Walking Proud

Change is not an unusual thing, the world is changing all the time, but the end of the 1980’s was different. Whole ideologies began to transform, by the early 1990’s the world had redefined itself. The Soviet Union dissolved and with it went the cold war status quo, that had some how been keeping things the way they were.

It was at this time that South Africa began to rebuild itself. Its not difficult to know why the old South Africa fell apart, it could have continued to fall apart until there was a total blood bath and the greatest show ever to be seen on CNN. Instead there was tremendous emphases on reconciliation and rebuilding a new South Africa. How it took place is what makes it a fascinating story.

Everything that took place in South Africa, from the very beginning, in one way or another, lead to were South Africa is today. There were many characters, coincidences, meeting of people, merging of ideas, opening of agendas, to some it was the end of the road, to others it was only the beginning.

To understand what happened we need only study the people that were there. I’ve just finished reading the Louis Luyt Autobiography “Walking Proud” and it is one of the best books I’ve read. It gives an inside view of South Africa in its most volatile era. I thought it was about rugby.