Leaving aside the faults of the current regime and concetrating on South Africa s apartheid era Totalitarianism No black votes Liberal party disbanded when inter racial parties banned Communist party banned ANC PAC and other parties banned End Conscription Campaign and many other bodies banned Newspapers banned other newspapers closely monitored with news censored Immoral and many political books banned Many people banned from publication or from association house arrest BOSS and security police Detention without trial as long as 180 days renewable by a magistrate Other than that opposition by moderate White parties tolerated Corporatistic economics Telecom railways steel electricity All state owned and either de facto or legal monopolies Other examples existed Operated effectively as arms of the state Anti communism Fanatical The minister of Justice could just name someone a communist and they were effectively banned Communist party banned for decades Militarism Two years national service by White males followed by 2 month tours for 10 years Repeated military excursions into neighbouring countries Long protracted and secret not reported in SA invasion of Angola Military budget higher proportion of GNP than most other countries Security Council essentially a committee of the State President Law Justice Police and Defence ministers together with military leaders ran the country for years Radicalism Wasn t tolerated Which is pretty radical if you ask me Strict conformity to party line If you not with us you re against us logic The 20 or less Whites had all effective power Afrikaners 60 of 20 dominated those So a racial and language elite Doesn t any of that count