[backhoe]

They really WOULD have gotten rid of Apartheid, on their own, and by now ; IF they had been left alone. Instead, a pack of tribal Commies now govern

I believe you are right, and left alone by the meddlers, SA would have found a better solution than the current near-anarchy they have. It will only get worse, more's the pity.

FYI, I posted this a while back to show a tiny bit of the "goings-on behind the scenes"--

(C)old War Ghost- Cubans in Angola

[nopardons]

Yes, I can state, that Apartheid WAS on it's way out. Unfortunately , Mandela couldn't handle the job, once he got it, the ANC is filled with COMMUNISTS, who, are also " tribalists ", which bodes no good for anyone there. Mbeki, a well educated man, who was also an officer in the S.A. military , is an even worse disaster. All he needs is one more seat , and I fear that it'll be another Zimbabwe. The tribalism IS , unfortunately , bringing the country back to the Stone Age, with no help in sight.

Cubans were also in South Africa ! Mandela embraced Castro and Khaddafi ( sp ? ) . These are things which most nonSouth Africans do NOT know anything about.

Please keep me on your Africa ping list.

[Frances_Marion]

"(C)old War Ghost- Cubans in Angola"

Great link, backhoe. I bookmarked it for further reference. I wouldn't mind being put on your ping list for this region, I've been interested ever since a S. African girl shattered my preconceived notions that the American media had given me of Mandela being another MLKjr. Ever since then, I've been finding out more of the ugly truth behind the ANC. The Cuban and Soviet fiasco in Angola is something else that I believe is obfuscated in the press. I didn't get any other perspective on Angola until I read some essays by the leader of UNICA.