Invest in Africa (Muzi Nzoi)

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It
is the truth that can’t be denied that a new democracy in South Africa
opened floodgates for international companies to go to Africa under the
disguise of South African companies. I think of companies like
Vodafone, which fro a very long time wanted to invest in Africa until
Vodacom opened the doors form them forget that they failed dismally
though.

Travelling to African countries you feel like an American
seeing McDonalds and Coca-Cola everywhere. I was speaking to a Tanzania
trade unionist yesterday, he told me that try {
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South Africa figuratively and literally runs their economy. Railways,
telecoms, Banks and big business what more do you want. Shoprite in
Malawi pay they staff quarter of what they pay their South African
counterparts even though they don’t pay well even here.

What is really sad is that all the money made from these
countries flow to South Africa. South African Companies like your
Shoprite and Game shops don’t use local production, they import staff
from South Africa. That directly kills the economy of those countries,
as they can’t compete with us. When Zim was reeling from ever increase
inflation rate Pick n’ pay, Makro, Game etc never used Zim industries
instead they kept on importing from South Africa, this has destroyed
their industries.
This pushed 12000 Zimbabweans across the boarder weekly in 1996. Law of
migration says people follow money. Maybe that is why every one wants
to go to Europe or US I am not sure though about those who go to
Australia and New Zealand. South Africa attracts migrants more than any
other country in Africa.

We
doing this in the name of investing in Africa, is it not surprising
that PetroSA is doing business with Mugabe government, Equatorial
Guinea of Theo Nguema? One might think that South Africans then
benefit, no we don’t instead we are punished just like them. Can you
explain what make SASOL petrol to cost the same as Shell petrol? I
heard that they produce a barrel from coal at around $40/50.00 but sell
it at the price of the Brent crude oil. To add salt in the wound they
also get someone from government.

How can we loot Africa and
expect that foreigners won’t come to South Africa. But the Truth is
that African elite doesn’t want their countryman to come to South
African because “they want South Africa for themselves’ Maria in one of
the Seminars held at SABC. They want private hospitals, private school
and tertiary institutions. Go to any former whites only University or
high School and will be amazed how many children of the foreign elite
mainly from Africa are in those schools. At least they help to improve
the demographics in schools. The Elite from Mozambique live in Nespruit
and drive one hour to their native land.
South Africa benefited from the crises in Africa, maybe let me rephrase
SA big business benefited big time from crises in Africa even though
they won’t admit (based on moral values that is if they do have them).