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Newton's third Law (first published in 1687) is still in motion in current South Africans mentality.The Law states that, ''for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction''.http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l4a.cfm.An historical example of this Law is the ideology of the National Government's apartheid law.http://books.google.co.za/books?id=MrlnwlKQDr4C&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false has seen Newton's Law projecting an equal and opposite reaction decades later,in what is currently symbolically known as the rainbow nation of South Africa.
One must be patient in understanding the developmental process of the South Africa's rainbow nation.It is still in its teenage phase.One has to make note of the similarities the new South Africa has to its predecessor, the Nationalist Government of the apartheid era.One can argue that history is repeating itself,but i will be quick to correct and highlight that history is only reacting out in an equal and opposite motion,just as Newton's third law states.
To support above mentioned statement let's analyse what we mean when we say: "We belong to the colourful rainbow nation".There is a symbolic meaning behind South Africa's ''rainbow nation'', (in my opinion) it reflects the individualistic celebration of different colours of the rainbow and those colours represent the diverse racial groups of our country.Every race has a sense of pride and belonging as we observe even the national flag,but a very crucial point many fail to observe is that the more the individual races celebrate their own uniqueness, it the more the different racial groups isolate each other from the other racial groups.The mental visualisation of thinking of the ''rainbow nation'' as a whole will never materialise in the minds of the average South African(in my opinion).
The above statement should draw you back to the ideology of the Nationalist Government of separate development for different races ,and you will notice how the ''rainbow nation'' is just an equal but opposite reaction to the historical actions taken by the then Government. Has history changed that much? And maybe we should ask, what are we as South Africans doing to steer the course of history?
One must be patient in understanding the developmental process of the South Africa's rainbow nation.It is still in its teenage phase.One has to make note of the similarities the new South Africa has to its predecessor, the Nationalist Government of the apartheid era.One can argue that history is repeating itself,but i will be quick to correct and highlight that history is only reacting out in an equal and opposite motion,just as Newton's third law states.
To support above mentioned statement let's analyse what we mean when we say: "We belong to the colourful rainbow nation".There is a symbolic meaning behind South Africa's ''rainbow nation'', (in my opinion) it reflects the individualistic celebration of different colours of the rainbow and those colours represent the diverse racial groups of our country.Every race has a sense of pride and belonging as we observe even the national flag,but a very crucial point many fail to observe is that the more the individual races celebrate their own uniqueness, it the more the different racial groups isolate each other from the other racial groups.The mental visualisation of thinking of the ''rainbow nation'' as a whole will never materialise in the minds of the average South African(in my opinion).
The above statement should draw you back to the ideology of the Nationalist Government of separate development for different races ,and you will notice how the ''rainbow nation'' is just an equal but opposite reaction to the historical actions taken by the then Government. Has history changed that much? And maybe we should ask, what are we as South Africans doing to steer the course of history?
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