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-- in 2006, 25% of South Africans lived in them with no running water or electricity;
-- the HIV/AIDS infection rate is about 20%; ANC officials deny its severity and do little to help; as a result, average life expectancy is lower than in 1990;
-- 40% of schools have no electricity;
-- 25% of people have no clean water, and most with it can't afford the cost;
-- 60% have inadequate sanitation, and 40% no telephones.
Post-apartheid came at a high price with political empowerment traded for economic betrayal, and no planned relief for millions of suffering South Africans, victims of predatory capitalism.
Post-Communist Russia
The Berlin Wall's fall should have been triumphant for millions. Instead it was tragic for Russia and post-Soviet states like Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and others.
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