LETTER: Path of self-realisation
India also suffered under colonialism, but unlike SA India never played the victim
Being a politician, President Cyril Ramaphosa has blamed Covid-19 for our dire economic position. This is nonsense. The reason is our embrace of victimhood and obsession with race. Compared to leading developing countries our economy has been a dismal failure since 1990. This has not occurred over one year.
The best way to evaluate a country’s performance is to compare it to a peer country. India can be used as a benchmark. It also suffered under colonialism, but unlike SA India never played the victim. It does not constantly lament its fate and blame all of its ills on the past. India rather took the path of self-realisation...
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