So VERY true, Greg …. But sadly the Black community has never found an individual of the level of Mandela to succeed him. Still, apartheid was nothing but a horror for the vast mass of South Africans disenfranchised and perennially abused !
Mandela was, indeed, an important figure in my country. He was definitely a symbol but I'm undecided if he was a leader. A man doesn't get taken from prison and made president unless he's chosen. South Africa's freedom was more a financial transaction and change of management. For example, the ANC allowed the Apartheid government to take billions out of the country (Project Spear). The DA never made a real effort to hold the ANC accountable, and the ANC has protected the DA's corruption, and now their leaders are trying to make a deal for shared power that the majority don't want. Democracy is an illusion. Danger to us is real.
It is so sad, because as I know firsthand from covering South Africa on and off both before and after Apartheid, people's hopes with black majority rule were so high. I once asked Archbishop Desmond Tutu why things had gone so wrong and he said, in so many words, "How naive we were, to think that just because of the color of our skin, all the ills of human nature would disappear."
I'm from South Africa 🇿🇦 all our politicians are bought and paid for by the same globalist thugs who control the politicians all over the world 🌎,so whoever wins or go into a coalition together will be bad for our country,they're fully on board the WEF,WHO and UN Agenda 2030 train.
Well, since the CIA arranged Mandela's arrest and the USA ironically praised him later, there are a lot of interests. There are an estimated 600 American businesses operating here, and we're a gateway to Sub-Saharan Africa. Before the elections, Congress was threatening our economy, that ramped up with our ICJ case - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/prelude-is-south-africa-threat-to-usa-john-james
So VERY true, Greg …. But sadly the Black community has never found an individual of the level of Mandela to succeed him. Still, apartheid was nothing but a horror for the vast mass of South Africans disenfranchised and perennially abused !
My goal isn't to self promote so please indulge me whilst I present a different perspective, what isn't reported, to your commentators - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/godzille-4-da-zille-protected-by-anc-ramaphosa
Mandela was, indeed, an important figure in my country. He was definitely a symbol but I'm undecided if he was a leader. A man doesn't get taken from prison and made president unless he's chosen. South Africa's freedom was more a financial transaction and change of management. For example, the ANC allowed the Apartheid government to take billions out of the country (Project Spear). The DA never made a real effort to hold the ANC accountable, and the ANC has protected the DA's corruption, and now their leaders are trying to make a deal for shared power that the majority don't want. Democracy is an illusion. Danger to us is real.
It is so sad, because as I know firsthand from covering South Africa on and off both before and after Apartheid, people's hopes with black majority rule were so high. I once asked Archbishop Desmond Tutu why things had gone so wrong and he said, in so many words, "How naive we were, to think that just because of the color of our skin, all the ills of human nature would disappear."
Greed is colour blind, and corporate profits are bigger than politics.
Thoughts on the current coalition negotiations - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/where-the-hell-does-south-africa
I'm from South Africa 🇿🇦 all our politicians are bought and paid for by the same globalist thugs who control the politicians all over the world 🌎,so whoever wins or go into a coalition together will be bad for our country,they're fully on board the WEF,WHO and UN Agenda 2030 train.
The DA, the opposition, was invited to NATO's shindig in Europe just before the elections - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/fake-munich-security-conference-2024-emma-powell
Nice recap and overview...What role are "U.S. interests" likely playing in all this?
Well, since the CIA arranged Mandela's arrest and the USA ironically praised him later, there are a lot of interests. There are an estimated 600 American businesses operating here, and we're a gateway to Sub-Saharan Africa. Before the elections, Congress was threatening our economy, that ramped up with our ICJ case - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/prelude-is-south-africa-threat-to-usa-john-james