Mbeki warns Afrophobia could be used by counter revolutionaries, takes aim at Gayton McKenzie

In the UK, 40% of voters boycotted the July 4 elections while in the South African context 60% had stayed away from the May elections. “As in the UK, these are not right-wing people. However, they feel that democratic politics is not working for them. In many instances in the past, they did not vote for the ANC or any other party. They continue to belong among ‘the neglected, the ignored, the impoverished, the reviled, the mutinous’.”He warned this might be used by “negative forces to incite a similar riotous rampage” in the country.“Given the sordid response to the Miss…