Malema and the miners in South Africa

This article brings light to a violent strike that has been going on for five weeks in South Africa by the miners. The reason is that it is years after the apartheid, which is a system of segregation and discrimination based on race, the blacks who live there are being worked and used and the only people who benefit are a small group of elite. A former leader, Julius Malema called out for this strike because he feels that all of the resources of the country should benefit all the people of the country but more specifically the people who put their life on the line to extract these resources. Since speaking out, he has been expelled from the African National Congress political party and is being investigated for corruption. This all sparked from an incident on August 16th where 34 miners were killed by police and became one of the most violent confrontations since the apartheid. Economic inequality hit South Africa hard. This mining strike highlight the huge income and leadership gap. One miner even stated "Black people in South Africa are being used like toilet paper. and then flushed." Known as the "Rainbow Nation" for it's extraordinary diversity is races, tribes, languages and many other aspects, it's shocking to see that income inequality would be the issue to tear this nation down nearly two decades after the apartheid. Income inequality for a country such as this can lead to detrimental impacts on economic development and business envrionment in other countries. It shows the leaders inablity to step up and take action against corruption and inequality. How can someone step up into a role to be leaders of a country when you can not represent all of the people fairly? In South Africa, there is a disparsity in wealth all over the country and on top of that poverty and crime. Instead Jacob Zuma's government remained silent on the issue instead of making a change. Putting something on the back burner doesn't bring about change.

Story: http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/11/malema-and-the-miners-in-south-africa/?iref=allsearch