A new beginning but it's the same old story

Right, so today is the first day of my new blog.

The whole idea of this blog was to be positive about South Africa and the whole African continent, however I made one fatal flaw in designing this blog. I add RSS news feeds from news24.com a local online news agency. Now it's not news24 that i made the mistake with but rather the news that's coming form SA. See as I look at the current set of headlines i can't find a single positive one, it's all doom and gloom. Which is a little upsetting because it's certainly not the case in a country that has the potential to be the shinning light in Africa and a major player on the world stage. It's not just these opportunities that make South Africa so great there's a million other good reasons; National Parks on my doorstep, great sports and sports teams, fantastic weather and wonderful natural beauty that few places in the world can match. I have been fortunate enough to travel to a number of other countries around the globe and believe me I've seen some amazing things but in terms of diversity we here in South Africa have pretty much got it all and I'm yet to find a place that can match my home.

So to give you an idea as to what this blog will be focusing on is the issues and challenges that face us here in South Africa and I'm hoping to get some interesting feedback from readers in how we as a budding democracy can overcome these challenges.... so if you going to add anything here please feel free to be realist and level criticism but hey give us the solution.

Regards,
SouthAfrica2Day