Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 30-04-2017
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s adviser has warned South Africans to prepare for the worst if radical economic transformation is to succeed.
City Press reports that Professor Chris Malikane was speaking last night at the Blacks in Dialogue event at the Devonshire Hotel in Johannesburg organised by the Black First Land First movement.
The paper says Malikane reiterated his call for a new economic policy and for an amendment to the Constitution to nationalise key sectors of the economy.
“It’s true that this country will plunge [into crisis] and become like Venezuela and Zimbabwe. India went through the same pain.
Malikane says if transformation is going to be realised, people need to be strengthened ideologically and politically.
“We need to organise and educate our people. Did you think to transform is going to be nice?” We need a two-thirds majority to change the Constitution. Otherwise, to achieve what we want to achieve, we need to go that route [take up arms]. Let’s try two-thirds. I don’t like war.”
He says the decision to take up arms would have to be discussed and not be a decision made by an individual.
“It’s not for me to decide. It’s the progressive forces that must decide. My role is to unite these progressive forces. Taking up arms is one thing, but building a country is another.”
Malikane says it was time for the country to decide the way forward.
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