The planners and perpetrators of these vile acts of looting and destruction are well-off and living on their fat pensions. Many of the poor looters will be in jail. Others have lost their treasured jobs as the businesses they worked for have been erased.
The majority of these businesses are black owned. Many are under insured. Recovery will be impossible. The looters can hardly think this deep. For them the moment is now.
Yet we have warned govmnt about this eventuality. They never listened.
Yet we have warned govmnt about this eventuality. They never listened.
Ours are considered strange voices. They love voices from inside the tent bubble.
These riots manifest policy failure. The ANC has rejected and failed to create mass employment opportunities. Read:
google.com/amp/s/www.busi…
These riots manifest policy failure. The ANC has rejected and failed to create mass employment opportunities. Read:
google.com/amp/s/www.busi…
They care for the massive and overpaid beaurocratic bourgeoisie they created for support. In this they have succeeded. The SOEs were looted with their collaboration.
The poor are just an irritant. You can see that in the conduct of their ministers.
The poor are just an irritant. You can see that in the conduct of their ministers.
What we now see are the poor and hungry who have nothing to lose. The hard but necessary Covid-19 lockdown drove them into more hunger and poverty. The miserable Zuma issue was just a spark on a tinder box.
The outcome will be more job losses.
The outcome will be more job losses.
The pain will be deeper and long-lasting. South Africa has no credible strategy for economic recovery. As long as this sclerotic Tripartite Alliance is in place nothing will change. The obstinacy of Mantashe on energy policy is a good example.
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