If Afghanistan is famously referred to as the graveyard of empires, South Africa surely qualifies as the laboratory of empires. South Africanization also entails a fusion of the ruling party and government, blurring the dividing lines between them. The bad news is that many Western nations seem doomed to continue down the pothole-pocked road of South Africanization. The good news is that effective responses are already being pioneered and stress tested at ground zero in South Africa. South Africa is once again a new frontier, and on the frontier, not only surviving but thriving favors the bold.