Like any system that restricts human freedom, Apartheid was bound to fail. The only question was when and how. Yes, Mandela held abominable political views (although he apppears to have mellowed in his politics considerably by the time of his release from prison) but he at least guided Apartheid’s end to a reasonably soft landing. I’m just unhappy that F.W. DeKlerk hasn’t gotten credit for being the Gorbachev to Mandela’s Yeltsin; the former party appratchik who knew his beloved system was coming to an end. Haven’t heard his name mentioned once.