Author Topic: The ANC before the collapse of Communism. It's a must read ! (Read 7213 times)

Moonraker · « **on:** December 19, 2013, 01:38:08 pm »

If you have some time on your hands, the linked article is well worth reading. As S. Machel's ex, I would be extremely embarrassed. Oh boy..

The ANC before the collapse of Communism
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It's characteristic of this type of racial nationalism that it is quite incapable of acknowledging the contribution of the skills and expertise of racial minorities towards the common good, or of the basic interdependency between minority and majority. Ultimately, as in Zimbabwe post-1999, economic considerations are subordinated to ideological ones. South Africa's future depends almost completely on whether it will be able to avoid succumbing to this same destructive itch.

Orca · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2013, 07:32:15 pm »

Your quote is the crux of this article. Even after Machel recognized his error and warned Mugabe against it years ago, the destructive itch eventually got to him.
We have been lucky so far but how long will it be before the ANC develops this same itch. Perhaps JuJu will do it for us.
After 20 years, the economy is still controlled by whites in SA. We still have "White Suburbs" and "Black Squatter Camps". Nothing is changing and I don't see it changing in the next 20 years. I think the ANC realizes this and will eventually have to force a change to get the demographics into equilibrium.
Scary stuff.

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Author Topic: The ANC before the collapse of Communism. It's a must read ! (Read 7213 times)

Moonraker

The ANC before the collapse of Communism. It's a must read !

Orca

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