Is South Africa's emancipation struggle over? (2)

Thank you for articulating so clearly what many of us have been saying for years. That there were serious compromises made at the time of South Africa's independence; that the urban and rural poor in SA have nothing to celebrate after 11 years of so called freedom. The freedom in SA has been a freedom for the elite non-white population, for the business sector who have continued to make money off the lives of the poor and of course the white elite have continued in their prosperity and probably have gained most out of independence as they are now able to conduct their business operations freely with the rest of the world.

You ask the question "why are (Africa's) incessantly in poverty?" Because as you say the primary essence of democracy is absent from the continent and the World Bank/IMF and the NEPAD agenda have choked the continent into submission and poverty. The West and particularly the United States are not interested in a true democratic Africa but one that serves it's need in resources and security. (http://okrasoup.typepad.com/black_looks,