Apartheid: Was it all bad?

Cliff Kincaid writes:

WikiLeaks is usually a source that our media trust. But little attention was paid to information from WikiLeaks demonstrating that the South African government is now resorting to “forced removals, violence, [and] intimidation” against poor blacks demanding their rights. Referring to a group of black shack dwellers known by the initials AbM, the U.S. embassy cable from 2010 said: “While the ANC claims to be making efforts to clean up slums and provide the poor with adequate housing, AbM leadership claims intimidation and anti-democratic tactics are used against its members by the ruling party.”

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How ironic that Paul Walker and Nelson Mandela would die within days of each other. #burningtires RT @PzFeed pic.twitter.com/tQTYRxZXaN

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