In 1988, tensions in South Africa had reached the point of civil war following the Matsulu massacre, where police opened fire and killed 7 black South African children. The explanation given by the police was that the children were throwing rocks at the policemen, but that claim is dubious. Ten years, two nukes used and a refugee crisis later, the South African Civil War ended with a balkanized South Africa: Azania, the Volkstaat, Zululand and the Cape Republic.
Maybe preventing the Matsulu massacre might not have been enough to stop it lest reformists somehow take over South Africa (which is unlikely), as tensions had already been growing since the early 1970s. So what might have been done to stop the civil war?
Maybe preventing the Matsulu massacre might not have been enough to stop it lest reformists somehow take over South Africa (which is unlikely), as tensions had already been growing since the early 1970s. So what might have been done to stop the civil war?