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Mbeki: Liond of Africa (2002) - Is Thabo Mbeki really the new lion of Africa, leading his continent out of misery, or is he just strutting the world stage while his own people continue to suffer?
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It was black, not white, leaders who pledged to deliver basic rights like schools, jobs and housing to all South Africans. But, eight years on, it seems little has changed: “We have changed only the government, but the system has not been changed. Instead of changing it’s becoming worse,” complains one of the volunteer teachers. Yet Thabo Mbeki’s autocratic style of leadership has made it almost impossible to criticise, and is even earning him some unflattering comparisons with Robert Mugabe. The statistics speak for themselves: with almost one in two black South Africans unemployed, and the economy in danger of collapse, just how much longer can the ‘lion of Africa’ survive?
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ABC Australia - Ref. 1450