Oh you think Caco, after generations of colonialism what did it achieve in terms of advancing the continent rather than developing the west with plundered resources from Africa, no one is blaming the west for poor governance in Africa but we know that post independence African leadership was largely influenced by their former colonizers, why do you think Patrice Lumumba was assasinated with the help of the belgians, most recently another blood thirsty dictator installed with the help of the french to replace another dictator in Ivory coast, Colonialism is still on fellaz so stop displaying your ignorance on history and world politics on this thread, the only thing the west has ever cared about is having leaders who toe the line in the continent so they can keep plundering, and the concern of China as an entrant into Africa is not because the west cares about the people of the continent but rather the grip they are loosing on the continents resources, we understand how ruthless the Chinese can be but at least instead of enslaving us in debt they take whatever they come for and in return they put up infrastructure. You think Europe developed overnight they had their wars even America went through civil war at least then there was less interference from "globalization". Capetonian speaks of children born after 1990 as not being disadvantaged, if my math is right they are just turning 21 hardly out of college that is if they even got a chance to attend one, oh! remember their parents are pre 90's the so called disadvantaged most likely semi illiterate. Then come the post 90's and the said country transitions from apartheid to democracy with the majority being from the "disadvantaged semi literate" now tasked with running a country and an advanced economy with little or no formal education, and you wonder why you have the "Malemas" now in positions of power.
DRPAM007, sorry this isnt suppose to degenerate to where it has, it should have been a sober minded discussion on the cons in terms of safety in the continent and what can be done to make it better, but the people who are always making bigoted comments and immediately jumping on the defence before anyone accuses them are not helping the course of this thread, unless thats the kind of contribution you were looking for in the first place