In South Africa on Thursday, unhappiness about persistent poverty and shoddy public services led to unrest in some of the townships near Johannesburg
President Jacob Zuma warned protesters to respect the law. But across that country, an estimated one million families live in shacks without power and very limited plumbing
Many blame immigrants for taking jobs that might lead to a better life.
Yaw Nyarko, a professor of economics and the head of Africa House at New York University, joins Martin Savidge to discuss South African attitudes towards immigrants and the government, as well as economic conditions.
http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/07/23/south-africans-protest-poverty-blaming-...
viva zuma
tomaluta 6 months ago
POPULAR??? The 65 per cent who voted for Zuma were promised CHANGE. I did not vote for ANC. but if this NYC Professor gets out into SA a bit more, he can talk to the ANC supporters and how they are FED UP, They have realised that all programs like BEE does not work. OBVIOUSLY A ZUMA SUPPORTER AND PROBABLY WAS LIVING IN SA DURING MBEKI ERA...HE GOT OUT OBVIOUSLY.
BebeTheGreat 2 years ago
NO!!! It was NOT BLAMING THE IMMIGRANTS!!! THIS TIME IT WAS BLAMING JACOB ZUMA AND HIS FUCKING COMRADES! DID this dumbarse professor ask the people??? WELL MANY OF US DID!!!! IT WAS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE FED WITH THE ANC AND THEIR SHALLOW SHITE FILLED PROMISES. THE LOW WAGES AND SHANTY HOUSING!! THEY ARE TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS FOR THE WORLD CUP, BUT GUESS WHAT?? iT ISN'T GOING TO WORK!!
Oh and I live in JHB!!
BebeTheGreat 2 years ago