[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.

[backhoe]

Neighbor, I actually don't keep lists- I usually go thru current posts and grab a few names, or do a similar operation via self-search. I did start the AfricaWatch section of the bump list:

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC) LIST

and you can go there to find what I have indexed.... I do add items of interest when I see them.

I got your email, and can certainly understand your concerns. SA is a gorgeous country, rich in many resources, yet plagued with a current government far worse than its last one. I greatly fear for the future of all South Africans- it looks like a slide into chaos and anarchy to me, and I don't see what will stop it. Zimbabwe is the model, and precursor.

[backhoe]

I just located this old link:

First it was Rhodesia then SA now America paying the price of silence.