Pratt blames Mandela for South Africa’s woes

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Son of Ghana 9 years ago

Mr Pratt, could you do even 1/100 th of what Mandela has done and you criticise. You are insignificant and irrelevant.

Mr Pratt, could you do even 1/100 th of what Mandela has done and you criticise. You are insignificant and irrelevant.
Michael 9 years ago

I think your comment is very myopic and hollow, it is either you are ill informed or just being mischievous because of your own poor health of political anaemia.

I think your comment is very myopic and hollow, it is either you are ill informed or just being mischievous because of your own poor health of political anaemia.
Another Thief of Bagdad 9 years ago

I agree with you Michael. 'Son of Ghana' is very illierate and only believes WHAT HE HAS HEARD. He dosen't read to find the truth for himself. The only thing for him to do is to google Mandela and he would find the truth in w ...
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I agree with you Michael. 'Son of Ghana' is very illierate and only believes WHAT HE HAS HEARD. He dosen't read to find the truth for himself. The only thing for him to do is to google Mandela and he would find the truth in what Kwasi Pratt is saying. There are too many people like that in the country.
UNMISGUIDED AFRICAN CHILD 9 years ago

...for his comments.But,where does Mandela fit in here.Thank God Zuma's Government did not start this.

Looking back,do we all remember Kofi Abrefa Busia's Alien Compliance Order
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...for his comments.But,where does Mandela fit in here.Thank God Zuma's Government did not start this.

Looking back,do we all remember Kofi Abrefa Busia's Alien Compliance Order
that deported fellow Africans back to Nigeria.....that backfired 3 years later?
Edgar 9 years ago

He was a dictator and a tyrant so all African leaders who came after him thought that was the right way to rule. Life president without Vice and one party-state. Sadly some African leaders are still practising dictatorship

He was a dictator and a tyrant so all African leaders who came after him thought that was the right way to rule. Life president without Vice and one party-state. Sadly some African leaders are still practising dictatorship
Andrew Quayson 9 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah was rather selfless who wanted the good of his people. His achievements are unprecedented in Ghana. Had he stayed a little longer Ghana would have been like Singapore. Certain actions and leadership styles are n ...
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Kwame Nkrumah was rather selfless who wanted the good of his people. His achievements are unprecedented in Ghana. Had he stayed a little longer Ghana would have been like Singapore. Certain actions and leadership styles are necessary at certain times.
ICONIC-07 9 years ago

READING HAGEL'S (1731-1830) EPOCH PAPER ON GERMANOCENTRIC GEOGRAPHIC DETERMINISM ONE WOULD WANT TO HIT HIM HARD WITH ANY LETHAL METAL TO FINISH HIM. BUT A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF POST-SLAVERY AFRICA AND AFRICAN LEADERS THINKIN ...
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READING HAGEL'S (1731-1830) EPOCH PAPER ON GERMANOCENTRIC GEOGRAPHIC DETERMINISM ONE WOULD WANT TO HIT HIM HARD WITH ANY LETHAL METAL TO FINISH HIM. BUT A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF POST-SLAVERY AFRICA AND AFRICAN LEADERS THINKING, THE MOST BLACK-MAN LACK INTELLIGENCE.

GHANAIANS STILL LAUD ETHNOCENTRIC-TRIBAL-INWARD-LOOKING ASHANTI-AKYEM NPP IS THE PARTY WITH ANSWERS TO THE WOES OF GHANA, THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED HUGELY TO, AND GHANAIANS DON'T SEE IT. SHAME.

WHEN THE GREATEST AND THE BEST OF ALL-TIMES PRESIDENT GHANA HAS EVER HAD, OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH CAUTIONED GHANA AND AFRICA OF A NEW PHASE OF NEO-COLONIALISM AND NEO- IMPERIALISM HE WAS MOCKED AND STILL THE ASHANTI-AKYEM PIGS POUR HATRED ON THIS GREAT MAN, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF POWER. TWEA!

ETNOCENTRIC-INWARD-LOOKING-TRIBAL NPP ARE DEAD BROKE AND WILL PLUNDER THE STATE TREASURY AND BLAME IT ON NDC. RELATE TO THE ORDINARY ASHANTI-AKYEM AND NOBODY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY WORSHIP NOTHING MORE THAN MONEY, LIKE THE YUROBAS IN NIGERIA.

