Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Why Mbeki Never Says Anything Nasty About Mugabe

"It’s a funny thing, then, that President Thabo Mbeki hardly ever protests Mugabe’s undemocratic antics. But then Mbeki himself is extremely busy—busy implementing a slow-motion version of Mugabe’s program. As columnist Andrew Kenny has observed:

In South Africa, the main instrument of transformation is Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). This requires whites to hand over big chunks of the ownership of companies to blacks and to surrender top jobs to them. Almost all the blacks so enriched belong to a small elite connected to the ANC. BEE is already happening to mines, banks and factories. In other words, a peaceful Mugabe-like programme is already in progress in South Africa. "


Ilana Mercer.com

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