Cape More Economically Viable Than RSA

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Apr 19, 2011 View Comments CapeParty

Year after year the Western Cape outperforms South Africa in GDP growth.

In spite of the discriminative and centralised ‘Division of Revenue Act’ which extracts almost half of the Cape’s revenue out of the province, the Western Cape still manages to outperform South Africa as a whole in GDP growth.

An argument often presented in opposition to Cape independence is that the Cape is economically dependent on South Africa and specifically Gauteng. Analysis of the facts soon disperses this myth.

 

 

There are countries around the World that are a fraction the size of the Cape, with a fraction of the resources, in far less desirable geographical locations that are economic power houses (high income per capita, low unemployment): Singapore, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Mauritius, South Korea, Switzerland, Hong Kong etc… What many of these countries share is good political and economic policies. There is no reason why a Cape Republic could not join some of the highest earning income per capita countries in the world, coupled with the lowest unemployment levels.


  • Abc2

    I totally agree!

  • Rob

    Division of Revenue Act!!! People of the Cape work HARD too!!! Come on everyone, lets build a stronger Cape.

  • Spesbona

    If you guys are serious about an independent Cape, then where is your flag?
    No flag, no flag-waving, no flag-waving, no publicity. No publicity, no nothing.
    How about a flag-designing competition – make it an international effort – I for one am prepared to put up prize-money. Who else will?

    You know it makes sense.

  • Wayne Higgins (Kenwyn)

    If you cant see the writing on the wall – you are either blind or mis-informed.. Get with it and realise the potential we are sitting on. One more vote is all it takes!!

  • Wayne Higgins
  • Spesbona

    OK, thats a start, but is this the “official” flag of the CP or just someone’s idea? Why is it not displayed on the site?

    Why that particular design which is not original. It was used by the Principality of Samos (Greece) from 1832 to 1912.

    Any flag design which wants to get readily noticed should incorporate recognisable symbols of the Cape, for example

    1) the castle outline
    2) a stylised outline of Table Mountain
    3) an anchor and/or bunch of grapes, etc
    4) the Lady of Good Hope (as on old Cape stamps)
    5) Cape Dutch gable

    Obviously not all of them, just some ideas.

  • Spesbona

    Here it is – Principality of Samos (1832-1912)

    http://flagspot.net/flags/gr-samos.html

  • Big 6

    i am afraid of this cape independence, why are the leaders white and one colored lady, i assume that the official languages will be English and afrikaans, 

  • Big 6

    i was born in the cape but my parents are originally from the eastern cape, most of my cousins and relatives are at the eastern cape so this means i will be a foreigner in my fathers and 4fathers land beside that,i will be a foreigner in kwazulu natal the nguni dominated province !!!

      

  • Big 6

      i dnt trust this cape independence, why are the leaders white and one
    colored lady, i assume that the official languages will be English and
    afrikaans,
    i was born here in  western  cape and i have 21 years here!! but my parents are originally from the eastern
    cape, most of my cousins and relatives are at the eastern cape so this
    means i will be a foreigner in my fathers and 4fathers land!! besides
    that,i will be a foreigner in kwazulu natal the nguni dominated province and i wont be able to share the same culture and nationhood identity  with them!!!. even on the cape manifesto Xhosa’s are ignored!!!  there is more emphasis on white history and coloreds  and why u did not mentioned  that  black Africans  were  not allowed at  the cape during apartheid? why!!!  that is why there is few black Africans here because they were not allowed!!! … 

  • Big 6

    i dnt trust this cape independence, why are the leaders white and one
    colored lady, i assume that the official languages will be English and
    afrikaans,

    i was born here in  western  cape and i have 21 years here!! but my
    parents are originally from the eastern
    cape, most of my cousins and relatives are at the eastern cape so this
    means i will be a foreigner in my fathers and 4fathers land!! besides
    that,i will be a foreigner in kwazulu natal the nguni dominated province
    and i wont be able to share the same culture and nationhood identity 
    with them!!!. even on the cape manifesto Xhosa’s are ignored!!!  there
    is more emphasis on white history and coloreds  and why u did not
    mentioned  that  black Africans  were  not allowed at  the cape during
    apartheid? why!!!  that is why there is few black Africans here because
    they were not allowed!!! …  

  • Admin

    Big 6: For your information two of the people pictured are ‘coloured’ or ‘black’, (if the importance of numbering out such definitions is important to you) the other is ‘white’… but a full genetic hereditory analysis has not been conducted yet, perhaps a genetic discovery of a darker toned ancestor would make the vision of Cape independence valid for you.

    I don’t see why you define yourself as a foreigner here, there are many people of mixed descent which today call the Cape their home. A multi-ethnic society has defined the Cape for centuries. Hence the majority ‘coloured/mixed descent’ population.

    I am sorry that you do not feel that you would be welcome in Kwa-zulu Natal because you do not share the Zulu culture and nationhood, I would suggest you raise that concern in Kwa-zulu Natal, I cannot speak on their behalf.

    The History of the Cape is just that… the history of the Cape. Centuries of historical evidence clearly detail the roots of the Cape, from Khoisan, to the Dutch East India Company, to the slave trade from the East, to the missionary projects, to the British Empire, to the Great Trek, to the Cape Frontier Wars/Xhosa Wars, to the Boer Wars, to the formation of the Union of South Africa, to the rise of the extremist NP, to the rise of the extremist ANC, to today. The history of the Cape speaks for itself and an ‘emphasis’ counter to the facts would not be History, but probably something more like our children are learning in school today which is in brief, ANC history/propaganda.

    The Cape Republic can be a safe and prosperous world class country, where we are credited for our ethic and effort and not our skin pigment. If this is something you support and are prepared to join us as we fight towards this end goal, then get on board, otherwise remain a supporter of the status quo but make sure you understand us right.

  • Spesbona

    So, let me get this straight Big 6.   Your parents relocated to the coloured/white W.Cape from the Xhosa E.Cape?   Am I correct?  More whites in the W.Cape means a much more developed economy and more jobs.  I mean if they had been able to go to Australia which is 95% white and has a very high standard of living I’m sure they would have done, right?

    So what you and your family are in fact is COLONISTS…!
    Yes, Big 6, you are a 2nd generation colonist – admit it, its the truth..!!! 

  • Cobolt

    ‘my parents are originally from the eastern 
    cape, most of my cousins and relatives are at the eastern cape’You are an immigrant, you said so yourself. 

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