Living in South Africa today is like living in a cuckoo land, with the diverse history of terrorism, current political instability, and upcoming elections. South Africa is a fascinating country, but there are undeniably weird patterns followed by the former presidents who whitewashed their images for the sake of power.
The opinion makers do not matter much today, as the true indication of leftist oppression is not brutality, it is a common factor. The new democracy is founded on terrorism. The white genocide before 1994 was enacted without compunction.
The apartheid systems were never based on the ideology of racial supremacy, rather it was a survival strategy of the Boers. The base was to reduce interracial exposure and reduce friction rather than white superiority. Apartheid was never an anarchic system, but instead imposed severe restrictions on race.
Under the apartheid system, white South Africans paid thirty-two percent of their income in taxes and received only nine percent back in service and social benefits. The excess of the taxes collected was consumed by the lower classes, the majority of which were black, in the form of welfare, housing, health, and education. South Africa scrapped much of the apartheid system during the 1980's. People of color were allowed into parliament, influx control laws were abolished, common facilities shared by all and apartheid laws repealed. Blacks had the right to own property and attend historically white universities.
South Africa might well have produced an integrated middle class population and acceptance into the political arena if the strict international boycotts and sanctions were not imposed. Now we will never know.
Crime was a problem during the apartheid era, but largely confined to the black townships. The competent white police force kept the crime under control. The judicial system worked, and harsh sentences were handed over including the death penalty for murders and rapes. However many the blacks hated the bitter race laws, they had no desire to live without the physical protection of the white police force.
During the 1950's and early 1960, the South African government continued to isolate the black people of the country through passing various laws and implements repressive measures. The ANC and the SACP continued to approach the government for freedom and equality. It was during this period the members of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) realised that the non-violence method of demonstrating for political change was not working.
The true legacy of Nelson Mandela is that he is a terrorist, the founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Party (ANC). Mandela left South Africa in 1962 and sought help for a violent struggle. He negotiated for both financial and military aid with communist countries, including East Germany and China. He gained strong support from Cuba, the Egyptian government, and the Soviet Union, whom all gave tremendous aids to his terrorist organisation.
The leaders of the ANC left the country to gain support for their struggle, and this was a turning point for Nelson Mandela. At a gathering of local and foreign reporters he said, "If the government's reaction is to crush by naked force our non-violent struggle, we will have to reconsider our tactics. In my mind, we are closing a chapter on this question of a non-violent policy."
Mandela presented proposals to the leaders of the ANC, and at first they were rejected but after a long period of deliberation. Mandela had support in his opinion and quoting JN Singh who said, "Non violence has not failed us, we have failed non-violence." He finally had the power to implement the military wing of the ANC. The peaceful method of the struggle was over, there had to be other alternatives, and this was an armed struggle, with violence, in the context with the Marxist and communistic ideology. A true revolutionary practice.
The aim of the new military wing, Umkhonto resize (MK) was to "strike back within our power in defense of our people, our future, and our freedom." Officially launched on December 16, 1961 the same day in 1836 when the Afrikaners defeated the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River. Perhaps this date was a significant reminder to the white government that the armed struggle was to continue.
Nelson Mandela described the "Operation Mayibuye" in his book "Long Walk to Freedom" as the keystone of the state's case. The six page documented plan was confiscated by authorities and in Mandela's own words, "Sketched out in general form the plan for a possible commencement of guerrilla operations, and how it might spark a mass armed uprising against the South African Government."
The international pressure at that time caused the government to sentence Mandela to life imprisonment rather than death. The government at the time believed it had prevented a bloody civil war.
While in prison and although not personally involved in the direct campaign of terror, Mandela's group went on to kill innocent people and the infamous "necklacing" technique was popular and endorsed by his wife Winnie Mandela. Necklacing is the forceful action of putting a rubber tire, filled with gasoline, around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire. The victim can take up to 20 minutes to die, and suffers severe burns in the process.
The MK military group became famous for his bombing campaign and especially the Church Street bombing where 19 people were killed. On May 20, 1983, a car bomb attack in the South African capital Pretoria was one of the largest attacks engaged by the ANC during its armed struggle. The target was the South African Air force headquarters, and the bomb set off during rush hour killing and wounding civilians.
During this time, some other political prisoners of the ANC accepted the government's proposal and were released from prison. Mandela called for the unbanning of the ANC and asked the British government to negotiate with the organization as a political party. The South African government stated that they were prepared to start negotiations if the ANC group renounced violence.
Mandela denied being a part of the Communist Party, and it is lie everybody knows. He worked closing with the communist Party of South Africa, and Mandela never renounced any of his ties with the communist leaders. Several years ago, a report in the media confirmed his close relationship with communist dictator Fidel Castro.
Mandela during this time admitted that the ANC used torture against any suspected enemy agents, including white people. Many of the violent acts were directed against the Zulus and the Zulu political movement, the Inkatha Freedom Party and not the apartheid government. After release from prison, Mandela would indulge in the fantasies about killing whites.
The acts of torture used by the ANC cadres were an absolute human rights violation and a merciless conduct. The people executed after conviction by the ANC military tribunal were not afforded proper legal representation and suffered gross violations of their human rights. The allegations of torture, although not the ANC policy was used more from the Security unit to obtain data and confessions by people held in camps during the 1979/89 period.
In 1987, Margaret Thatcher condemned the ANC as a typical terrorist organization.
South Africa living in a cuckoo land is continued in part 2.
By Laura Oneale
Opinion
Sources
SA History – ANC military wing
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Wikipedia – Church Street Bombing
Independent co.uk
SA History – conditional release
African History
