It's almost an extension of the cluster-f*** ideologies which seem to permeate post minority-rule regimes in Africa. Those that represent the majority, often chosen due to their silky words rather than political competence, immediately start ranting on about how private assets should be nationalised and given to 'the people', they then take land from white farmers or mercantile business from Chinese/ Indian immigrants and give it to those who don't have the faintest clue what to do with it.
Then the economy goes down the toilet, just look at Zimbabwe et al.
I've studied Apartheid, it's something i've always had a great deal of interest in, and one of the most extraordinary things to come out of the regime was how white labourers (not landowners), due to the NP's policy of undercutting their services with trained blacks, were forced into a constant state of poverty. People often see what happened through the popular neo-liberal bullshit; whites oppressed blacks, end of story. God forbid people take into account that maybe there was something deeper, maybe like pretty much everywhere in the world, those with the means to move and appropriate capital were f***ing over those less affluent than themselves regardless of their skin colour.
Then the farce continues as somehow populist officials are given the lee-way to make bigoted comments (and policies) because apparently it's their moral right to do so. God knows what will happen when Mandela passes away, somehow I think Perth might find itself with a much larger South African population.[/b]
