Author Songezo Zibi says South Africa’s professional class needs to do more to fix the country. He was speaking to Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm.
, challenging South Africa’s professionals to do their part and play a more prominent role in turning the country around.discussion on Tuesday. Referring to the country’s main political parties, Zibi said that the ruling party, the African National Congress, “has become a criminal syndicate”, and that the Economic Freedom Fighters “are not leftist Africanists — they are far worse”.
Zibi also suggested dividing provinces into “clear electoral districts” with more than one representative. “We need to re-look the system and look back at the last 27 years and dispassionately decide what’s working and what isn’t working,” said Zibi.
“We need a professional class that is going to oversee complex state institutions like Eskom… I’m calling on the professional class to do more than paint a house on Madiba Day,” said Zibi.
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