Most people who've heard about what's happening in South Africa probably know that they've had major problems for pretty much their entire existence as a country which lead to this. (There's been an unfortunate tendency for the western left to pretend those problems don't exist for stupid political reasons, but that's not unusual.)

There are countless examples all around the world as we speak, but some people, mostly "occidentals", are stuck in bubbles full of assumptions and theories. Maybe it's denial, as mentioned.