BDS is inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, Yet South Africa today is the most unequal society in the world - economic apartheid persists for millions. 'More than two decades after South Africa ousted a racist apartheid system that trapped the vast majority of South Africans in poverty, more than half the country still lives below the national poverty line and most of the nation's wealth remains in the hands of a small elite' (NPR, 2 April). The first three post-apartheid Presidents supported the dictator Mugabe. Mbeki is responsible for the premature deaths of up to 365,000 AIDS victims. Winnie Mandela to her credit “.. said to president Mbeki: ‘Why are ARVs not toxic for the members in Parliament who are taking them but toxic for the poor?’” Some have called for Mbeki to be tried for crimes against humanity. King Zuma has his palace and shares responsibility for the Marikana massacre with Ramaphosa. Anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu said of the ANC:: 'They stopped the gravy train just long enough to get on themselves.' He went on describe the Zuma administration as 'worse than the apartheid government' and that he would 'pray for the downfall of the ANC.'
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BDS is inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, Yet South Africa today is the most unequal society in the world - economic apartheid persists for millions. 'More than two decades after South Africa ousted a racist apartheid system that trapped the vast majority of South Africans in poverty, more than half the country still lives below the national poverty line and most of the nation's wealth remains in the hands of a small elite' (NPR, 2 April).
The first three post-apartheid Presidents supported the dictator Mugabe. Mbeki is responsible for the premature deaths of up to 365,000 AIDS victims. Winnie Mandela to her credit “.. said to president Mbeki: ‘Why are ARVs not toxic for the members in Parliament who are taking them but toxic for the poor?’” Some have called for Mbeki to be tried for crimes against humanity. King Zuma has his palace and shares responsibility for the Marikana massacre with Ramaphosa. Anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu said of the ANC:: 'They stopped the gravy train just long enough to get on themselves.' He went on describe the Zuma administration as 'worse than the apartheid government' and that he would 'pray for the downfall of the ANC.'
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