CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION

There is a new generation of South Africans born since the time of the UNION; generations which have shouldered their father’s or grand father’s responsibilities and think they are heavier than they used to be-they might well be right. The history of an era in which South Africa came of age and grew in stature will stir up events of the past thirty years ago, that influence our destiny. In some African quarters, the two ‘world wars’ are considered little more than European wars for world dominance- which to some degree they were.”

This must be measured, however, against the tendency to excise the colonised from history. This plays down the contribution of previously colonised people to the making of the modern world and oppressive forces of every kind.

We conclude with this quote:

‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott.