Why Did South Africa Relinquish Its Nuclear Weapons?

(thecollector.com)

10 points | by Tomte 8 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • nickdothutton 8 hours ago ago

    The most interesting thing about this article is that it leaves out all the interesting stuff. I recommend googling one Dr David Kelly, and a young fellow called David Cameron who would become better known later. When the US and UK learned RSA had the bomb, and the ANC were about to inherit it, they were suddenly a lot less enthusiastic about the incoming administration they had previously endorsed.

    • thisislife2 6 hours ago ago

      It is as simple as that. They read the writing in the wall and knew that the native would take back power. They didn't trust, and want, the native blacks to have nuclear weapons. The whites in Africa still have deep political ties with the Anglo-Americans, and that's why we see Trump complaining about "white genocide" in South Africa.

      • warumdarum 5 hours ago ago

        Its just a normal african culture nation now. The rainbow has ended.. they are busy being racist to immigrants from other places now.

  • forinti 7 hours ago ago

    > It also promoted a strongly anti-communist ideology, arguing that racial equality was a communist plot to destroy the country.

    This has to be the most cynical "communist threat" ever.

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