International Anti Crisis Centre: General elections were held in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) on May 8, 2019, where voters made their choice between political parties instead of voting for one particular candidate. In terms of the South African political system, this means that the winning party can appoint its leader as President of the country and seats in Parliament are distributed pro rata to the amount of support given to a party in the national election.
Many experts believe that both the pre-election process and 2019 elections have become the most keenly contested since the end of the Apartheid era in 1994, which terminated a 46-year-long official policy of racial segregation against the black population conducted by the radical right National Party (NP, composed mostly of white South Africans). In 1994, the NP, surrendering to pressure from national activists and the international community, held the elections, where the victory was gained by Nelson Mandela’s party, the African National Congress (ANC) with 64% of the vote.
This year, the three most supported parties competed in the elections: the ANC, the Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
Nobody doubted that the ANC would win the 2019 elections in South Africa, despite its public support is under decline in recent years amid numerous corruption scandals within the party. Corruption flourished during the rule of the previous President Jacob Zuma, also the ANC member, who was removed from office before the end of his term in connection with the corruption scandal and was succeeded by Cyril Ramaphosa, acting President, a well-known and recognized by the international community politician and a close ally of Nelson Mandela.
The Democratic Alliance is an undeniably main election opponent of the ANC. When said that the dominance of the white has decreased across the continent, we should not forget about the DA, or the “white party”, as people call it. It was established in 2000, as an opposition to the ANC, and holds a majority in a number of municipal districts.
So far, according to the early vote count, the ANC party wins. However, this time it will sensibly lose in number of the National Assembly seats, as compared to the previous elections.
This indicates that the US keep on building its influence at the continent, a strategy implemented through spreading propaganda, even by using radical propaganda tools in some cases. At the same time, the US actively promotes its globalization concept. However, this approach does not find much response among the local population.
But the US yet apply the entire set of political technology tools and their extensive experience in this area to brainwash the population – primarily, through the propaganda content disseminated among young people via the Internet. They apply a traditional technique of spreading “fake news”, when the political score is increased by smearing the rivals.
Apart from corruption scandals, South Africa has great problems with energy supply at the moment, which also does not improve the rating of the ruling party. The difficulties arise from the fact that the state energy monopoly enterprise ESCOM (Electricity Supply Commission, provides electricity to 95% of the country’s consumers) faced an unprecedented corruption scheme and has to introduce load-shedding operation mode (scheduled power cuts) even in major cities, such as Cape Town, which affects all sectors of consumers, from households to mining giants.
Quite understandably, the voters believe that the responsibility for the national socioeconomic problems falls on the ruling party. Besides, over the years passed after the end of apartheid, people tend to forget about the heroism of fighters against the ruling regime and all this contributes to the ANC losing support of its voters.
The situation plays in favor of the US, which strengthens its influence in the country and brings “democracy” to South Africa through a network of non-profit organizations and the experts in political quarters.
These Western forces implement their own political projects disguised as humanitarian activities – the fight against AIDS or campaigns for women’s rights are good examples. Such interventions do spread American propaganda, but actually bring no real help to people.
Driven by vigorous activities of the Western NGOs and multiple actors, the US desired agenda spreads at full blast. Such networks of influence as USAID, Soros Foundation, etc., are also involved in this process.
Meanwhile, American advisers are nested in the South African ministries. Some take them as paragons of competence, but de facto they just drive the country into the debt pit of the American financial system.
As for the Democratic Alliance, a number of experts tell that this party cooperates closely with the US Democratic Party. The DA patterns upon their technology, rhetoric, methodology, etc. The DA leader Mmusi Maimane is nicknamed “Obama from Soweto” (Soweto is South Western Township, the area of Bantu compact settlement).
Another fact to be considered is that ever since election of George Bush, the DA has been supported by billionaire George Soros, Tom Steyer, and other donors – the real power brokers spreading the American “democracy” across the globe.
Other alternative parties akin to the DA, bringing American values to the South African masses, claim their momentum, as well. Many recognized political experts indicate their similarity in the ideological component and mention that even the DA logo design takes after the style of their Western colleagues.
Thus, we observe a situation, in which the US are convinced of their right to interfere in the affairs of sovereign states. They play the role of the World hegemon; however, it should be remembered that Americans always act in their own interests only.
To be more specific, measures aimed at destabilizing other states are implemented with due diligence by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Here, for instance, is a quote from Allen Weinstein, its co-founder, “A lot of what we (the NED, AM) do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA”.
Since its establishment, the NED has been generating opposition and dissenting movements around the world. For instance, in 2011, the Wikileaks portal linked the NED activities with protests in a number of countries (the Arab Spring), including the state coup in Libya and the civil war in Syria.
De facto, the NED openly intervenes in the affairs of other states using financial means from various sources. Even more concerns arise from the fact that the Americans themselves seem to have no clue about whom they are financing.
Aided by their contracting agents, for instance, South African USAID (which the NED is subordinated to), hiding behind various programs for the “development” of democracy, Americans work with the population, as well as with civil and political groups, exerting direct influence on them. They lure people into their “team” and vanish after receiving information.
The fact that the US make no secret of their interventions, brings experts even more causes for concern. Moreover, the US demonstrate in every possible way that they may do that.
It has long been stated by many experts that the interference in the affairs of sovereign states, including elections, has become a US tradition. This usually happens in those countries, where politics is either disturbing for Americans or just does not meet their interests.
Alexander Malkevich, President of the Foundation for the Protection of National Values, Chairman of the Commission on Development of Information Community, Mass Media and Mass Communications of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, written exclusively for IAC
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