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An economist who got to watch both presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma at close quarters says that Mbeki never wanted to talk about unemployment, finding the problem too intractable, whereas Zuma always makes a point of asking about job creation.
In one sense, based on the new Cabinet he announced on May 25 , Zuma is a competent job creator: in a single press conference, he conjured up six new jobs, a 10% increase on the previous 68 ministers and deputy ministers. South Africa now has as many ministers as China; the Zuma Cabinet serves 50-million people, however, whereas China’s serves 1.2-billion.
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