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Originally Posted by John Farson
I've seen a lot of people talk about South Africa in the Twilight War as being apartheid South Africa, but to me it is far more interesting to think how South Africa would be like during the Twilight War if it was being run by Nelson Mandela and the ANC. Here you have a man who has spent his whole life fighting for democracy against a racist dictatorship, and once he has finally succeeded the whole world goes to hell. In this scenario S. Africa may very well be the one shining beacon of civilization in Africa, a sort of an African France if you will.
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Actually Mandela was not fighting for democracy at all. He was definitely fighting to get rid of white rule that was inherently racist but he wasn't interested in democracy. Democracy would mean he would be interested in the plight of the other tribal groups in South Africa and he certainly did not care about them as can be seen by the numerous attacks carried out by the ANC against other black struggle groups.
It should be remembered that the ANC (like nearly all the other black struggle groups) was heavily funded by the KGB. Yes that's correct, the Soviet Union provided the money, weapons, training & indoctrination to allow Mandela and his cronies to fight against white rule.
The KGB support a group that wanted democracy? I don't think so.
Shining beacon of civilization in Africa? Sorry if I offend but do you seriously believe that? I look at South Africa today and I cannot see one single example of this in the ANC government. Soweto was promised electricity and water by Mandela if they voted for the ANC... it's now 2010, Soweto has spent the last 16 years waiting for that promise to be fulfilled.
Lets not forget that it was the ANC that invented the charming practice of "necklacing" - placing a car tyre around the victim's neck, filling it with petrol then setting it alight. South Africa under the ANC would be just as screwed as any other country in Africa in the Twilight War.