SA was peaceful under Mandelas control???
Care to explain this??
http://www.volkstaat.net/index.php?...killed-project-4020&catid=56:latest&Itemid=82
Too many media victims around here if you ask me.
I agree the media (particularly the BBC have gone a bit OTT.
Regarding your linked article - yes that is obviously not good at all, 4000 white farmers killed over a 20 year period.
However, you don't say how many blacks were murdrered in the same period. Nor does the article say what the circumstances were of these murders. Were they all purely to grab land and / or possessions, or were some of them revenge / retribution for harsh treatment?
I don't know, and the article doesn't say.
I still maintain though that Mandela was not perfect, and nor did he claim to be.
But then again neither were the white leaders who protected the apartheid policy were they?
But alt least he had the dignity to come out of prison looking for reform and reconciliation, not revenge.
Although to be honest I think he didn't mind being in jail at all, given how scary Winnie was. (joke)