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Why did Washington support South Africa's evil apartheid regime for decades? Filmmaker Matthew Cooke describes how the US turned a blind eye to the brutal white-minority government, which was considered a bulwark against the expansion of communism during the Cold War. There were also economic incentives, with US firms... show more

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Arnold de Wit4 days ago

Never heard so much shit in my life!

NOT _A_PANICAN4 days ago

So where’s the lie ?

PlainJohn3 days ago

Wow, this guy is so full of shit. Unbelievable.

Andre4 days ago

Explain to us how did USA support SA and tell us what you know of the sanctions on SA. Why did ANC leadership live in USA while in exile.

CVT3 days ago

What about the White australians and Kiwis where did they come from? What did they do to the local inhabitants? Think! Yeh…thats what they did…..

klimymilk4 days ago

Who were these Afrikaners before they came to Africa & started calling themselves Afrikaners ?

Evie G.4 days ago

Ronald Reagan implemented sanctions in the 80’s, all US Companies pulled out as well. Donald Trump gave Mandela and the rest of the senior ANC members his personal jet to fly them to the US after Mandela was released

Shawn3 days ago

South African former president Ramaphosa signs, kill the boer. There are now 142 race based laws. White farmers are being slaughtered. Mandela was a terrorist. The country is now terrible

S.G.3 days ago

THERE WERE ZERO BLACKS IN 1652. Blacks arrived decades after the Whites from West and North Africa. Study the real HISTORY!

BLESSING4 days ago

And then you have politicians advocating for an influx of undocumented foreigners in the spirit of pan many Nigerians,Somalis,Pakistanis and Ghanaians died at the Battle of Blood River? Zero.Nada.

OOFGUY4 days ago

@RantingTexan you might wanna come over to confirm... 😊

Essie3 days ago

lol he really believes the shit he talks 😀😀🤪🤪🤪

Gee Nyems4 days ago

@MYANC @EFFSouthAfrica

playSK3 days ago

“Sanitized copy approved for release”

Gunnibear🐻‍❄️2 days ago

Cyril was an agent for the state and for the CIA.

OOFGUY4 days ago

Sounds like Israel

AIGrichka Bogdanoff3 days ago

And how does South Africa look now. Go for a strole in downtown Jhb. God speed fren

BeAUnicorn3 days ago

What happens when you use Wikipedia and X as your main sources... 🙄

Willem Olivier4 days ago

And what has it to do with matters od TODAY?

Paulda2 days ago

Its almost been forty fucking years man……

Danie Botha3 days ago

Most people you are talking about is dead already what is this oak on about.

SuiderBlom3 days ago

Screwed history. Typical lamestream leftist woke lies.

Thabiso4 days ago

We South Africans and I'm talking the tribes of these lands, are lost fr, look at how we love in our neighbourhoods, the gov. we rely on is selling us, we are degenerate, we are not progressive at all, it's sad, these Afrikaneers will kill us all.

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