South Africa divisions over race and wealth inequality re-emerge as nations celebrates 26th anniversary of end of apartheid
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the coronavirus disease treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. April 24, 2020.
“South Africans have come together like never before to wage the struggle against this virus,” Ramaphosa told the nation. Opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party leader Julius Malema objects as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempts to deliver his State of the Nation address at parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, February 13, 2020.
But Afriforum and Solidarity, who plan to go to court on Tuesday, complained that “the Department of Tourism will ... discriminate against you based on the colour of your skin” when it came to deciding who gets aid. A government study in 2019 found that whites on average earned more than four times as much as blacks.
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