PLEASE, ALWAYS, REMEMBER THAT NPP IS THE EQUIVALENT OF IDIOTIC-INWARD-LOOKING-ETHNOCENTRIC-TRIBAL REPUBLICANS IN THE USA. LOOK AT WHAT THE HAVE DONE TO THE IMAGE OF OBAMA.

NPP IS NO BETTER THAN A POISONOUS SNAKE, AND AKUFO ADDO IS DANGEROUS.

ALUTA CONTINUA !!!!!!!
Son of Ghana 9 years ago

When Mandela was in prison where were you all. He negotiated a way forward for his people which set them Free. Free, Free. He then set up a government that could move the country forward without war and together. He had visio ...
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When Mandela was in prison where were you all. He negotiated a way forward for his people which set them Free. Free, Free. He then set up a government that could move the country forward without war and together. He had vision and the long term of the copuntry in mind. If he had not done what he did SA would have been in flames. He set up the framework for others to follow. If the ANC did not do anything progressive afterwards was it his fault. I dont think so. It is people like Another Thief in Bagdad that would have Africa in flames. I am sorry Mr Pratt or any of you could not do 1/100 of what mandela has done. If that is a myopic view then I will always be myopic.
trueGhanaian 9 years ago

Mandela said that if he allowed the whites to leave South Africa the blacks can't turn on the electricity. He was right.

When Mandela come out of prison, one Black American mayor in the United States of America lamented th ...
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Mandela said that if he allowed the whites to leave South Africa the blacks can't turn on the electricity. He was right.

When Mandela come out of prison, one Black American mayor in the United States of America lamented that they (the Black Americans) are living in the most capitalistic and technologically advanced nation on earth yet they don't have technology and capital to help the new South Africa.

Ghana got independence 58 years ago, while should Ghanaians be running to a country that is now trying to sort its future.

Blacks don't want to study engineering discipline like electrical engineering which is the foundation of electricity.

Stop blaming Mandela and blame yourself.
ATSU, HO 9 years ago

THE ONLY PERSON WHO TELL THE TRUTH IS PRATT. HE MUST KNOW ALL AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE RIGHT. PREPOSTEROUS PARADOX

THE ONLY PERSON WHO TELL THE TRUTH IS PRATT. HE MUST KNOW ALL AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE RIGHT. PREPOSTEROUS PARADOX
C.Y. ANDY-K 9 years ago

I was going to write an article to say things Pratt had said and go even deeper to explain why S. Africans were conditioned by the Apartheid regime to consider themselves as better off (under Apartheid) and superior to the re ...
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I was going to write an article to say things Pratt had said and go even deeper to explain why S. Africans were conditioned by the Apartheid regime to consider themselves as better off (under Apartheid) and superior to the rest of Africans, and brainwashed to look down upon Africans to the north. And there was much to use to brainwash them, as what is happening presently in SA is simply chicken feed compared to what was happening and still happens up north! 5 million people have killed in the Congo since the mid-90s alone. And there is not a day some Akans, fellow Ghanaians, don't threaten to deport Ewes to Togo! From their own ancestral homelands in Ghana???

In fact, as pple have been mentioning, they don't even see themselves as Africans! All this conditioning under Apartheid was left intact by Mandela (the ANC elite) when he/they compromised and opted to keep SA out of the bigger African agenda for SADCC, paying only lip service to the OAU, while the Cape to Cairo plan of Cecil Rhodes was dusted and revived for implementation.

Immediately Mandela was installed President, a consultancy was given out to advise whether SA should fully commit itself to the goals of the OAU and its structures or just play a regional role by becoming the bridgehead and industrial power house for finance capital. I personally knew the Norwegian who had the mission to write the Report and what it recommended. The chickens are just coming home to roost.

Andy-K
jerry 9 years ago

AND THEY ARE DESTROYING AND WILL DESTROY S.AFRICA AS WE KNOW IT NOW

AND THEY ARE DESTROYING AND WILL DESTROY S.AFRICA AS WE KNOW IT NOW
OBSERVERS WITHOUT BORDERS 9 years ago

Well said and a very comment

Well said and a very comment
esi 9 years ago

Every npp member is a fool why

Every npp member is a fool why
Addai Sarfo Yeboah - Canada 9 years ago

Truth is Mandela made a deal with the whites. It was to give his people political power and not economic power. The thing was that, the help the whites who were losing their grip to hold on awhile, for the black, it was to gi ...
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Truth is Mandela made a deal with the whites. It was to give his people political power and not economic power. The thing was that, the help the whites who were losing their grip to hold on awhile, for the black, it was to give them a medium to call for a change. The problem here is, the blacks has failed to use their political power to change the status quo, thereby making things worse. There is no way Mandela would have come out without something of such agreement. Compare his leadership to Arafat and you will realize that Arafat got nothing for people through his political life because he wanted it all.
Concerned 9 years ago

