MANDELA the other view of him by a South African writer
quote from South African writer: ''It is ironic that in today’s South
Africa, there is an increasingly vocal segment of black South Africans
who feel that Mandela sold out the liberation struggle to white
interests. This will come as a surprise to the international
community, which informally canonized him and thinks he enjoyed
universal adoration in his country. After he initiated negotiations
for the end of apartheid and led South Africa into a new era of
freedom with a progressive Constitution that recognizes the rights of
everyone (including homosexuals, another admirable contradiction for
an African aristocrat), there was, of course, euphoria in the country.
But that was a long time ago. With the rampant corruption of the
current ruling elite, and the fact that very little has changed for a
majority of black people, the euphoria has been replaced with
disillusionment.''
As in AMerica, lots more to be done. Who will pick up the dropped torches?
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