LETTER: Forget about secession
There is talk of the Western Cape setting itself up as an independent country
11 August 2020 - 16:31
An argument one hears quite frequently these days is that the Western Cape has the right to set itself up as an independent country (and that all it would need to do would be to win a local referendum and obtain recognition from the international community).
This is a load of simplistic codswallop: if a relatively poor country built a nuclear power station and/or a huge hydroelectric dam in a particular region it clearly would have the right to prevent the region from breaking away, as this could undermine the stability and wellbeing of the rest of the country...
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