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Originally Posted by Neil
Is South Africa a better place now?
Have the ANC done what they said they would do for the people?
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I have been to RSA quite a few times visiting family, during and post apartheid.
If you talk to South Africans, both black & white, including ANC supporters, the majority will say that it is a worse place to live now. When I first went there the exchange rate was R5.3/£1, it fell drastically and now it is around 16 to the £. The ANC have failed to meet the promises they have continued to make, yes, many rich blacks but many more are dirt poor. Perhaps worst of all is that racialism is still rife - if you are Xhosa then you have a better chance, but if you are from a minority tribe then you are down the list, way down. The political parties are in the main supported on tribal lines.
It is no different to N.Ireland - ex-terrorists in the government.