Well in a country is still beset by mass unemployment, grinding poverty and rising crime 26 years after the end of apartheid. Signs of separation are everywhere. Africans have to stand and wait for their bossesin to stand and wait for their bosses in the sun. An empty seat may be a few yards away. They cannot sit on it. The violence last october in johannesburg was one of many periodic flareups in the last decade or so. In 2008, 62 people died when mobs beat foreigners and set buildings alight. Afrophobic attacks sparked outrage in africa, but the country which had been supported by fellow black africans during the apartheid era could now be home to such sentiment. So, is south Africa Afrophobic . If it is, what is fuelling this, and is enough being done to ensure that such attacks never happen again . So, a brief background to the topic we are discussing. Lets meet our panel. Khulu mbatha is special adviser to president Cyril Ramaphosa, who of course is leader of the ruling party, the
South Africa's governing party the ANC (African National Conference) has lost its ruling majority for the first time in 30-years.
Talks have begun with opposition parties to form a coalition, but there are firm ideological differences making forming government all the more difficult.
Guest: De Khulu Mbatha, former advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa, author of Unmasked: Why the ANC Failed to Govern
The presidency has been hit by a wave of resignations as doubts grow about his political survival, Key advisors to President Cyril Ramaphosa have been quitting as signs grow that support for the African National Congress (ANC) will below 50% of the vote in the 2024 national and provincial elections. This would require the party to form a coalition to govern in which case, Ramaphosa is likely to resign voluntarily, or be forced to do so by the party s national executive.
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