South Africa struggled to successfully shift to self rule because if poverty and crime which brings about corruption.
<h3>What is self-rule?</h3>
Self-rule can be regarded as the capability of a nation to exercise all gorvernment function without intervention from an external authority.
Therefore, when there is too much corruption there can't be a stable economy, once there is no stable economy, self rule will be difficult.
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