Zuma speaks up for poor whities

In an IOL article by Kanina Foss Zuma speaks up for poor whities

The Solidarity trade union says ANC President Jacob Zuma has broken the silence around some of South Africa's forgotten people: poor whites.
On Thursday, Zuma made a return visit to the indigent white community at the Bethlehem settlement in Pretoria North.
Addressing more than 1 000 people from about 40 different white settlements in the Pretoria area, Zuma faced a more subdued South African audience than he's accustomed to. There was silence as he climbed the podium, and a lone ululation as he approached the lectern.
Zuma said: "By working together we will do away with the perception that there are problems that are specifically white and problems that are specifically black."
Zuma first visited the settlement in April, when he took Solidarity up on its offer to show him white people who were struggling. He was shocked by the extent of the problem. Many residents live in wooden Wendy houses without electricity.
"I didn't realise there was a sector that could be referred to as poor whites in this country," he said. "I was shocked and I was surprised when I came here, because here was reality staring at me."
Zuma said he'd been struck by the similarity of the issues in the Bethlehem settlement and the issues in black townships.

Comment: No shite Sherlock! There are indeed humans of all skin colours struggling to deal with the severe bread and butter challenges of liFe (with a capital F) in the almost-as-good-as-new Sarth Effrika.