South Africa: United No More

The Afrikaners, long linked in upholding apartheid, start to split

"We aren't heading for a revolution in our country, we are already in the midst of one," says the stern, silver-haired churchman as he glances at the acacias and bougainvilleas blooming outside the window of his study. "And by that I mean it's a revolution of ideas, a revolution of our system of values. We are forced -- even if we don't like it -- we are simply forced to join hands and to share power. We can't go on any longer as we did for the past 300 years. We've got to change."

Those words would not be particularly surprising...

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