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The situation in 2000

Thabo Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999 as South Africa's second democratic president. The ANC dominates politics while the country struggles with crime, unemployment and the AIDS epidemic.

Civilian factories

16

Military factories

2

Dockyards

1

Manpower (states)

44m

Stability

60%

War support

10%

Research slots

3

States

9

Resources

chromium 855 aluminium 44 steel 35

Army

9 divisions

  • Mechanised2
  • Infantry3
  • Airborne1
  • Garrison3

Navy

5 ships

  • Frigates2
  • Submarines3

Air force

50 aircraft

  • Fighters50

Ideologies and leaders

In power on 1 January 2000: Thabo Mbeki (African National Congress). Every leader below can come to power in TND, through the elections, coups and roads of the game.

Democratic

Thabo Mbeki In power, 2000

Thabo Mbeki

Social Democracy

African National Congress

Kgalema Motlanthe

Kgalema Motlanthe

Social Democracy

Jacob Zuma

Jacob Zuma

Social Democracy

Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa

Social Democracy

Communist

Blade Nzimande

Blade Nzimande

Marxist-Leninist

South African Communist Party

Fascist

Eugène Terre'Blanche

Eugène Terre'Blanche

Gen Nazism

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

Non-Aligned

Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Moderatism

Inkatha Freedom Party

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