The F word
Is South Africa a First World Country?
That was the question raised on Quora. Victor Mashigo, Engineering Physics Technician. from his post on Quora, updated May 13. responded:
Ok. Don’t be fooled by people’s emotions, stereotypical biases. The fact that this question is asked in the first place indicate that South Africa is a well developed first world country. It’s the most developed country in all of Africa. Im not just talking services and infrastructures. Technology too. World class universities and research institutions. South Africa easily built nuclear weapons during the cold war starting as far back as the 1960s to 80s. Many South African are not aware that South Africa built nuclear weapons. There are European countries that tried to build nuclear weapons but failed.