Table Mountain at dusk, Cape Town, South Africa. (Denny Allen/Getty Images)
Tintswalo and everyone in the country were able to enjoy life without being blinded by electricity. There's no need to run water into your home's pipes, he says, or ambulances noisy on already congested roads. Sikonati Mantsantsya.
Once upon a time, not that long ago, in a sunny, beautiful and wild country in a remote corner of the world, a little Tintswallo was born. Tintswalo was neither a boy nor a girl. Tintswalo was born just as people were settling and making peace after hundreds of years of conflict over the country's rich resources. The people decided to hand over this country and its rich resources to the people who had controlled them during the war with the loudest voices and most powerful friends.
The new rulers, some old and war-weary, many criminal opportunists and opportunists, ruled fairly, shared the country's rich resources, and established a new, peaceful nation. He promised to bring wealth to all the inhabitants of the country he became. The new ruler promised his people everything for free.
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