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Originally Posted by natehale1971
My idea was to have Frederik Willem de Klerk & Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela both working together to bring down apartheid. I had also read that General Constand Viljoen (Afrikaaner founder of the Freedom Front) had been instrumental in keeping right-wing groups from a civil war. That's what gave the the idea of a coalition of leaders working together to make the transition easier and allowing for government to maintain more control over the situation (and stop the problems they are having today).
The idea of the allowing for the homelands to exist as states (like we see in the US) to help provide stablitiy and create local governments that could elect people to represent their interests in the legislature..
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You're absolutely right about Viljoen being a key player.
If you haven't already you might want to look at this thread where South Africa was discussed...
http://forum.juhlin.com/showthread.php?t=1170
Also, there's a new film coming out in the US this week (I think) called Invictus. I've read the book this film was based on - if the film is anything like the book I'd recommend it to anyone interested in recent South African history.