South Africans Understand the Change He Was Talking About

Obama's trip to Africa isn't entirely welcomed.

 

Reuters photos at RT

In a strident call for democratic change and good governance, Obama used the political legacy of ailing Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s emergence from grim years of apartheid as proof that freedom will ultimately prevail.

“History shows us that progress is only possible where governments exist to serve their people and not the other way around,” said Obama.

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Dare I bring up the pot and the kettle? (Or is that awkward, considering the context.)

“Across Africa, the same institutions that should be the backbone of democracy can all too often be infected with the rot of corruption. The same technology that enables record profits sometimes means widening a canyon of inequality,” he said.

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He slammed those who “steal or kill or disenfranchise others.”

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He also condemned the rule of Robert Mugabe in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where he said the “promise of liberation gave way to the corruption of power and the collapse of the economy”.