Newsletter| The 1994 deal stands like an abandoned house. And brick by brick, it is being taken apart. Eventually, the entire structure will collapse into rubble – with dire consequences for all South Africans, writes Mike Siluma
On many fronts the 1994 deal, the basis of what came to be known as “the New South Africa”, is under attack in an incipient revolt against the stThe most powerful and influential of those symbols is, of course, Nelson Mandela .It is said that, by preaching reconciliation and reassuring white people about their future in the new South Africa, he gave them the nerve to resist change and mount a rear-guard fight to preserve their unfair status of privilege.
As with Mandela in his time, they love Ramaphosa only to the extent that he assures them that there will be no land grabs and other such unlawful activities in South Africa. Its position was that the new, post-apartheid society would not be based on race as apartheid had been. It was a noble ideal which would require effort and dedication to realise.
The debate over the renaming of Cape Town Airport is a case in point. Whether the airport is eventually named after struggle stalwart Winnie Mandela or the Khoisan historical figure Krotoa is not the issue here.
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