Thoughts on nationalisation

This is the month of freedom for both Zimbabwe and South Africa for in this month both countries were born almost 31 and 17 years ago respectively.

At birth, both countries inherited a distorted economic base characterised by a dualistic economic existence in which the majority black population was excluded by law from participating in the mainstream economy.

The colonial/apartheid system was at its core a capitalist system underpinned by an unjust constitutional and undemocratic order and unacceptable political and economic morality.

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