It is interesting to be studying South Africa at this point. A nation that has long been troubled by apartheid and corrupt government, South Africa still seems unable to shake the corruption and influence of "big government" in order to benefit its people. It was the hope with Nelson Mandela and the arrival of the African National Congress that South Africans would be able to rise above the immense poverty, corruption, and caste system that has been in place for an extensive period of time. Those hopes are becoming more and more dim as Jacob Zuma prepares to take office, already predicted to win by a landslide of 68% on some accounts. His success is due in large part to the mass amount of uneducated poor, that cleave to his campaign promises without being able to analyze even remote feasibility of the implementation. To read more, review the following link :
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/southafrica.elections/index.html
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