Kupondwa kwevacheri vemigodhi makumi matatu nevana nemapurisa emuSouth Africa, vazhinji vavo vakapfurwa musana, kunopa mari yekunyepedzera yedemocracy yepashure peapartheid uye kunovhenekera rusaruraganda rutsva rwepasi rose urwo South Africa iri muenzaniso wenhoroondo uye wemazuva ano.
Muna 1894, kare kare shoko rakashata rechiAfrikaans risati radeya kutaura โbudiriro yakaparadzanaโ nokuda kwavanhu vazhinjisa veSouth Africa, mumwe muNgezi, Cecil John Rhodes, aitarisira Glen Grey Act mune yainzi panguva iyoyo Cape Colony. Izvi zvakagadzirirwa kumanikidza vatema kubva mukurima kupinda muuto revashandi vakachipa, zvikuru pakucherwa kwegoridhe richangowanikwa nezvimwe zvicherwa zvinokosha. Nekuda kweiyi social Darwinism, kambani yeRhodes De Beers yakakurumidza kukura kuita nyika yega, zvichimuita mupfumi zvakanyanyisa. Mukufambirana nerusununguko muBritain neUnited States, akapembererwa semutsigiri anotsigira zvikonzero zvepamusoro.
Nhasi, iyo Rhodes kudzidza kuOxford University inokosheswa pakati pevakasununguka elites. Vakabudirira Rhodes nyanzvi dzinofanirwa kuratidza "simba rehunhu" uye "tsitsi kune uye kudzivirira vasina simba, uye kusava noudyire, mutsa uye kuyanana". Aimbova mutungamiri Bill Clinton mumwe, General Wesley Clark, akatungamira kurwisa kweNato kuYugoslavia, mumwe. Rusvingo rwunozivikanwa serusaruraganda rwakavakwa kuitira kubatsira vashoma, kwete vanonyanya kuda zvemabhunu.
Ichi chakanga chiri chimwe chinhu chinoshorwa mukati mamakore orusarura ganda. Vanhu vekuSouth Africa verudzi rweBritish vaigona kupikisa kupengereka kwemaBoers nerudzi, uye kushora kwavo maBoers pachavo, vachipa ma facade kumashure ayo hurongwa husina hunhu hunovimbisa maropafadzo anoenderana nerudzi uye, zvinonyanya kukosha, pakirasi.
Vatema vatsva vepamusoro muSouth Africa, avo huwandu hwavo nesimba zvanga zvichikura zvishoma nezvishoma mumakore ekupedzisira erusaruraganda, vakanzwisisa chikamu chavaizoita mushure me โkusunungurwaโ. "Basa ravo renhoroondo", akanyora Frantz Fanon mune yake yekare yekare Zvinoshungurudza Pasi, "hainei nechokuita nekushandura nyika: inosanganisira, prosaically, yekuve nzira yekutapurirana pakati penyika uye capitalism yakatekeshera kunyangwe yakavanzika".
Izvi zvakashanda kune vanotungamira muAfrican National Congress, vakaita saCyril Ramaphosa, mukuru weNational Union of Mineworkers, parizvino mumiriri wemamiriyoni akawanda, akataurirana "chibvumirano" chekugovana masimba nehurumende yaDe FW Klerk, naNelson. Mandela pachake, ane kuzvipira kune "nhoroondo yekubvumirana" kwaireva kuti rusununguko rwevakawanda kubva muurombo uye kusaenzana kwaiva rusununguko rwakanyanya kure. Ikoku kwakava pachena pakuvamba sa1985 apo boka ravanamaindasitiri vokuSouth Africa raitungamirirwa naGavin Reilly, sachigaro wekambani yemigodhi yeAnglo-America, rakasangana navakuru vakuru veANC vakatanhamara muZambia uye mativi ose ari maviri akabvumirana, chaizvoizvo, kuti rusaruraganda rwedzinza rwaizotsiviwa noupfumi. Apartheid, inozivikanwa se "free market".
Misangano yepachivande yakazoitwa mumusha unoyevedza muEngland, Mells Park House, apo aizova mutungamiri weSouth Africa yakasunungurwa, Tabo Mbeki, akanwa whiskey nevakuru vemakambani akanga apedza rusaruraganda. Hofori yeBritain yeConsolidated Goldfields yakapa nzvimbo yacho uye whisky. Chinangwa chaive chekuparadzanisa โvane mweroโ โ vakaita saMbeki naMandela โ kubva mumhomho yevanhu yairamba ichimukira mumataundishipi avo vakamutsa ndangariro dzemhirizhonga yakatevera kuurayiwa kweSharpeville muna 1960 uye kuSoweto muna 1976 โ pasina rubatsiro rweANC.
