The ANC are Red to the core.
Look in the dictionary for the word 'mess'. South Africa is featured just below Zimbabwe.
As long as Mbeki is in charge, SA is NOT a democracy. It is a marxist state.
Overlooked in this interesting posting, is the absurdity of President Bush's caption, itself. South Africa, under the previous Government was Democratic. The delusion that it was not, is the result of Leftist dogma that insisted that the South Africans and the various Bantu Nations, and other peoples within what had been the British Imperial borders, were "one nation." Anyone who cared to seriously study South African history and demographics understood that that was nonsense--one of the great lies concocted by the 20th Century Left.
William Flax
Ping.
Few people know that the muslim Pahad brothers (Essop and Aziz) are close confidants and advisors to the current and previous presidents of South Africa.
I believe Al Venter, he is an experienced and accurate journalist, although not always politically correct.