US compared ANC to Nats - WikiLeaks

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Johannesburg - The party that led South Africa out of apartheid had by 2010 slipped into anti-democratic practices reminiscent of the regime it fought to overthrow, says a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

In the assessment of the Pretoria embassy cable, dated January 8, 2010, the ANC was following in the footsteps of the white-minority regime in its handling of Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), a politically thorny protest movement by impoverished shack dwellers.

"The parallels between AbM's struggles against the ANC and the latter's fight against the apartheid regime cannot be ignored," says the cable, titled "Is the ANC as Democratic as it Claims?"

"The accounts of forced removals, violence, intimidation and leaders in hiding seem like echoes of a time supposedly gone forever."

Eerily reminiscent of a paranoid apartheid era

The ANC won South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994 after decades fighting apartheid.

But the party of Nelson Mandela has lost some of its lustre under his successors, including current President Jacob Zuma - accused of presiding over growing corruption and intolerance for free speech since he came to power in 2009.

The leaked cable draws a link between the psychology of the ANC's fight against apartheid and its handling of the AbM.

"Even talk by ANC leaders of a 'third force' at work are eerily reminiscent of a paranoid apartheid era," it said.

"The AbM movement is a test of democratic governance for the ANC, as it decides what to do when its own people do not support its vision of development."
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/US-compared-ANC-to-Nats-WikiLeaks-20110825

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I have found the root cause of my dislike for the anc. They have noble goals but they try to imitate their masters during apartheid too much, they take apartheid policy and simply reverse it or try and roll out the same policies that failed during apartheid. They don't want to think out the box.

Aa and bee would be an example of a reversal policy, why they didn't look to simply build a ton of universities and technical colleges and provide bursaries for these I have no idea. Simply redividing the pie makes things more "fair"but doesn't push us forward. On average we are all worse off because of it.

Truthfully they are too focused on the past and how things used to work and not enough on the future and how we can make it work for everyone. Everybody whether black white or green has been let down by their lack of imagination. And their failure has led to a racial rift that was beginning to heal but is now torn open again.

One day I really hope the anc gets a strong and intelligent leader who can form a unified vision for our country again. Someone who is not afraid of the unions, the youth league babies, the sacp and business. Someone who demands sacrifice from all these entities to make this country work and someone who doesn't tolerate racism in any form.

I pray this day will come and if it does, WORLD BEWARE SOUTH AFRICA HAS ARRIVED!

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