Mbeki presidency a great era of denial, says DA

19 March 2007 - 02:00
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President Thabo Mbeki's claim that entrenched racism in South Africa's white community is behind the rising tide of anti-crime campaigns is unreasonable, untenable and "dangerously out of kilter", says the official opposition.

President Thabo Mbeki's claim that entrenched racism in South Africa's white community is behind the rising tide of anti-crime campaigns is unreasonable, untenable and "dangerously out of kilter", says the official opposition.

DA safety and security spokesman Dianne Kohler- Barnard said yesterday: "Thabo Mbeki has now indelibly defined his presidency as one of the great eras of denial in South African history." - Sapa