South African President Cyril Rmaphosa has made out an appeal to young white South Africans not to leave the country.
While addressing wine farmers in Stellenbosch on Tuesday as part of his pre-election campaign drive, Ramaphosa said his government is trying hard to fix the country’s condition, so, he should be given another chance to correct past mistakes and address issues like corruption. He said the feeling that they were not wanted in the country was simply not true.
Ramaphosa added that the country needs all the skills that it can get. He also mentioned more than once that he was a farmer himself.
“I don’t want white, young South Africans to leave the country,” Ramaphosa appealed, reported Eyewitness News. “And if I could, I’d tie them down to a tree and say don’t leave, I want you here in this country. So, I want all the skills.”
He said the defining quality of South Africans was their ability to work together.
“Join me in making this great country of ours great again,” the South African President said.
As far as corruption is concerned, Ramaphosa said whoever found guilty of corruption charges should go to where they belong.
He said it was evident from his engagements with South Africans that people want more than just service delivery and jobs, they also want corruption to be completely eliminated.
“Those who are found to have done things that have led to corruption must be accountable, they must be answerable, and they account in a way that they should go where they belong, and that’s jail,” Ramaphosa said.
He added that the private sector should also not be exempt from facing the full might of the law. He also launched two new Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa trains as part of his campaign in the province.
