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"Cape Town - Government is becoming concerned about current perceptions of South Africa, said Themba Maseko, government's head spokesperson.
Violent protests over poor delivery, strikes (even an illegal strike by the defence force) and protracted negotiations between government and the taxi industry over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is making foreign investors look upon South Africa as an "unstable" country in which they cannot invest, Maseko told Sake24.
Wednesday's illegal strike by members of the defence force and their run-in with the police at the country's seat of administration, the Union Buildings, was the final straw, he declared.
"We are fully aware of how this could appear overseas," he said, responding to a question on whether foreigners might have confused the fracas as the start of a coup d'état. "
Yah, right...
But do the foreign investors think it is ok when they hear our president sing "Bring my machine gun", and dances like a drunken fool? Perhaps that conveys the idea of a stable, emerging democracy.
BTW, does he still sing that moronic song?
"Cape Town - Government is becoming concerned about current perceptions of South Africa, said Themba Maseko, government's head spokesperson.
Violent protests over poor delivery, strikes (even an illegal strike by the defence force) and protracted negotiations between government and the taxi industry over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is making foreign investors look upon South Africa as an "unstable" country in which they cannot invest, Maseko told Sake24.
Wednesday's illegal strike by members of the defence force and their run-in with the police at the country's seat of administration, the Union Buildings, was the final straw, he declared.
"We are fully aware of how this could appear overseas," he said, responding to a question on whether foreigners might have confused the fracas as the start of a coup d'état. "
Yah, right...
But do the foreign investors think it is ok when they hear our president sing "Bring my machine gun", and dances like a drunken fool? Perhaps that conveys the idea of a stable, emerging democracy.
BTW, does he still sing that moronic song?
