South African Diversity

Picture credit: Stellenbosch University

Diverse People Unite - is the Republic of South Africa's coat of arm. But the question is 'how diverse is Suid-Afrika?', well, Afrika Borwa is very diverse. Yes 20 years of democracy, so what! A lot has happened, I may postulate. I can speak more than eight out of the eleven official languages or can I boast that I can write as well as I can speak all the eight languages. Some people seem to see a problem with the overrated word 'diversity', maybe because people may not define the word the same in social context, interesting enough, there are racial lines and historical stories involved.Indeed, there are people who hate even the word "diversity" because many of fellow South Africans are not quite even close to reflecting diversity in their social realms in fair terms if you like. One of the prominent figures that wrote: An open letter to 'Diversity,' is comedian, ventriloquist and speaker, Conrad Koch

   Koch and his puppet, Chester Missing

Conrad "Chester Missing" Koch   
           

Mr. Koch is a popular ventriloquist and 'columnist' for zanews as Chester Missing; a 'coloured', outspoken puppet and controversial interviewer to most known politicians. 

According to zanews: "Missing is South Africa's hottest new political analyst. Conrad Koch is his sidekick. It's strange, but you'll laugh... a lot".

Nonetheless, back to diversity, Koch is hard-knocking towards the word itself and "white" people, first he notes that white people seem to think 20 years is "enough to fix apartheid" and goes on to talk about the #BlackFace that has been making rounds in the news and causing social media buzz.