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[TOP STORY] Pityana: Economic despair is fuelling hostility towards foreign nationals

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‘South Africa's economy has not been performing in the last probably 10 to 15 years and there's a phenomenon of an economy that is actually not progressing in any manner whatsoever,’ says veteran anti-apartheid activist, Dr Barney Pityana.

30 Oct 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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