INCREDIBLE: USA Analysis: Troubling Signs of SA Democracy

[Take a look at this fascinating analysis from some professionals in the USA. It was produced in April 2007. It is 12 pages long and I've only briefly scanned it but it looks GOOD! The file is only 200Kb. But later on in it mentions that the ANC is "still a Marxist Party".

It mentions that the SABC has been turned into an ANC propaganda mouthpiece.

Here are some other short comments:-
o The ANC mimics other liberation movements that have created elaborate liberation myths.
o The ANC may have jettisoned Marxist economics, but it has not abandoned its Marxist party structure and its intolerance for political opposition.
o The end of apartheid was supposed to have made the SABC independent, but
the broadcaster soon became a mouthpiece for the ANC.
o In some cases, the critics of the ANC, including those with impeccable
anti-apartheid credentials, have been labeled racists.
o Black South Africans, like Moeletsi Mbeki, who speak out against government policies, have often been silenced by the state-runbroadcast media.

Pretty interesting hey? Not a bad analysis at all from the USA!

The comment about the ANC's "Liberation Myths" is very interesting indeed. Essentially they're saying the ANC is lying to the Blacks about their Liberation. I'm curious to know more of why they're saying this. Jan]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Thirteen years ago, South Africa underwent a peaceful
transition from white minority rule to majority rule.
Today, the country is a stable multiparty democracy.
It has the largest and the most sophisticated economy in
Africa, which generates almost 40 percent of all the wealth
produced on the African continent south of the Sahara.
The African National Congress government, which came to
power in 1994, deserves credit for stabilizing the economy
and returning it to a steady, albeit slow, growth path.

The ANC’s democratic record is less impressive. The
government has transformed the state-owned South
African Broadcasting Corporation into an ANC propaganda
machine that has banned some of the government’s
most prominent critics from appearing on it. The culture of
political correctness stifles public debate over the direction
of South Africa’s economic and social policies. Those who
dare to criticize the government are often labeled as racist.
Moreover, the ANC is considering new laws that would
undermine judicial independence.

It is increasingly apparent that the ANC wishes to dominate
the social and institutional life of South Africa in the
same way that it dominates the country’s political life.
Fortunately, the ANC continues to put great value on its
international reputation and tends to be hypersensitive to
international criticism. When the government does not act in
accordance with the spirit of liberal democracy, members of
international civil society groups, the diplomatic corps, and
the business community should voice their concern.
Constructive criticism could change the ANC’s behavior and
positively influence political developments in South Africa.

I put the PDF on AfricanCrisis:-
Click here to view it online or right-click it to download the PDF file to your machine.

The original file was obtained from here:-
http://www.cato.org/pubs/dbp/dbp3.pdf

Date Posted: Monday 04-Jun-2007
It looks, as if there is a tiny ray of light at the end of the tunnel..........

Mind you, it's about time!

Pierre
Paris
France