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I read in the Weekend Post dd 27 September 2008 that Mrs Epainette Mbeki, the mother of ex-president Thabo Mbeki, says he was betrayed by the ANC and slammed the ANC for the way it treated her son.
I feel obliged to point out a few facts to Mrs Mbeki. I think your son betrayed the country and the people that supported him. It was time for him to go before he completely destroyed our beloved South Africa. I was still very hopeful of a prosperous and bright future for South Africa after he took over the reigns from Nelson Mandela but I must admit that I was sadly disillusioned by the way he treated the citizens of South Africa.
1) Hiv/Aids - His insistence that the mainstream scientists are incorrect and his denial of the Hiv Aids connection has led to the unnecessary suffering and death of many South Africans. He consistently supported controversial Health minister and crony Manto Tshabalala-Msimang who earned international derision for promoting theuse of beetroot and African potatoes to treat AIDS. Thabo Mbeki refused anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to those affected on the basis that they are toxic. Small comfort to someone that has been sentenced to death. When deputy Health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, dared to oppose her boss regarding the Aids issue Mbeki had her summarily removed from the post.
2) Arm deal - From all accounts it would appear as if even Thabo Mbeki received kickbacks for the arms deal to be concluded. This deal cost South African taxpayers millions of Rand for no obvious benefit. It is an absolute waste of money to supply an incompetent Defence Force with hi-tech equipment. Already we have some of this arms supply falling into disrepair. Think of all the houses that we could have build with this money. Once again the politicians back pockets were more important than the poor suffering citizen.
3) Crime - The crime rate has soared under Mr Mbeki's presidency. The police force has deteriorated to the point where citizens have more faith in security companies protecting them than in the SAPS. A quick look at the manner in which the police force was redeployed after independence will make any person with half a brain understand why the problem exists. You walk into police station in a predominantly Xhosa speaking area and what do you find, police officers that are English and Afrikaans speaking. The best police officers where redeployed to other areas where they are not needed. All this in an effort to get rid of white police officers so that blacks may be promoted into their posts. There is no other rational explanation. I am unaware of one white police officer that has gained a deserved promotion in the last 10 years. Other areas where the police lack is manpower. 12 years ago Mount Road SAPS had 10 vehicles patrolling the area, in addition to 10 officers being employed at various office duties during any relief. Now the same area, with more businesses and inhabitants are served by 1 or 2 patrol vehicles. Rather obvious why they cannot control the crime, they are outnumbered. As an educated man thabo Mbeki could not have been unaware of the situation, one can thus conclude that he and the ANC followed a specific srategy which allowed crime to get the upper hand.
Further we have the lowering of educating standards which are going to leave the country with a bunch of uneducated hooligans when they grow up. Yes, hooligans, because our children are not allowed to be taught right from wrong either. Then there is the Escom crises, the Zuma persecution, the Zimbabwe inaction, corrupt government officials still in office, the disbanding of the Scorpions and many other examples of his attempts to drag South Africa down.
No Mrs Mbeki, I'm sorry to say, but your son should be vilified as a pariah. It is debatable whether he or PW botha is the worst South African leader I've had the privilege to see. Of course one can always say he was slightly better than George W Bush, but that's not much of an achievement. Mrs Mbeki, your son betrayed the nation and all the freedom fighters that lost there lives fighting for freedom. Wonder how they feel, having put there lives on the line in South Africa, seeing how those that were safely abroad are abusing the power they now have.
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