Successive South African presidents from the African National Congress, the party that Nelson Mandela led to victory in 1994, have failed to curb rampant corruption and deliver public services. But even if the ANC loses its majority in the upcoming election, the country must continue taking a non-aligned approach to foreign policy.
PRETORIA – South Africa recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election, which brought to power Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela. Post-apartheid South Africa’s “founding father” and high priest of reconciliation, Mandela is revered globally as a secular saint. But today, he is increasingly accused of letting the wealthy white minority off the hook for 350 years of colonial and apartheid crimes, without securing adequate reparations for their overwhelmingly Black victims.
PRETORIA – South Africa recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election, which brought to power Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela. Post-apartheid South Africa’s “founding father” and high priest of reconciliation, Mandela is revered globally as a secular saint. But today, he is increasingly accused of letting the wealthy white minority off the hook for 350 years of colonial and apartheid crimes, without securing adequate reparations for their overwhelmingly Black victims.