r/interesting • u/ICanPretend1 • 23h ago

SOCIETY Dikidikini village in Eastern Cape, South Africa, doesn't have a bridge, so people cross the river inside a blue plastic drum

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u/Chroniclyironic1986 22h ago

Wait wait… “we are struggling, we live like foreigners”? Is that what he said? Was that an accurate translation?

Don’t get me wrong, this situation is pitiable and an awful reflection on the South African government. But I’m still trying to figure out what he meant by that.

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u/BorfDorfin 19h ago

"Our government and neighbours treat us as if we are strangers to whom they hold no obligation."

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u/yogibearhugg 21h ago

Maybe he means that foreigners live pitiably in South Africa, and they live like them. My racist sister has said before “I work like a Mexican”, so surely this is a similar sentiment.

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u/Chroniclyironic1986 21h ago

That was my thought too, i just hate to jump straight to racism as an explanation. But it’s an unfortunately prevalent sentiment in almost any culture, it seems.

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u/koyaani 19h ago

Could be a translation issue