# Why is South Africa melting down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 13, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-south-africa-melting-down/819548 "2018-08-13T20:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-south-africa-melting-down/819548/201 "2018-08-28T17:57:32Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > This may be the point some are missing. I think their may be a misapprehension among some about just how old apartheid is and when much of this land came into dispute. For the most part these are _not_ directly colonial-era grievances, but rather the result of post-WW II policy. This is still within living memory. Thanks for this. At risk of violating a moderator kinda-warning, this is what I think I was trying to ask upthread. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-south-africa-melting-down/819548/202 "2018-08-29T05:57:30Z")
Interestingly, commentary that makes [headline news](https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ramaphosas-land-reform-policy-gets-backing-from-british-pm-theresa-may-20180828) in South Africa is kind of buried halfway down the page [elsewhere](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-45325701). Now, I don’t like May at all, but I do give her props for not immediately buying into White supremacist propaganda, unlike some other leaders (US, Australia, I’m looking at you…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-south-africa-melting-down/819548.md?page=10)