Kwesi rat is the most obnoxious human being in the world but this particular view of his has been expressed by others. All the wealth is still mainly in the hands of the whites unlike Zimbabwe where land which was illegally a ...
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Kwesi rat is the most obnoxious human being in the world but this particular view of his has been expressed by others. All the wealth is still mainly in the hands of the whites unlike Zimbabwe where land which was illegally acquired was taken awayfromthe whites. Who sold the mines to the whites. They just took it. There is a strong case of just taking it from them without compensation
SARPONG 9 years ago

And look at what Zimbabwe has become. Now you want South Africa to follow the Mugabe example. If Zimbabwe policy of land distribution has been successful, why is that now Zimbabweans are running to South Africa like bees?

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And look at what Zimbabwe has become. Now you want South Africa to follow the Mugabe example. If Zimbabwe policy of land distribution has been successful, why is that now Zimbabweans are running to South Africa like bees?

Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia used to be like South Africa economically but Mugabe destroyed the country within ten years Zimbabwe became independent by adopting Nkrumaism. Ask yourself why Ghanaians are not running to Zimbabwe but South Africa. South Africa is economically successful because there has not been a capital flight by the White South Africans, the same policy Yew Kuan Yew adopted when Singapore became Independent.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

President Mugabe"I have been to Ghana before and there is only one good road from the Airport.
Land distribution has been successful but we don't grow cocoa like you Ghanaian's do.
Tell Pratt that Mandela compromise because ...
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President Mugabe"I have been to Ghana before and there is only one good road from the Airport.
Land distribution has been successful but we don't grow cocoa like you Ghanaian's do.
Tell Pratt that Mandela compromise because of the evil's of Chief Butulezzi of the inkata Party to save his people.
mugu1 9 years ago

death to sarpong
death to white suprimacy
mr pratt has put exactly what lazy fucking ass traitor mandela is

death to sarpong
death to white suprimacy
mr pratt has put exactly what lazy fucking ass traitor mandela is
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

SARPONG HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS HIS OPINION.LONG LIVE SARPONG.
WHITE SUPREMACY PREVAILED BECAUSE BUTHLEZZI WAS A PLANTED UNCLE TOM.

SARPONG HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS HIS OPINION.LONG LIVE SARPONG.
WHITE SUPREMACY PREVAILED BECAUSE BUTHLEZZI WAS A PLANTED UNCLE TOM.
DALADAM 9 years ago

MUGABI THE STUPID DUMMY KILLER,SO CALLED LEADER DESTROYED ZIMBABWE AND NOW JACOB ZUMA THE DUMMEY IS DESTROYING S.AFRICA
WHEN LEADERS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF LEADING AND NOT STOPING TO STEAL THEIR COUNTRY RESORCES THAT IS WH ...
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MUGABI THE STUPID DUMMY KILLER,SO CALLED LEADER DESTROYED ZIMBABWE AND NOW JACOB ZUMA THE DUMMEY IS DESTROYING S.AFRICA
WHEN LEADERS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF LEADING AND NOT STOPING TO STEAL THEIR COUNTRY RESORCES THAT IS WHAT YOU GET
Mensah 9 years ago

Mugabe has recently admitted his policy of seizing White farms has been a failure, because the black people he gave those farms to couldn't do anything with them. The contrast between Mugabe and Mandela is the same contrast b ...
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Mugabe has recently admitted his policy of seizing White farms has been a failure, because the black people he gave those farms to couldn't do anything with them. The contrast between Mugabe and Mandela is the same contrast between Nkrumah and Houphet Boigny. Whereas Houphet Boigny allowed the Whites to help him develop his country under free market system at independence, Nkrumah on the other hand drove the British away and embarked on socialism and Marxism as Mugabe is doing in Zimbabwe. The difference in development between Ivory Coast and Ghana, and between Zimbabwe and Ghana is there for everybody with a clear mind to see. If it was Ghana that went through the civil war like Ivory Coast did, Ghana would have been worse off than Somalia. The Westerners are oppressive all right, but you have to find a way to live with them tactifully to harness their technical ability for development purposes
SARPONG 9 years ago

Thank you Mr Mensah for that well articulated explanation. Why can't we learn as Black people that we live in a global village where we have to harness the the goodness of each other.

