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Cape Town - The Zimbabwean nationals flooding South Africa and working in hotels and several other businesses are literally running the country, says President Robert Mugabe, according to BDlive.
Mugabe was speaking at an election rally as Zimbabweans are set to head to the polls in about a week.
"We feel ashamed of the influx of Zimbabweans in South Africa," Mugabe was quoted as saying.
"If you go to their hotels, there are Zimbabweans all over. The same applies to other businesses.
"Zimbabweans are literally running the South African economy," he said.
This, according to Mugabe, has resulted in South Africans attacking Zimbabweans.
The 89-year-old leader also moved to dismiss allegations that he was the reason for the migration of Zimbabwean nationals, saying his Zanu-FP party wants to create more jobs but is hampered by opposition party MDC.
Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistical Office in April showed the average person in Zimbabwe lives on $1.16 per day, less than the World Bank benchmark for extreme poverty of under $1.25 per day.
SA education in dire straits
Mugabe also took a swipe at South Africa's low standard of education.
"We beat South Africa in education. We have a 91% literacy rate and no country in Africa is above 90% save for us," Mugabe said.
Last year a World Economic Forum report ranked South Africa’s educational system 140th out of 144 countries, with maths and science ranking second-last at 143rd.
According to the 2013/14 budget, close to a quarter of R1.15 trillion was prioritised for education.
One the targets of the National Development Plan is to tackle the poor quality of school education in South Africa.
- Fin24
Mugabe was speaking at an election rally as Zimbabweans are set to head to the polls in about a week.
"We feel ashamed of the influx of Zimbabweans in South Africa," Mugabe was quoted as saying.
"If you go to their hotels, there are Zimbabweans all over. The same applies to other businesses.
"Zimbabweans are literally running the South African economy," he said.
This, according to Mugabe, has resulted in South Africans attacking Zimbabweans.
The 89-year-old leader also moved to dismiss allegations that he was the reason for the migration of Zimbabwean nationals, saying his Zanu-FP party wants to create more jobs but is hampered by opposition party MDC.
Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistical Office in April showed the average person in Zimbabwe lives on $1.16 per day, less than the World Bank benchmark for extreme poverty of under $1.25 per day.
SA education in dire straits
Mugabe also took a swipe at South Africa's low standard of education.
"We beat South Africa in education. We have a 91% literacy rate and no country in Africa is above 90% save for us," Mugabe said.
Last year a World Economic Forum report ranked South Africa’s educational system 140th out of 144 countries, with maths and science ranking second-last at 143rd.
According to the 2013/14 budget, close to a quarter of R1.15 trillion was prioritised for education.
One the targets of the National Development Plan is to tackle the poor quality of school education in South Africa.
- Fin24
