'South Africa is not as free as other countries': Mugabe

Addressing members of the private sector at State House in Harare, President Robert Mugabe said that South Africa was not as free as other SADC countries.

Said Mugabe:

Gwede was foolishly reacting to what I had said. That’s it. It is true. South Africa is not as free as other countries. There is greater freedom for the whites than there is for the blacks. The whites have the industries, they can pride themselves, (saying) this is my company, that is my company, farm. How far can the Africans go in doing the same in South Africa? President Mugabe said as a revolutionary, he would continue making the remarks because Zimbabwe also fought against apartheid. They don’t want it said. We must say it because we went to war together. We assisted also in the fight against apartheid as indeed they also assisted us. We were assisting each other. We were in the same trenches, then our revolutionary objectives were different.

Mugabe’s remarks come after African National Congress (ANC)’s Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said that the Zanu-PF Government has ruined Zimbabwe’s economy.

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