I went into mourning after the vote. I remain an eternal optimist and to be honest, I didn't think that the secret ballot would happen - I'm just hoping that even though the vote didn't go the way that most South Africans wanted it to, that perhaps there will be some sort of divine intervention that can pull our country out of the rot and bring us closer to where we collectively want our country to be.
Undoing this big mess is going to be long and hard. Let's hope - and great article.
Thank you, @tamwebess. You've summed up so well how many of us felt. Are you aware there's a South African Steemian group?
No, I wasn't. I only joined Steem yesterday - I'm very green. What are the details?
Hmmm, thought I'd be able to find the post easily but not so much (I'm on holiday doing this on my phone instead of my computer and it turns out my computer is the smartest of all of us). Suggest you search for #teamsouthafrica in the search box and you should find posts about it. I'm afraid I can't remember who posted originally about it, but we've made a list of South African Steemians which I'll be able to add you to once I get back in front of the Smart One. If I remember the name of the fellow who set it up in the meantime, I'll let you know. Cheers!
Great, thanks. And enjoy your holiday!
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And a belated welcome to Steemit! Fyi, there's a Steem Saturday coming up in Joburg 9 September at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways. Depends where you live if that will work for you, of course.
Thanks so much! I'm in Cape Town - otherwise would probably have come through.
Ah, there's quite a big group down in CT too. Try connecting with @alainite - offhand I definitely remember him living there. They had a gathering in July but who knows, may organise another one soon.