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features of the economy that is fluctuating at an international level, which has had an impact on our own economy, but also partly some of our own weaknesses in terms of managing the economy well. we are under recovery. and objectively, the covid 19 messed up a lot of countries. the ukraine/russia war in itself has shattered most economies in the world and it has brought a high level of cost of living and a number of challenges that have affected adversely the developing nations. so some of the features that we see in terms of the economy of south africa are not immune to us only. if you look at the state of unemployment in europe, in some of the advanced economies, it is ea rth shattering. yes, nothing like it is here, though. and, mr secretary general, we have to face one simple fact. your party, the anc, has been in powerfor 29 years, and you quite literally cannot even keep the lights on in this country. we have been in power for less than 30 years. and in that. thr ....
but right now, south africa is in a big mess, with a protracted energy crisis, shocking levels of unemployment and inequality, and systemic corruption. my guest is the secretary general of the anc, fikile mbalula. is his party about to pay the price of failure? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it s a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, it s an exaggeration. er. ican give. but you think that s a conversation that south africans are having amongst themselves? well, it comes from pockets of the. ..powerful thinkers in the country who project us as displaying characteristics of a failed state, of course. we may not be too defensive to that. if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state. but we are notjourneying towards t ....
with a protracted energy crisis, shocking levels of unemployment and inequality and systemic corruption. my guest is the secretary general of the anc, fikile mbalula. is his party about to pay the price of failure? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it s a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, its an exaggeration. er. ican give. but you think that s a conversation that south africans are having amongst themselves? well, it comes from pockets of the. ..powerful thinkers in the country who project us as displaying characteristics of a failed state, of course. we may not be too defensive to that. if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state. but we are notjourneying towards that direction. but the reality is that if you ar ....
With an electricity. but what they are living with today across this country. it s a load shedding that we are going to crush and defeat. yes, you call it load shedding. it basically means the power is out. where we are sitting in headquarters right now, the power was out until literally five minutes ago. it s going to go out again late this afternoon for another two and a half hours. people in your country are going to go home from work tonight, they re going to sit in their homes and they are going to sit in candlelight with no power. are you not ashamed that after three decades in power, controlling eskom, the power company, which is a state owned enterprise, are you not ashamed that this is the reality? can i explain to you, the problem of south africa s load shedding is a challenge of demand and supply. we did so much for this country connecting businesses and our people to the power grid, and we did not balance ....
As a young democracy. i can tell you, for an example, we have connected more of our people to the grid like never before and small businesses in this country, where even people in the deep rural have never had an opportunity to have a taste of what is it to live with an electricity. but what they are living with today across this country. it s a load shedding that we are going to crush and defeat. yes, you call it load shedding. it basically means the power is out. where we are sitting in headquarters right now, the power was out until literally five minutes ago. it s going to go out again late this afternoon for another two and a half hours. people in your country are going to go home from work tonight, they re going to sit in their homes and they are going to sit in candlelight with no power. are you not ashamed that after three decades in power, ....