MTN Group Chairman, Mcebisi Jonas, has blamed South Africa’s persistent economic and social challenges on failures of governance rather than the presence of foreign nationals, warning that politicians have exploited public frustration instead of addressing the country’s structural problems.
Jonas stated this while delivering a eulogy at the funeral of Zimbabwean-born activist and public servant, Thokozani Damasane, in Johannesburg.
He stated that expelling foreign nationals would neither end unemployment, inequality nor corruption, insisting that the country’s problems stem from failures of the state.
“Foreigners can leave tomorrow, inequality will be with us. Foreigners will leave tomorrow, unemployment will be with us. Foreigners will leave tomorrow, our police will remain corrupt. Foreigners will leave tomorrow, our politicians will still be concerned with one thing: being elected and re-elected,” he said.
According to him, South Africa’s problems are rooted in poor governance rather than immigration.