Why do some people want us to do the s ...
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Thank you Mr Mensah for that well articulated explanation. Why can't we learn as Black people that we live in a global village where we have to harness the the goodness of each other.

Why do some people want us to do the same thing that has failed us as people? So Kwesi Pratt and others wanted Mandela to follow the Mugabe model that has failed.
Concerned 9 years ago

Good points by Mensah and Sarpong. Where is Zimbabwe today? A documentary by BBC and a book by Joseph Hanlon paints a very bright future. Soon after the land seizures, the outlook was bleak. Tobacco production went down from ...
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Good points by Mensah and Sarpong. Where is Zimbabwe today? A documentary by BBC and a book by Joseph Hanlon paints a very bright future. Soon after the land seizures, the outlook was bleak. Tobacco production went down from a record 247 million kg to 48 million kg. By the end of 2013 it had gone back up to 166 and still rising. Let's not forget two critical points, sanctions and the fact that the farmers were new to business. There was a steep learning curve to climb. Today a lot of them are very successful and are diversifying into other business ventures as disclosed by the BBC. A son of a farmer based in the UK returned to Zimbabwe to manage his father's farm
New markets have been identified in Belgium and China. Your points are valid but that is succumbing to blackmail from the west. If land guards goes to an area and threatens those who don't pay protection money with violence and maim those who don't pay, I don't think you can say those who paid are doing the right thing. In the long term, justice will always prevail. Check out Hanlon's book.'' Zimbabwe have taken back it's land''
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

"Mugabe has recently admitted his policy of seizing White farms has been a failure because the black people he gave those farms to couldn't do anything with them." Hmmm, let's see, did Mugabe really say that or you just made ...
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"Mugabe has recently admitted his policy of seizing White farms has been a failure because the black people he gave those farms to couldn't do anything with them." Hmmm, let's see, did Mugabe really say that or you just made that up as you go? Well, the correct phrase he put out there was "I think the farms we gave to the people are too large. They can't manage them,"

Mugabe, was in fact, lying his expensive 91 years arse off both ways on this before the press because the 1980 Lancaster House Agreement on the land reforms were superb since it was an effort to more equitably distribute land between black subsistence farmers and white Zimbabweans of European ancestry, who had traditionally enjoyed superior political and economic status. The programme's targets were intended to alter the ethnic balance of land ownership.

Those were the terms on paper, until implementation day, then all went quickly down south due to Mugabe's own doing by giving those lands to his cronies, party members and foot-soldiers who knew nothing about commercial farming hence leaving out the real farmers whose ancestors owned those lands and having at least a bit of experience working with the white Zimbabweans all their farming life.

In Mugabe's wacky mind, leaving the lands in those farmers' hands could automatically register back in the possession of the whites who are already their masters anyway. A move that has cost Zimbabwean agriculture and once the food basket of the Sub-Saharan African dearly.
Kwabena Yeboah 9 years ago

Suppose Mugabe admitted to his failed policy, which I believe is a misquote - is this not what he spent most part of his adult life to achieve? He succeeded in driving the occupiers away and taking land from the occupiers to ...
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Suppose Mugabe admitted to his failed policy, which I believe is a misquote - is this not what he spent most part of his adult life to achieve? He succeeded in driving the occupiers away and taking land from the occupiers to his people, and the fact that the local people could not manage the land is irrelevant. The only policy gaffe in the whole transaction is not helping the local people or training them to be good farmers. Other than that, the goal of the political struggle was achieved. These black farmers will learn through their mistakes.

Why do you expect a freedom fighter to lie in bed with his oppressor after sacrificing innocent blood to achieve this goal? Your reference to Ivory Coast is shameful indeed to say the least. Your question should be why there was a civil war in Ivory Coast in the first place but not in Ghana, and what influence does France still have over that country. In your analogy, Ghana should be like Ivory Coast isn't it? Have you ever lived in Ivory Coast? Besides the skyscrapers and paved roads in metro Abidjan do you know the squalor and shantytowns in the periphery of Abidjan? Have you compared the two countries income per capita in 2013? Ghana $3,500; Ivory Coast $1,014. Who says the whites helped Houphet Boigny to develop Ivory Coast? What is independence without control of your currency (economy)? Let me correct your wrong assertion that Nkrumah drove the British away. Nkrumah never drove the British away; they left soon after Nkrumah declared Ghana a republic and cut ties with the Queen. The British stayed in Ghana after independence but left en mass after Ghana became a republic in 1960, which meant Ghana was no longer a monarchy.

