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The wealth of colonists in South Africa was built on gold (Johannesburg) and diamonds (Kimberley) where you can still see the gold mine dumps and the Big Hole of Kimberley.
Traffic lights are indeed called robots in South African Lingo.
Alex and Thembisa are townships in Johannesburg.
'Native' children, men and women suffered and suffer enormously under the God of Money, not only in South Africa. It is true, that 'servants', 'maids', gardeners and migrant workers were given pronounce-able names and names like Blessing or Destiny are quite common today and of course today they are not directly allocated by the colonisers. I like those, they may express hope and my step-daughter's second name is Moon. But I also appreciate that words are colonisers just as deeds are.