The Mandela Foundation, named after the first black South African president, estimated Thursday May 4 that the demonstrations in the world against the death of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of the American police translate "A growing anger against white supremacy continues".
"Protesters in the United States report that enough is enough", judged the Mandela foundation which denounces "A system which creates the conditions for violence against blacks and the legitimate" in numerous countries. "We find such violence even in countries where blacks hold the levers of government", as in South Africa, she denounced.
The twenty-six years that have passed since the official end of the apartheid regime in South Africa "Failed to ensure that the lives of blacks mattered as much as those of whites", regretted the foundation. "The time has come to assess the resilient white supremacy in our country, in the United States and around the world", she concluded.
The death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police on May 25 triggered a deep wave of anger across the United States and protests around the world. Nelson Mandela, hero of the struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa, a system of domination by the white minority, was the first black president of this country in southern Africa from 1994 to 1999.
