Nelson Mandela dies.

[CleanShavenJesus]

So the ending of apartheid 20 years ago isn't an advancement in your opinion?

Yes fair enough that is a valid advancement. And it was the last advancement in South Africa, so you could say that there's been no advancement made in the last 20 years - that still includes Mandela's term of presidency.

I'd agree with you here, in that South Africa has made no advancements past the ending of the apartheid (and the riddance of their nuclear arsenal.)

Fiscally, South Africa was doing better prior to the ANC taking charge. Unemployment in the country went up nearly 30% under ANC control, poverty levels among white South Africans increased by a large amount, and the HIV pandemic in South Africa was/is handled extremely poorly by the ANC. It's still in very poor condition and it's mostly the leaders since the ANC took charge's faults.

However, I still believe that when it comes to human rights, South Africa has obviously improved immensely. The apartheid was a disgusting blatant disregard for human rights, and Nelson Mandela should still be regarded as a hero for what he did to put an end to it.

I don't believe your debate should be in this topic, because Mandela's campaign against the National Party's apartheid really turned the country upside down. I believe it won't be a few more decades until South Africa can truly recover from it all and begin improvements.