opposing apartheid but, now that his homeland is free, he is encouraging youngsters to flee the country.Breytenbach, who for years was prevented from returning to South Africa after leaving it in the 1960s, has written a scathing article on the democratic republic in US magazine Harper's. His open letter to former president Nelson Mandela is signed "Mongrel Son".
Breytenbach writes of a country that has failed its most vulnerable: its women and children.
"If a young South African were to ask me whether he or she should stay or leave, my bitter advice would be to go. For the foreseeable future now, if you want to live your life to the full, and with some satisfaction and usefulness, and you can stand the loss, if you can amputate yourself--then go . . . " he writes.
from The Times, South Africa: Breytenbach: My bitter advice is go
also The Times, South Africa: Breytenbach's letter to Mandela
also The Times, South Africa: Madiba's spokesman responds
also The Times, South Africa: Mandela Foundation slams Breytenbach
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