If people wrote and commented less dramatically about SA's history there would possibly be less hysteria in the country and people could get on with pulling the country straight.

“violence, after all, was part and parcel of centuries of white domination – and despite the country’s relatively peaceful transition, violence was also crucial to overthrowing apartheid”.

"Centuries of white domination" - always amuses me. The Great Trek into the bulk of South Africa started in 1835 about 180 years ago.

There were wars between both invading parties - the Blacks from the North and the Whites from the South but no huge massacres as happened in other parts of the world.

To blame the increasing crime rate today on Apartheid is purely blame shifting. The ANC mismanagement of the economy is making people poorer. Apartheid lasted for about 40 years (1950-90). The ANC has had power for the last 22 (1995 - 2017) years. That is where the blame for the current situation lies.