The ANC Has Come Full Circle and Nelson Mandela and Yasser Arafat Would Be Extremely Proud..
Genocide on trial…
Time really does fly.
Once before the African National Congress was a movement of protest for the rights of millions of South Africans.
Back in 60s, 70s and 80s, the Republic of South Africa was run under of the system of apartheid, which relegated the natives to a position of second-class citizenship on the land of their forebears.
The country of my birth — the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Israel, were the biggest supporters of this racist enterprise and allowed it to flourish despite its pariah status, internationally.
It took the efforts of the likes of Cuba, Libya, Russia, Nigeria, Palestine, India etc. to break the resolve of the west and destroy apartheid.
And in breaking the resolve of the white minority government, did it become possible for elections to hold, which ushered Nelson Mandela to power in May 1994.
The late great Mandiba was by no means a perfect leader but he did his very best in addressing years of entrenched and systemic inequality, but had created a template for his successors to follow.