Mbeki says leaders, not migrants, caused SA’s economic decline

Former president Thabo Mbeki has called out what he describes as a dangerous misdirection in South Africa’s public debate, arguing that political leadership failures, not undocumented migrants, are responsible for the country’s high crime and unemployment. Mbeki was addressing the NEPAD high-level business breakfast and Africa Day Lecture in Cape Town on Thursday, where he warned that South Africans are pointing fingers at the wrong people while ignoring the real causes of the country’s economic decline. “Jacob Zuma and Cyril…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...