*'When I had to give up my university studies 35 years ago I was so
angry that I wanted to leave South Africa, get military training and an
AK47 and come back to kill evil white people ... I'm just as angry now
as I feel my economic freedom is under threat, but I'm staying to fight
for what I believe in.'*When Nelson Mandela became South Africa's
president in 1994, Herman Mashaba thought his struggle for personal and
economic freedom was over, the battle won. Twenty-one years later, he
has had to question that assumption as his freedoms are eroded and
economic controls tighten. Mashaba, a selfmade entrepreneur who started
his business Black Like Me in the dark days of apartheid, is committed
to freeing South Africans from poverty. As a successful business person,
Mashaba says he can no longer be silent on the state of the South
African economy. In Capitalist Crusader he outlines his quest for
economic freedom for all South Africans--through a firm commitment to
capitalist principles. He describes the changes in his political
affiliations and maps out the route South Africa needs to follow to
escape entrenched unemployment, poverty and inequality.