One fallacy a lot of ignorant Ghanaians have been propagating over the years is blaming Ghana's economic problems on Nkrumah's socialist leanings. I find this backward and irresponsible, and in fact reckless. If we look at some of the prosperous countries in the world right now, I mean, countries with high income per capita, you can find them in the Scandinavian countries; Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, etc. - countries whose economic system is socialism to a large extent. The uninformed Ghanaian, so perilous in his thinking, and out of ignorance have always accused Nkrumah as a socialist. What is wrong with socialism. Yes, Nkrumah leaned toward socialism at the time, but in actual fact, he was a pragmatist but was shunned by the west through traitorous local and dissident attacks. Let's talk about the saboteurs and the true nation wreckers, not economic systems.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Thank you.

Thank you.
HUMANISM 9 years ago

People of the COMMUNIST BREED OR SOCIALIST BREED have nothing to offer the current generation of HUMANS.

Once these people ascend to power, they use every means to hang on to power while at the same time, running their co ...
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People of the COMMUNIST BREED OR SOCIALIST BREED have nothing to offer the current generation of HUMANS.

Once these people ascend to power, they use every means to hang on to power while at the same time, running their countries into the ground. Look around the whole of Africa and you will find many many examples of such autocrats.

Pratt will continue to suck the asses of such autocrats in order to continue to lead a good life.
He is a nonentity who should be ignored at all times.
ANIMAL SKIN 9 years ago

AND MANDELA LOSES.

AND MANDELA LOSES.
Sun Tzu 9 years ago

I'm not surprised at all by Pratt s comments
See doing what he has been doing here in Gh for sometime now he has gotten used to blaming those who are clearly not worthy of blame and laying blame where it plausible does not l ...
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I'm not surprised at all by Pratt s comments
See doing what he has been doing here in Gh for sometime now he has gotten used to blaming those who are clearly not worthy of blame and laying blame where it plausible does not lie!
That is the evil that has come back to live with Pratt . If prez Mahama was mentioned in the issue, this accursed man would have found a way to reign in Kufuor or Akufo Addo.
Now Mandela was what, a king in prison?????
May The Lord forgive your sins.
yaw 9 years ago

WHY IS IT THAT NPP,S DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE BEING DECEIVED BY NANA ADDO

WHY IS IT THAT NPP,S DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE BEING DECEIVED BY NANA ADDO
rebecca 9 years ago

The largest stupid opposition party in Ghana led by nana addo

The largest stupid opposition party in Ghana led by nana addo
NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 9 years ago

The youth are dying very young because of disrespect .So no doubt for those who opposed will belated

The youth are dying very young because of disrespect .So no doubt for those who opposed will belated
accr 9 years ago

I never agree with u on many things but l think in this issue u are not far from the truth.I stayed there for 10 years and thank u for your insight on this.keep it up

I never agree with u on many things but l think in this issue u are not far from the truth.I stayed there for 10 years and thank u for your insight on this.keep it up
coolman 9 years ago

You may be right,because the name South African is an insult ,

You may be right,because the name South African is an insult ,
AKOSUA TUM 9 years ago

This empty headed Pratt has a mind similar to the Township dwellers in South Africa. He does not know his history. An educated fool with pen writing nonsense and respected by the so called Journalist in Ghana. What a sha ...
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This empty headed Pratt has a mind similar to the Township dwellers in South Africa. He does not know his history. An educated fool with pen writing nonsense and respected by the so called Journalist in Ghana. What a shame.
JDiM 9 years ago

Big mouth

Big mouth
John,Tema 9 years ago

Kwasi Pratt may be right in the sense that if you've an economy where 97& is owned by just 5% of the population,who don't make room for the remaining 95% to live comfortably there'll always be conflict.Mandela did not complet ...
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Kwasi Pratt may be right in the sense that if you've an economy where 97& is owned by just 5% of the population,who don't make room for the remaining 95% to live comfortably there'll always be conflict.Mandela did not completely break that economic barrier that would have allowed the blacks in South Africa to live comfortably.But can we blame Mandela?The odds were so much against him,as for those who say that every black African has the right to go and compete with South African blacks for the little resources I don't support it.
SARPONG 9 years ago

John, you are one of those commentators in this forum that I respect but you are wrong here. You are advocating income distribution with the wrong method. You might be right that 5 percent of South Africans might control the ...
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John, you are one of those commentators in this forum that I respect but you are wrong here. You are advocating income distribution with the wrong method. You might be right that 5 percent of South Africans might control the bulk of the economy but any harsh policy by Mandela would have resulted in capital flight.

