Hello,
Die Financial Times se dekking van Suid-Afrika is besonders goed en word daar met gereelde belangstelling rapporteer oor wat die verwikkelinge hier is. Alec Russell wat ek dink verantwoordelik is vir die ontledingsblad in FT was lank in Suid-Afrika gebaseer en daardie belangstelling het behoue gebly. Hierdie land was darem op ‘n stadium as ’n wonderwerk beskou, nou wonder baie of dit werk. Die twee artikels het Maandag verskyn en is ek nie seker of die res van die media al daarop reageer het nie. Dit is ook agter ‘n subskripsiemuur.
Alec Russell se onderhoud vind Zuma in sy kantoor, waar Zuma lemoene eet om sy griep teen te werk. Advies van sy ouma. Hierdie is vir Alec Russell ‘n metafoor vir die ongesonde toestand wat nou heers in Suid-Afrika.
Die slagting van Marikana en die feit dat dit ongeveer 100 000 mynwerkers in ‘n staking ingesleep het en die ekonomiese groeikoers tot 1,2% afgebring het vir die kwartaal tot Desember 2012.
Zuma dui egter die volgende aan:
Mr Zuma dismisses comparisons made by international commentators between Marikana and apartheid crackdowns. People thought after Marikana that “South Africa was such a bad place”, he said. “It’s not. As an investor I would say this is a country to invest in, because you have a democracy and a system in which even if there are mistakes, they can immediately be corrected.”
Die mynbedryf sien dit natuurlik nie so nie:
In the past few years, mining executives have become exasperated at the mixed messages from the ruling ANC over mining policy and have also accused officials of muddle and inefficiency over issuing mining licenses. Many argue that the annual Mining Indaba conference, held in February in Cape Town, is now a forum for global companies to plan investments in the rest of Africa rather than its host nation.
Zuma se repliek hierop is soos volg:
Mr Zuma argues that the real reason behind the criticism is that mining companies would rather invest in countries with lax or nonexistent regulations where investors can “make the rules”. “It’s this mentality of wanting to deal with someone who is . . . inferior. South Africa has the banks, it has everything. You can’t just walk in and do an investment without being charged or whatever.” He adds, however, that his officials are looking into the “bottlenecks”.
Ook skrik hy nie vir Mamphela Ramphele nie:
“I still have to see the better advanced alternative policies she could come up with that are better than the ANC’s.”
Daar is niks soos om jou eie antwoorde te merk nie en gee Zuma homself ‘n goeie 70% en sluit af met die volgende:
The ANC will stay in power “for a long, long, long time”, he says. Voters do not make an “intellectual choice”, he says. “They still see the ANC as the party of liberation.”
Hy gee toe daar is ruimte vir verbetering. Goeie nuus vir Jan Rap.
Nou wat beteken dit?
Baie dankie
Wouter
Kommentaar
Zuma is 100% reg, die fokkien robbies weste wil steeds inmarsjeer en koloniseer...se moer...hulle moet fookoof..los Afrika uit...
Kennis geneem, Francois - vir my is dit nie so voor die hand liggend nie ...