Kamwe Mandela akabudiswa mujeri muna 1990, "chivimbiso chisingaputsiki" cheANC chekutora hurumende yekutonga haina kunzwika zvakare. Parwendo rwake rwekukunda kuUS, Mandela akati kuNew York: "ANC ichaunza zvakare musika kuSouth Africa." Pandakabvunzurudza VaMandela muna 1997 - vaive mutungamiri wenyika panguva iyoyo - ndikamuyeuchidza nezvevimbiso isingaputsike, ndakaudzwa zvisina chokwadi kuti "mutemo weANC ndeyekuzvimiririra".
Dzichiputirwa nemhepo inopisa yekutaura-makambani, hurumende yaMandela naMbeki dzakatora mazano avo kubva kuWorld Bank neInternational Monetary Fund. Kunyange zvazvo musiyano uripo pakati pevazhinji vanogara pasi pedenga remarata pasina mvura yemupombi uye vatema vachangopfuma mudzimba dzavo wakava mukaha, gurukota rezvemari, Trevor Manuel, akarumbidzwa muWashington nokuda kwe "budiriro huru yehupfumi". South Africa, yakacherekedza George Soros muna 2001, yakanga yaiswa "mumaoko emakuru enyika".
Nguva pfupi yapfuura kuurayiwa kwevacheri vemigodhi vaishandirwa mari shoma mumugodhi weplatinamu une ngozi, wakanyoreswa kuBritain, kuparara kwerusununguko rweupfumi hweSouth Africa kwakaratidzwa apo hurumende yeANC yaJacob Zuma yakamira kupinza zvikamu makumi mana nezviviri kubva muzana zvemafuta ayo kubva kuIran pasi pekumanikidzwa kukuru kubva. Washington. Mutengo wepeturu wakatokwira zvakanyanya, izvo zvave kuita kuti vanhu varombo.
Rusaruraganda urwu rwehupfumi rwave kudzokororwa pasi rose sezvo nyika dzine urombo dzichitevedzera zvinodiwa nevekumadokero "zvido" zvinopesana nezvavo. Kuuya kweChina semukwikwidzi wezviwanikwa zveAfrica, kunyangwe pasina kutyisidzira kwehupfumi nemauto eAmerica, kwakapa imwe pembedzo yekuwedzera kwemauto eAmerica, uye mukana wehondo yenyika, sezvakaratidzwa neMutungamiri Barack Obama bhajeti rehondo nemauto. ye737.5 bhiriyoni, yakakura kupfuura dzose. Mutungamiri wekutanga weAfrica-America wenyika yeuranda anotungamira hupfumi hwehondo isingaperi, kushaikwa kwemabasa uye kusununguka kwevanhu vakasiiwa: hurongwa husina kupokana nevanhu vatema kana vatema chero bedzi vachishandira kirasi yakakodzera. Avo vasingateereri vangangoiswa mujeri.
Iyi ndiyo nzira yeSouth Africa neAmerica, iyo Obama, mwanakomana weAfrica, ari mufananidzo wayo. Liberal hysteria yekuti mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weRepublican, Mitt Romney, akanyanyisa kudarika VaObama, kungokurudzira kwakajairika kwe "huipi hudiki" uye hapana chainochinja. Sezvineiwo, kusarudzwa kwaRomney kuWhite House kungangomutsa kupesana kukuru muUS, kufa kwavo kuri kuita kwaObama kumwe chete.
Kunyange zvazvo Mandela naObama vasingakwanise kuenzaniswa - mumwe mufananidzo wesimba remunhu uye ushingi, mumwe wacho chisikwa chenhema chezvematongerwo enyika - fungidziro yekuti vese vakadana nyika itsva yehutongi hwemagariro zvakafanana. Ndezvekunyepedzera kukuru kunoisa kuedza kwese kwemunhu kune ukoshi hwenyama, uye kuvhiringa media neruzivo uye kukunda kwemauto nechinangwa chekubatsira. Kana isu tikasiya fungidziro idzi ndipo patinozotanga kupedza rusaruraganda pasi rose.
Firimu raJohn Pilger ra1998, Apartheid Did Not Die, rinowanikwa pawww.johnpilger.com