EARLY EPISODE: The Bophuthatswana Coup
What happens when white nationalists, Nazis, and Black despots decide to join together to prolong apartheid? One of the dumbest coup attempts of all time.
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Afrikaans is not exactly Dutch mind. Yes, it has its roots there, but the Afrikaner language is a kind of weird version with simplified grammar and original words for where Dutch just uses loan words.
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I heard nkosi sikelel iafrika at the start of this episode and cried for a long time. It's been 20 years since I last heard it. I spent most of my teenage years protesting apartheid with my family. It was a small contribution, but family friends died fighting the SADF in Angola and another went to prison for seven years for handing out leaflets. Fun apartheid fact: even carparks were segregated. Black people couldn't park their cars in white car parks.
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Joe, I was wondering- do you think that if the right came into conflict with the police in America and a similar incident happened ( say police hosing down a car of armed, shooting CHUDs ), would it bring a similar realization about what a civil war would mean?
I dont think the two are remotely compatible due to the two situations and systems at play. But that specific situation, no. However, I dont think even that works as a comparison because outside of doomsday preachers and the like the reality of a civil war in America at any point within our lifetimes barring some very insane change, is incredibly low. The same could not be said for South Africa in the 1990s
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Great find.
Absolutely spectacular episode guys. Just an astonishing achievement. Happy Christmas!
1:08:24 It's a Christmas miracle!
It was enjoyable hearing nazi generals get killed, I'd imagine a fascist militia would get general heavy. How much actual organizational damage came from that?
Tutu denounced necklac-ing, but was that the correct strategic call?
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Love the southern african content, excited for this one.