South Africa A Study in Conflict Author:Pierre van den Berghe "White Supremacy," says the author of this analysis of South African society and politics, "IS BUSILY DIGGING ITS OWN GRAVE." Consensus about basic values is largely absent in South Africa, and the society is held together by a mixture of political coercion and economic exploitation. Although the repressive apparatus of the state now prevents ... more »conflicts over racial policies from erupting into open revolution, South Africa "seems inevitably headed for disintegration."« less