At the UN General Assembly last week, President Jacob Zuma bemoaned the economic divide between the global north and south, emphasising that most people still live in abject poverty and hunger. He said that "our continent is endowed with mineral resources, but it still has the highest number of least developed countries". He blasted multinational companies for "money laundering, tax evasion and corruption that suck resources illegally out of Africa". So, Mr Zuma, what contribution have you and your sidekick Robert Mugabe, made over the last 10 to 20 years to reduce abject poverty and hunger in your countries, close the economic gap between the global north and south; and stamp out money laundering and corruption that "suck resources out of Africa"? They have aggravated the dire circumstances through theft, corruption, embezzlement, self-enrichment and disastrous policies. They have helped good friends, the Guptas, rape SA. And has Uncle Bob not single-handedly "sucked the resources"...
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