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While these are clear threats to democracy, perhaps the greatest threats are countries like SA where we tick so many of the correct boxes for what makes a functional democracy but continue to have disastrous outcomes of poverty, unemployment, corruption and crime.
Especially in the capital, waving the flags, for example, of russia burning the flags of france and also supporting the coup leaders here. what do you make of that? and do you think this opens the door for russia to gain more influence in your country? i think two things. first of all, demonstration, if you know west africa, if you know urban cities in west africa, you have a lot, a lot of young people without jobs. these people are easy to manipulate and to make demonstration. demonstration are not a substitute for election. so you're saying these demonstrators are just being manipulated? yes...
But at the same time, there was a recent survey from the afrobarometer that showed that 52% of the people who were surveyed in your country said that they thought the country is going in the wrong direction, that they wanted the government to do more for the economy, to reduce the inequality between the rich and poor. do you think there is a level of frustration there that the president did not anticipate? i mean, what you are asking me is that if if the opinion if the opinion if those who are rating a president or a government as bad or is that the favorable the positive rating is not good, t...
The former president’s legal defence strategy of tying up the courts and the NPA in a chain of appeals based on technicalities might allude to this, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko.
The future of work in South Africa is hanging by a thread, with some suggesting that switching off power to energy-guzzling multinationals can improve both employment and energy supply.