Terreblanche's death stokes racial tensions

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/04/terreblanche.analysis/index.html?npt=NP1

Eugene Terreblanche, a white supremacist leader in South Africa, was killed earlier this month by two of his farm workers over an apparent labor dispute (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/03/terreblanche.dead/index.html). The former leader of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, Terreblanche actively led the resistance against the end of apartheid in South Africa in the the 1990s. Since his death 2 weeks ago, old racial tensions have come back to life, creating comparisons to the dark days before South Africa became a democracy. The uneasiness stems from the timing of the Neo-Nazi's death, which came relatively soon after a member of the African National Congress was barred from singing the anti-apartheid song "Kill the Boer," which is about killing a farmer. Now, a seemingly similar atmosphere to that of apartheid South Africa exists, in which the white men are suspicious of the black men and vice versa.

Apartheid seemed to be something of the past, but with the assassination of one of its greatest supporters, the spotlight now shines bright on racial issues within South Africa. Many fear that the new segregation created over the death of Terreblanche will create an apartheid-like atmosphere, an undesirable situation at best for international relations. South African international relations during the Apartheid were practically non-existant; South Africa was politically isolated until the end of the Apartheid came around. If the racial tensions in South Africa revert back to the times of Apartheid, then relations with the country could come to a screeching halt. Therefore, apartheid, which was seemingly an element of South Africa's past, could possibly spill into its present. Furthermore, this situation disputes the realist argument that only states matter and that domestic issues have no affect on international relations. The racial segregation in South Africa during the Apartheid definitely had an effect on how the world interacted with the South African government, and the current situation could also affect South African international relations as well.