Viewpoints Comparative Questions

  1. According to the South African government, what were the intended consequences of apartheid? According to Mandela, what were the actual consequences of apartheid?
  2. In your opinion, who bore the greater responsibility for the violence that rocked South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s: the South African government or the ANC? Why?

Nelson Mandela, No Easy Walk to Freedom, ed. Ruth First (New York: Basic Books, 1965), 163–168.