South Africa has actually developed very well in the last century, almost the only country in Africa, much higher than China's per capita income. But in the last decade of the last century, after the acclaimed Mandela came to power, South Africa's economy not only did not continue to take off, but instead went into decline. Mandela actually did a good job of promoting racial equality and promoting human rights protection in South Africa, but the other policies he adopted were not so good.
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Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, and although black South Africans were in the majority, the voice was still in the hands of a small number of whites. Mandela's victory as President of South Africa after many hardships is undoubtedly a great event to celebrate for the black world. But when Mandela came to power, he did not adopt a policy that was wise enough to promote South Africa's development.
The first is that he pays too much attention to the human rights of black people, too much style. After coming to power, many immigration restrictions were opened, as we all know, South Africa is the most developed country in Africa, once the immigration policy is open, there will be an unstoppable influx of black families into South Africa, South Africa's volume can not afford so many immigrants. Most immigrants don't have good survival skills, and they just want the South African government to provide them with relief. Soon the government's finances were in a hurry, and unemployment rose one after another.
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Mr. Mandela may have been a man of little economics who opened up trade barriers in addition to immigration. Once trade barriers are opened, then a country's industry will be hit hard. A large number of foreign goods poured into the South African market, and South Africa, which had originally relied on manufacturing to gain a foothold, suddenly lost a large part of its own domestic market and was hit hard. When manufacturing falls, a large number of people lose their jobs, and social problems will occur frequently. The crime rate of robbery, theft or even homicide began to soar in South Africa, and society slowly fell into chaos under the economic downturn.
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The most important thing in a country's economy is the stability of the financial system, and in any case, if a country's financial system is still stable, then there will be no big problem. Mandela also moved the country's financial system, under the continuous fire of the Western countries, he opened up the country's financial system, which not only invaded foreign commodities, foreign capital also began to enter South Africa, South Africa's banking and credit system almost completely collapsed, so that the country's economy is basically unable to rise from the dead. In just such a short period of ten years, South Africa has rapidly diverged and declined, becoming as lifeless as it is now.
epilogue
Mandela's role as a black leader is definitely worthy of praise, and he may have been a somewhat lofty idealist. But governing is not just something that can be done by imagination, and the West is not such a trusted ally, they just want a piece of the cake of each country. South Africa has clearly fallen victim to Western human rights slogans, and human rights are truly insecure when they are massively displaced and unemployment remains high. The story of South Africa tells us that the development of a country still depends on itself, and relying on other countries will only increase the risk.