100 DAYS OF STEEM - 5 Things About My Country

This topic comes as a bit of a coincidence since I recently wrote about South Africa's potential and how it may never be realised so I have been giving some thought to my country and how it operates.

I think not much is known about South Africa, we don't do a good job of promoting ourselves and well who wants to really listen, I think its the same for many African countries, we're still seen as deep dark Africa with lions in the street (Okay that does happen, but not the way you think it does) usually its stolen lions or they won the Currie cup (Lions are a rugby team here in SA).

So what can I tell you about South Africa, hmm let's see!

Image source - economictimes.indiatimes.com

Five things you like about your country

1. The people
2. The humour
3. The food
4. The natural beauty of the country
5. The

Five things you dislike about your country

1. The racism
2. The corruption
3. The crime
4. The lack of opportunities
5. The divide between the rich and the poor

Five things you would do to improve life in your country

1. Improve the speed and cost of internet access, its a scam and a crime this is a public utility and it's being abused for profit
2. Focus on improving public transport
3. Switch over to a gold-backed currency or Bitcoin
4. Reduce the size of government
5. Improving infrastructure outside the big 3 cities and build larger cities outside the big 3

Five things people from elsewhere misunderstand about your country

1. The racism - we have concepts like coloured people
2. The slang
3. The various accents
4. That WE DONT SPEAK Swahili
5. That we always sound aggressive when we speak Afrikaans even if we being nice to one another

Five unusual facts about your country.

1. We have 11 official languages and no one speaks all of them lol
2. We have the longest wine route in the world, yes we like to drink
3. South Africa’s drinking water is rated 3rd best in the world for being “safe and ready to drink”.
4. The South African Rovos Rail is considered the most luxurious train in the world.
5. There are more than 2000 shipwrecks off the South African coast, most dating back at least 500 years.

Have your say

What do you good people of STEEM think? What's cool about your country? Share it in your own post, you can find the instructions here

So have at it my Jessies! If you don't have something to comment, comment "I am a Jessie."

Let's connect

If you liked this post sprinkle it with an upvote or esteem and if you don't already, consider following me @chekohler

Buy & sell STEEM	Donate LikeCoin For Free	Earn Interest On Crypto

---