What's up in SA today?
South Africa has crawled out of the recession, The Times reported on Wednesday, 25 November 2009. The first recession South Africa experienced was in 1992, the very year my father was shot and disabled. "It is not yet time to celebrate," said Lindani Mbunyuza of the Treasury, as though we are waiting with baited breath to pop open the champagne bottle and go on a shopping spree that not even Paris Hilton can compete with. The South African economy is expected to recover in nine months. What will we birth then? Hopefully the unemployment rate of 24.5% will decrease dramatically, giving hope to its citizens and decreasing the crime rate, making the impossible possible. The most talked about topic in South Africa at the moment is the Jackie Selebi corruption trial, an ongoing saga involving convicted drugs dealer Glenn Agliotti and former president Thabo Mbeki. Regardless of the details, the association alone declares the government corrupt. And another favourite topic ...