South Africans react to De Klerk's cancer news

How did he knowingly destroy South Africa? Did he first consult with his time traveling buddies and then go "ah yes, this is all going according to our plan. 20 years from now everything is gonna go to shit!".

He made a decision 20 years ago that he considered to be the right one according to his situation. One that ended the imminent CIVIL WAR that would have killed thousands more and we would have been worse off than Zimbabwe.

Is South Africa perfect? No, far from it. This "wealth of the white people" that you claim was stolen was initially gained through the oppression of black people. These "terrorists" were a product of black oppression. The same thing happened in America only it happened a couple hundred years ago and then again in the 60s. What do you think the Bronx is? It is a place where the white government put black people to keep them "out of the way".

What do you do when someone has oppressed you for decades and then suddenly you're told to just sort yourself out? Shit hits the ceiling fan. So no do not blame De Klerk for everything that has ever gone wrong in South Africa. He was not a dictator. He did not know what was going to happen 20+ years after he was in office.

If you want to blame someone try blaming Verwoerd. He is the one one that started apartheid, the if it weren't for him then things would most likely have been different.

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