South Africa racial polarisation will worsen, for now
Race relations have hit a new low as long-held frustrations collide with the deteriorating economic outlook
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- Mbeki presidency
- Alternative approach
- Polarising politics
- Inequality
- Popular attitudes
- Threatened minorities?
- Opposition scapegoat?
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "Leader of South Africa's radical Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema at a demonstration outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)")