It was a bad idea—pointless, and obviously likely to lead to something worse, which it did. It was like his decision to pull out of Lebanon. And not nuking Iran after the hostages returned. He was brilliant, but in hindsight, those decisions don't look so good.
What's fortunate is that the Soviet Union had been defeated by Ronaldus Magnus by the time their clients (including Cuban troops) overthrew South Africa. The Communist Party, and the Russian Empire before them, had had the intention of getting the Cape of Good Hope, so they could control shipping around it—and in their dreams, the world.
Instead, Mandela-land is becoming like the rest of Africa.
Instead, Mandela-land is becoming like the rest of Africa.
They are still entitled to screw up their own country ON THEIR OWN TERMS. Look I agree all of Africa is a socialist wasteland and I shed no tears but defending the White regime in South Africa is just silly. They survived as long as they did because of their resource wealth ( like that Other SA ! ).