Zille didn’t say colonialism was positive

Michael Bagraim, Deputy shadow minister for employment and labour

Singapore used what was left behind by the colonial power to build a country which is enormously functional and solvent.

In chatting to Helen Zille about the article, she said it was a sensible analysis but for the factual error. She also pointed out that if you think about the Rugby World Cup final, we took on the former colonial power at its own game, and beat them. We look forward to South Africa growing from strength to strength using the infrastructure left behind by the incredibly negative former masters.