[Rockingham]

In its prime, the Boer government of South Africa was determined to stay in power, enjoyed financial strength based on great mineral wealth, and had a large and capable security establishment. Using informers, surveillance, and calibrated force, bribery, and cruelty, capable Black leaders were identified and arrested or otherwise neutralized and organized plots and threat to the regime were swiftly broken up.

Nevertheless, the demographic balance was shifting decisively in favor of Black power. Due to generational change and the collapse of Soviet communism, new Boer leaders came into power who saw that their best course was to make a political settlement with the majority Black leadership that avoided a revolution and preserved the wealth and security of the White urban elite.

Secret talks were held, and Mandela was eventually dusted off, released from prison to worldwide acclaim, and a transition to Black majority rule was soon arranged. Today, the Black government of South Africa has become as corrupt and dysfunctional as the general run of Africa's Black governments, with endemic poverty and violent crime out of control.

Nevertheless, although nervous about the long term, the wealthy white urban elite are -- for now -- more or less safe in their gated estates and fortified offices and able to move about with armed security in discretely armored sedans. They will be permitted to stay as long as their managerial skills and financial connections are needed for continued extraction of South Africa's mineral wealth.

[MinorityRepublican]

new Boer leaders came into power who saw that their best course was to make a political settlement with the majority Black leadership that avoided a revolution and preserved the wealth and security of the White urban elite.

Wealth of White urban elite is preserved, however, security is precarious due to out of control crime.