The fourth instalment of the Forbes Africa TV flagship show My Worst Day with Peace Hyde hits your screens this month and in the hot seat is South African hair care billionaire and founder of Black Like Me and Mayoral candidate, Herman Mashaba. Catch the riveting interview with Forbes Africa correspondent Peace Hyde on CNBC Africa as we find out how Mashaba survived the streets of apartheid and started his own company by letting a white man front it. Watch below…
South African President Jacob Zuma blamed the country’s tepid economic growth on apartheid Tuesday, describing it as “colonialism of a special type”.
Addressing reporters in Pretoria, Zuma said South Africa suffers from “complex historic problems” that are unique on the continent.
“Other countries in Africa never had a racially based economy,” said Zuma at a briefing where he took stock of reforms implemented by the government since the beginning of the year.
“We are trying to address the legacy of apartheid, and it’s going to be with us a long time,” said Zuma.
“At the same time it (South Africa) must be competing with countries that never had such a challenge.”
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