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South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people took to the streets after he sacked the finance minister.<\/p>\n

The latest protests protests organised by several opposition parties and civil society groups.<\/p>\n

“The marches that took place last week demonstrated that racism is real and exists in our country,” he said.<\/p>\n

Zuma plays the race card – By Milton Nkosi, BBC News, Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many South Africans have said President Zuma is blatantly playing the race card on an issue-based protest against his own defective style of leadership following a near catastrophic cabinet reshuffle when he sacked the much respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.<\/p>\n

His decision was swiftly followed by two credit ratings agencies downgrading South Africa to junk status.<\/p>\n

This caused many people – black and white – to come out onto the streets in their tens of thousands, including many from his party the ANC, calling for Mr Zuma’s resignation.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the president, more protests are planned for Wednesday – his 75th birthday.<\/p>\n

Opposition parties have vowed to keep the pressure on. He will increasingly find it difficult to use race as an excuse.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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