South Africa does have wealth distribution policies in the form of requiring all companies that do business with the state or which need licences (like mines or telecoms) to have a minimum number of black ownership and black employees.
South Africa also has affirmative action.
In fact, there are more race based laws in South Africa currently than during Apartheid.
The current President also benefitted heavily from BEE as he was a close personal friend of Mandela. Made hundreds of millions.
If you say that you are going to take large amounts of other people's assets, there is no way to run that process and not have huge amounts of corruption.
The problem has been: very high crime, heavily mismanaged infrastructure (Eskom is collapsing due to corruption, ANC politicians were taking tons of money from contracts), no investment in education, and so a population with no skills. I am not sure what wealth redistribution fixes...it has been tried repeatedly. It is like people thinking that a $1m loan from your father turns you into a different person...no, most people will end up wasting that money too.
South Africa also has affirmative action.
In fact, there are more race based laws in South Africa currently than during Apartheid.
https://freemarketfoundation.com/race-law-in-south-africa-30...
Now maybe you're talking about violent wealth redistribution. That generally doesn't work. It results in collapse and everyone gets poorer.
Zimbabwe bring the prime most recent example.