From Up There to Down Here ...

Carol Lazar wrote this in the Star on Monday: We are a proud democracy. We call ourselves the rainbow nation and we are the only country in the world that voluntarily changed from a tyrannical apartheid regime to a fully-fledged democracy where all our citizens, irrespective of race, creed or colour have full human rights. With our ground-breaking Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established after the end of apartheid, we were hailed as champions of democracy, a flagship among nations, a beacon of light. So what happened? How did we lose our credibility? And why has UN Watch, the very respected and credible non-governmental organisation based in Geneva, placed South Africa at the bottom of the human rights list? To read the whole thing, go HERE She concludes by saying: I used to feel proud of being a South African. But when my democratic, rainbow nation votes for those who practice human rights' abuses, I feel ashamed. Will we again become the polecat of the world?