[Aljazeera] Mbeki says president has failed to deliver on his promises to address poverty and curb government corruption, as the latter battles the scandal of a $4m theft on his farm.
"One of these days it’s going to happen to us, you can’t have so many people unemployed and poor, one day it is going to trigger an uprising," he said.
According to a World Bank report, about 30.3 million South African citizens are living in poverty, while 13.8 million people are facing food insecurity that has been worsened by rising food prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mbeki also addressed the issue of corruption, saying citizens are "faced with a leadership in the ANC where they see people, one after another, being accused of corruption".