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Originally Posted by DtheP47
The apartheid regime was a crime against humanity; as illogical as it was cruel. BG
BUT
IMHO the ANC is corrupt to its core and just as racist as the National Party they replaced.
S Africa law dictates that white males must be placed at the bottom of the Hire Lists for government jobs as well as Hire Lists for non-government jobs. South African Airways on behest of the Government recently ran a job advert with the ending tag line "whites need not apply" Whites can’t get jobs in their native land because of the laws passed by Mandela's African National Congress.
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Agreed, but is that the fault of one man?
There are a lot of issues in the whole of Africa, some of it I have been fortunate to see first hand.
We all have differing views on Nelson Mandela, but he was a man who stood up to injustice and oppression, were his methods right? where they just? not always, but the current state of affairs in South Africa cannot be attributed to him.
South Africa has one of the highest levels of Poverty in the world, there are 51 Million people in South Africa, 41 Million are Black, depending who you believe there 30-50% of the Black Adult population are Unemployed.
I don't for one second believe the ANC will make things better, Politicians will always look out for themselves.
Personally I have a lot of respect for Nelson Mandela, IMHO he was one of the defining world leaders of the 20th century.