Let's not forget the role of Reagan and Thatcher in ending apartheid

The Ulsterman Report shows how Ronald Reagan's policies of "Constructive Engagement" helped topple apartheid in South Africa and pave the way for Nelson Mandela's Presidency.

After eight years of Ronald Reagan’s policies of “constructive engagement” that worked to prepare the volatile nation to peacefully embrace true self rule, apartheid fell.

Just as communism fell. Just as the Berlin Wall fell.

Nelson Mandela took it from there, and after four years as President of South Africa, when he then willingly gave up his authority and made himself a living, breathing example of democracy, Nelson Mandela proved himself more than deserving of the opportunity Ronald Reagan and others had given him and his reborn nation.