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[natehale1971]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

I think the way that apartheid was abolished in the real world is probably the best model to use. Sure, the country's crime rate is pretty atrocious, and they have a number of other problems, but they managed to avoid descending into out and out civil war, which I think might have been a very real possibility under different circumstances (personally I think Mandela himself was probably the biggest single factor in the peaceful transition from white to majority rule - without him, things might have been very different).

I also think proposed tribal homelands would probably be more likely to split the country up than unite it.

Just my tuppence worth...

Cheers

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..

[Rainbow Six]

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..

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.