tone, but then changed her tune, "but do you know why?" Because your numbers are dwindling! Foreign capital is buying up your farms, and many of your compatriots have died in the previous shocks, maybe you are next, you are being marginalized by this country, if you don't take action, in a few years, you will lose everything you have now, and you will have to live in the slums instead of the blacks, with no work, no food, only waiting for their relief, and your wives and daughters will face all kinds of abuse, Are you so willing to accept this fate? Are you still men? What about the blood of your ancestors? Or are you pinning your future on that sick old man who is regarded as a saint by the whole world? ”

"We have too few people, although we have weapons, but only some ordinary firearms, but those people have more and better weapons, and even power armor, the whole world has abandoned us, what can we do?" As Axella's words grew sharper and sharper, an older Boer could no longer take it anymore and shouted angrily.

"That's right, you lack weapons, you lack manpower, so we're here" Seeing that someone was finally willing to stand up, Xela smiled with satisfaction, and then clapped her hands, and the door of the warehouse behind her burst open, accompanied by the roar of machinery, and a huge robot walked into this warehouse that was originally a little dark because of the closure under the reflection of the sunlight.

"This is? Robocop? "These Boers still have some knowledge, most of them have seen the T-shaped large war robots used by the US military on TV, but the one in front of them looks obviously bigger and more hideous than that.

"No, this is not a robocop, but a humanoid mobile weapon made by our Black Claw, Golia's armed mecha" Axella looked at the shocked looks on everyone's faces, and showed a satisfied smile, "As long as you drive it, any of you can fight against a former armored regiment, and the neural connection control can make it easy for you to learn, in addition, we have prepared the most advanced power armor for you, and even after you successfully control this country, we can support you to give you more and more advanced weapons, So that you don't have to worry about the sanctions of those big countries, so all you need is determination, how? ”

"So, at what cost?" The older Boer asked, standing in front of Axella.