Yes, this week will take place in the U.S., the "Black Friday", the classical turning point in the retail business, is made of the profits to. Coincidentally, this week was also the "Black Tuesday" and indeed in South Africa. Only there were no consumer goods on sale, but one of the foundations of democracy. And because she was also the same way, the freedom of the press. If you believe that Berlusconi was therefore the worst thing that could give it to politicians in democracies, then you should look to South Africa once. There just because democracy is transformed into a protected park oligarchs. The Parliament adopted the "Secrecy Act" is another step in this direction.
Especially the history of South Africa makes this an absolute tragedy. Because actually, the "Rainbow Nation" a miracle. After the dissolution of the apartheid regime, there were no massacres of the whites, was simply not taken revenge against the former oppressors. Instead, it was - inspired and led by the moral light figure, Nelson Mandela - forgiven and reconciled, united and at peace.
But even at that time was a bad seed in the ground at the Cape of Good Hope: the dominant party called the ANC. The African National Congress since apartheid ended determine the fate of South Africa and has the undisputed power. But with the resignation of Nelson Mandela from his government and party offices of the ANC apparently lost his conscience.
Only dry functionaries came to power, only to be expelled by the agitators. The State President Jacob Zuma is the so called African counterpart Silvio Berlusconi corruption scandals, from which he is exactly like hinauswieselte Berlusconi again, scandals and rape allegations, which even led to a process with a dubious acquittal. But the memorable quote Zuma (because the alleged rape victim had AIDS and Zuma was then chairman of the National AIDS Council), that "showers diminishes after sex, the risk of contagion," remained in the same way as the ruined reputation of the then aspiring politician who after a prolonged power struggle with his predecessor Thabo Mbeki was elected in 2009 in spite of this process and allegations of money laundering, organized crime, corruption and fraud as president.
One of Zuma's biggest supporters was the leader of the ANC Youth Organization, Julius Malema, who often struck by his unbridled populism, racism and other widely advocated exactly the accused. That he let sing the old fight song, "Shoot the Boer" at meetings, brought him increasingly into the focus of controversy, until he was even sentenced to omit songs that appealed to racial violence.
Officially sponsored by his radical tendencies are also the reason why he left his post and was barred for five years from the party. But unofficially, may have also played against him in the ways led corruption, money laundering and fraud investigations-a role for several years to remove him from the public eye.
The now by Parliament and, soon, from the second chamber, the provincial council (which is also dominated by the ANC), adopted in the public called "Secrecy Act" will in the future of the press in South Africa prohibiting "secret" to publish information from government agencies, each authority to decide arbitrarily what is secret. It is also important whether the public interest is harmed thereby. Mainly seems to be unimportant, that a constitutional right that is fundamental to a democracy is to be tilted.
The law, officially the "Protection of the State Information Bill" is the name will be challenged with security of the opposition and various civil society organizations in the Constitutional Court. But the increasing influence of South African politics, that is the ANC, the judiciary there makes a decision within the meaning of democracy, at least uncertain. Example: The selection of the latest constitutional judge, Mogoeng Mogoeng, by Jacob Zuma
The fact that all the dubious characters are involved in this tragedy of democracy political left - here's a stark contrast to Berlusconi - demonstrates clearly that it is mainly the uncontrolled exercise of power, which destroys democracies and not necessarily the political orientation of the Mighty
