Rooinek
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RE: Mandela Memorial Service
December 12, 2013, 14:51:51
Ceradyne, the purpose of my post to you
was not a request for your version of South African history, it was to
point out that Moffie had actually posted a long diatribe about Mandela
before editing his post and claiming he had nothing more to say. That's
all. I really don't need you or anyone else to tell me whether Mandela
was a saint or a sinner. I do know quite a bit about Mandela's history
and I am capable of independent thought. Thanks anyway.
No need for any thanks. I wasn't offering to elaborate on whether he was a saint or a sinner either.
Problem is that when it comes to these types of issues people almost always fail to ignore the emotion in the situation. Those who love him would nit hear anything that does not put a halo above his head. Those who hate him would do anything to wipe away that halo. The secret is to be objective and neutral and then evaluate the facts. Problem is that the media rides on the emotional waves to sell their stories.
The BBC has shown several insets from their "Johannesburg correspondent" a number of times over the last days. One of them shows this guy at the Apartheid Museum standing next to a plaque with all the "Apartheid Laws" that were in place and insunuating that Mandela and the ANC were responsible for those laws to be repealed. That sends out a BS story. Most of those laws were repealed under that very same Apartheid Govt.
To list a few of them:
Natives Land Act, 1913Date commenced 19 June 1913
Date repealed 30 June 1991 by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act, 1991
Aliens Control Act, 1973Date commenced 23 May 1973
Date repealed 1 October 1991 by the Aliens Control Act, 1991
The Group Areas Act went through a number of stages:
Group Areas Act, 1950
Date commenced 30 March 1951 (Cape, Transvaal, Natal) 31 October 1952 (O.F.S.)
Date repealed 1 November 1957 by the Group Areas Act, 1957
Group Areas Act, 1957
Date commenced 1 November 1957
Date repealed 26 October 1966 by the Group Areas Act, 1966
Group Areas Act, 1966
Date commenced 26 October 1966
Date repealed 30 June 1991 by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act, 1991
Group Areas Development Act, 1955Date commenced 1 February 1956
Date repealed 17 February 1966Immorality Act, 1927 Why this was seen as an Apartheid Law is not clear. It dealt with laws relating to brothels and unlawful carnal intercourse and other acts in relation thereto. It was ammended several times, i.e. in 1957/67/69, etc and it was only repealed in 2007. Fact is that it was not even totally repealed.
It was revised and included in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007. There were certain other Apartheid Laws that were interwoven in the whole issue, i.e. Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985.
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949Date commenced 8 July 1949
Date repealed 19 June 1985 by the Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985 which was one of the earliest steps to end Apartheid. (See above).
Bantu Education Act, 1953Date commenced 1 January 1954
Date repealed 1 January 1980 by the Education and Training Act, 1979.
*It is true that there were still seprate schools until 1994 but they education was standardised by the Education and Training Act, 1979.
Extension of University Education Act, 1959Date commenced 19 June 1959
Date repealed 29 June 1988 by the Tertiary Education Act, 1988
Those are just a few examples of most of those Apartheid Laws. It was not the ANC and Mandela who ended them, it was the previous Apartheid Govt.
