In South Africa we live under the false pretense that tribal divisions were created by colonialism. I'm chuckling at the very notion of this statement because it's created by a few black individuals who seek to obtain wealth for their own people while pushing this non-tribal facade. We lived in separate tribal regions to begin with before South Africa ever existed.
The truth is, we're not Tanzania. Our divisions in South Africa are too stark, if it's not racial divisions, it's tribal divisions & if it's not tribal divisions it's class divisions.
I believe that language & customs are a unifier & a divider. A language & how you speak that language determines whether you're part of the whole or not. Language & cultural affiliation can forge unity in a land if shared among all in the land. What you do in public (customs*) determines whether you're part of the whole or not. Tanzania adopted socialist policies & crushed tribalist sentiments far easier because there were no dominant identities or tribes within Tanzania, the same cannot be said for South Africa so we have to forcefully divide the people for the welfare of all citizens of South Africa. Tribalism may seem like a small problem but it is persistent because it's not dealt with so some take things into their own hands & try decrease the population of a rival tribe. Whether it be raping girls of a rival tribe or simply killing them & killing or undermining into oblivion successful or famous members of a rival tribe. Indeed, this is unseen because it happens in the shadows but this is what it has come to, undercover tribal war. So my solution is direct & does not hide in the shadows. We force the divide publicly & ensure everyone sees what is happening in the darkness so they may step into the light & see why self-determination of the seperate tribes of South Africa is the solution. White & Asian minorities can still live in the new lands created but under the rule of the original chiefs & kings of that land.
N.B.: What often distinguishes white South Africans from indigenous black people are customs* & language, the typical white South African sees themselves as better & not as equals. So the division & lack of unity persists.
Tribalism in South Africa will simply never end. As long as we ignore persistent problems & are a "drama-loving" country, we'll never be what we dream to be in a multi-identity land as opposed to a land where we would be in our seperate lands with our own tribesmen. Multiculturalism seemed fun when they started but reality has reared it's head quarter of a century later. A Xhosa is not Zulu, a Venda is not Tswana. It's time to separate.