South Africa and the Congo Crisis | 1960-1965

"On 30 June 1960, the Belgian Congo gained independence, briefly transforming the central African state into a beacon of hope for decolonising Africa. Congo’s newfound freedom was, however, quickly disrupted by a period of severe socio-political chaos and conflict that became known as ‘the Congo crisis’. This ‘crisis’ was characterised by a power struggle over who was most suitable and entitled to administer and control Congo, and what political model and ideological trajectory the newly independent state should follow..." A thesis from Lazlo Patrick Christian Passemiers