Thabo Mbeki’s former spokesperson responds to The New York Times article saying the country is ‘falling apart’
Though a more circumspect headline would have served the article and readers better, only a dyed-in-the wool propagandist could accuse Shoki of outright misrepresentation or malice. Grappling with the legacies of colonialism and apartheid, and with the many obstacles it has encountered since 1994, SAOne of them is corruption and maladministration, which has exercised the public mind for some time now.
So, whereas the dramatic events of recent weeks reflect some of the problems we face as a society, they also illustrate our courage in pursuing the democratic path undergirded by the sacred principle of the rule of law. That the state has refused to kowtow to a process which would have put paid to the rule of law reasserts a principle without which modern society would simply not function.
One area requiring urgent attention is the need to accelerate inclusive economic growth. This not only affirms the equal worth of all South Africans, it would also help to avert internecine strife that would split our society along the racial fault lines bequeathed by the nefarious social engineering of our past.
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