Much has been said about South Africa's foreign policies towards other Southern African countries...
But the ANC's behavior towards Zimbabwe & Swaziland reveals their level of commitment to the democratic rights of African people.
In a country with such a pathologically corrupt king (Mswati III), how does the South African Political Leadership think that throwing a humungous pile of money at the despotic King will help save Swaziland from total economic chaos? It's the equivalent of trying to put out a neighborhood of burning houses by dumping planeloads of jet-fuel on to the fire.... Not very good for the well-being of anyone! And does the ANC leadership think that King Mswati III will be any more honest than Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe? Surely not!
They don't hold themselves or other African leaders accountable to uphold the democratic rights of their citizens. They actively turn a blind eye & even bail-out leaders no matter how atrocious their behaviour is! And their keeness to have the Information Act passed through the South African Legislature is a glaring red warning light that the ANC wants to create the same environment were they can do the same things and behave in the same way...
However, their citizens & the rest of the world can't afford to let yet another Southern African country slide inexoribly into anarchy and chaos, because when the refugees start arriving on their doorsteps, then they are not going to be able to turn a blind-eye!
Otherwise we might as well get out the marshmallows and find a LONG stick to toast the mallows on from a safe distance!
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