There is a level of hypocrisy evident, but that hypocrisy is very far removed from the real gratitude towards a group that welcomed them when the rest of the world turned their backs on them in their time of need. My grandmother voted Nat until the day she died, and while I disagreed with her it was hard to argue that she should change her vote.

It's the same reason so many white folk are perplexed that black voters in SA continue to vote for the ANC despite how clearly corrupt and self-serving they are. I view it in the same light - bringing SA out of apartheid buys a lot of goodwill, and it's hard to tell someone that the same flag that literally fought for and won your freedom is no longer in your corner.

I have no easy answers, but it doesn't help anyone to get reductive and forget the human elements.