South africa profited like many others, from the cold-war, when the us propped up the "border" wall states (germany,austria, italy, turkey, south-korea and japa

South africa profited like many others, from the cold-war, when the us propped up the "border" wall states (germany,austria, italy, turkey, south-korea and japan). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia#Independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia#Independence With the wind down of the cold war, all that stopped and the ANC, which was on the loosing side of the cold-war ideologically, had to pivot, while all support was cut. It did not go very well, but they also were delt a lousy hand to start with. Social Rebel groups seem to have a tendency to facilitate the rise of gangsters, profiteers and sadists to power, once they are victorious. Think of stalin, a little ruthless gangster, who basically ran the sovjet union like a gang kept in eternal turmoil and panic.