Nelson Mandela and the Collapse of South Africa [7:41-12:46]

Police investigated the killing and questioned several people including Dr. Asbat, but he was murdered on January 27, 1989, before he could testify. Johannesburg Sunday Times reporter Don Berquisen later investigated the case and published a front-page story on April 12, 1992, based on interviews with witnesses including Sivakulu. Berquisen was warned that her life was in danger, and she was moved to a safe house by the newspaper after the story appeared. The day after the article was published, Nelson Mandela announced that he was separating from his wife after 34 years of marriage. Winnie Mandela's kidnapping conviction was later overturned, though her bodyguard, Jerry Richardson, was convicted of murdering Stompy Sipay. The episode left a lasting stain on the movement during the closing years of apartheid. When Mandela later became president, he would inherit a country already scarred by decades of political violence, and the leaders who followed him would face the difficult task of governing a nation struggling with crime, economic instability, and deep political divisions. Mandela stepped down from the presidency in 1999 after serving a single term. The responsibility for governing the new South Africa passed to the next generation of ANC leadership. Tabo Imbecki, who had spent years in exile during the anti-apartheid struggle, became president and attempted to pursue economic reforms while maintaining the party's political dominance. His administration presided over modest economic growth but also faced growing criticism over corruption and policy failures. South Africa saw a slow growth in the 2000s due to foreign investment and a rising black middle class, but the success was an illusion. This also began the policy of taking farms and homes away from the whites, often through violence. Imbecki supported and followed the example of Robert McGabe in Zimbabwe, who allowed whites to be attacked, killed, and property confiscated, with no criminal prosecution against blacks, just like Ramaphosa later. The next South African leader was Kegleyema Mothlante, during the interim period from 2008 to 2009, with zero positive effect. Jacob Zuma was elected president in 2009, serving until 2018. He was mired in corruption scandals, stealing white owned property, political turmoil, and his government controlled all news media. There was a total blackout on reporting crimes against whites and minimizing black on black crime, while having one of the highest murder rates in the world per capita, with well over 20,000 murders per year. As whites started fleeing taking their technical, education, medical, engineering, and agricultural skills with them, economic growth stopped, unemployment rose, credit rate agencies downgraded South Africa's Rand to junk status. Zuma stepped down in 2018 under pressure from the ANC amid mounting corruption allegations. The bank still held capital, though much of it had been devalued, but lending requires collateral, and many businesses and the farms that once provided it had disappeared. When the whites left it fell apart. The current president since 2008, Cyril Ramaphosa, founded the Shanduka Group, building substantial holdings in mining, energy, and finance. He became one of South Africa's wealthiest individuals, and his administration has major credibility and corruption problems. Ramaphosa has tried to whitewash the nation's stagnant economic and criminal crises, especially where the boars are concerned. According to his official reports, approximately 1,363 white farmers have been killed in South Africa from 1993-2024, but that number is challenged, as many have simply disappeared. This does not cover the sexual assaults, robberies, vandalism, kidnappings, torture, and white homes being burned out or stolen. The video shown by Trump of the Crosses, was from a protest following the 2020 farm murders of Glenn and Vida Rafferty near Newcastle. Glenn was shot multiple times at their front door, Vida screamed and was executed. Their dog Jesse was shot and found dead in Glenn's arms. To provide himself cover, Ramaphosa launched the Zondo Commission to investigate state theft of white property during Zuma's tenure, blaming Himalome, as well as courting foreign investment to resurrect the economy. To do this, he had downplayed the crime wave, the murder rates, and mass exodus of whites. Following the collapse of the mining industry, the government invited foreign experts from China to assist. Currently, official figures do not record the race of murder victims. This is by design. These killings never make the news. Around 50 murders per year in the early 2020s were officially stated, with 43 to 51 farm murders in 2022 to 2024, depending upon the source. The Vickris monument, white crosses representing known white victims of farm attacks,