Former President
Thabo Mbeki is warning of anti-government protests similar to the 2010 Arab Spring. He said unemployment, poverty, corruption and lawlessness could trigger the anger of South Africans.
Mbeki was speaking at the memorial service for ANC Deputy Secretary-General, Jessie Duarte.
“One of my fears comrades is that one of these days… we’re going to have our own version of Arab Springs.
“You remember what happened in Tunisia, in Tunis when that Arab Spring started? A street vendor was abused and beaten up by the police and destroyed whatever he was selling, and that got the country angry,” he said.
That is how that uprising started in Tunisia. It’s because the problem was brewing under the surface.
“They just a little spark. I’m saying one of my fears is that one of these days is going to happen was: You can’t have so many people unemployed, so many people poor, people facing lawlessness, faced with the leadership in which ANC people are called corrupt. One day, it’s going to explode.
Source: eNCA
