[mrsmel]

Flame away, but there’s not one part of Africa that has done better since the end of colonial rule.

[padre35]

So basically Mbeki was sacked because his economic policies were effective and not Mugabe like?

This is bad for all of South Africa then, I thought Mbeki may have been sacked because he was too liberal, that is not the case, how stupid of the ANC.

[Sherman Logan]

In June 1996 Finance Minister Trevor Manuel introduced a neo-liberal economic strategy known as Growth, Employment and Redistribution (Gear).

It should be pointed out that in British and European usage "liberal" means essentially the opposite of its usage in America. It generally references classically liberal policies, which Americans would call conservative.

[Malesherbes]

My favorites in this drama of the new South Africa are Tokyo Sexwale and Blade Nzimande. The underlying question is who will become South Africa’s Mugabe.

[Captain Peter Blood]

The ANC is and has always has been a Communist and Terrorist Organization. Mandela is nothing but the same and yet is looked at as a great leader, what Bull.
Africa was and still is in many ways very tribal and what the Western News Media never reported on was what the other Tribal Political groups thought in South Africa who were for the most part shut out there.
The political leaders in South Africa have become just as corrupt as most of the rest of the African leaders.
Africa as a whole is a vast cesspool of leaders that have great natural resources that have been squandered.
AIDS is rampant along genocide and most of the world doesn't seem to care. Frankly I doubt much can be done unless real change comes and I don't think it will. We are throwing a lot money after bad into a sinkhole.

[VOA]

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