Mugabe tried the same thing and look at Zimbabwe now. Even in an advanced country like USA, about 5 percent of the populace control about 70 percent of the economy but they are the one who create jobs for the populace with their capital, the same as it is in South Africa.

If Mandela would have done as Pratt is suggesting, you wouldn't have seen South Africa with their economic might that has attracted other Africans to that country. Read Mr Mensah comment above.
MKZ 9 years ago

Blacks are lazy people, we always blame others

Blacks are lazy people, we always blame others
Akake 9 years ago

Boss,you still haven't made your point/s. How did Mandela contribute to this devilish behaviour...?. Africans and the rest of the world fought for their freedom... In return this is what we get. Blame the the corruption and w ...
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Boss,you still haven't made your point/s. How did Mandela contribute to this devilish behaviour...?. Africans and the rest of the world fought for their freedom... In return this is what we get. Blame the the corruption and weak leadership of Zuma... (afraid if you did that, might be sound or ring a bell...? NDC...Thieves)...
Concerned 9 years ago

Zumah has contributed his share of the problem but whilst the political issues of apartheid was addressed, the fundamental economic structures remains intact. Land and the resources of the country remains in the hands of the ...
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Zumah has contributed his share of the problem but whilst the political issues of apartheid was addressed, the fundamental economic structures remains intact. Land and the resources of the country remains in the hands of the whites in the main
This is used to seek the interest of the minority rich rather than the majority. The agreement with Mandela stopped him from taking land from the whites and this is stopping the fair distribution of wealth causing hardship to the black majority who are also looking for scapegoats to blame
SARPONG 9 years ago

Mugabe took lands from whites in Zimbabwe(Rhodesia) and gave it to the blacks in the "fair" distribution of income and look at what happened to Zimbabwe and you want South Africa to follow the Mugabe example?

Even Mugabe h ...
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Mugabe took lands from whites in Zimbabwe(Rhodesia) and gave it to the blacks in the "fair" distribution of income and look at what happened to Zimbabwe and you want South Africa to follow the Mugabe example?

Even Mugabe has admitted that policy despite its good intention has failed. Free housing are being provided to the poor South African blacks and that is a good method of fair income distribution. The whites control the land but they are using it to provide jobs. With time, blacks will acquire capital and start buying these lands and maintain them to provide jobs for their own instead of seizing lands and parcelling them out for substinent farming that did not work in Zimbabwe.
Concerned 9 years ago

ZIMBABWE HAVE TAKEN BACK IT'S LAND is the name of the book. It outlines the initial challenges faced by the black farmers and it shows the success being made now. A BBC documentary also did just that

ZIMBABWE HAVE TAKEN BACK IT'S LAND is the name of the book. It outlines the initial challenges faced by the black farmers and it shows the success being made now. A BBC documentary also did just that
Kwame 9 years ago

Sarpong I happen to be in Zimbabwe and can tell you that that country is better than even Nigeria. I wrote and article some time ago titled "Stop the Mugabe Bashing". Look for that article to inform yourself and stop this abs ...
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Sarpong I happen to be in Zimbabwe and can tell you that that country is better than even Nigeria. I wrote and article some time ago titled "Stop the Mugabe Bashing". Look for that article to inform yourself and stop this absurdity. We must make intellectual argument. In spite of the so called hardship that is being alleged to have been brought on the people of Zimbabwe there is no Zimbabwean in Ghana seeking greener pasture. However there are hundreds of Ghanaians in Zimbabwe enjoying the greener pasture there. I have relatives living in Zimbabwe and can tell the story of that country better than the illusions and mirages created by the western press.
Yaw 9 years ago

You can't tell lies to make it true. Zimbabwe is a useless country and you cannot compare Zimbabwe to Ghana.

Why do you want your relatives in Zimbabwe to tell their stories? Didn't you say you live in Zimbabwe?

If Zimb ...
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You can't tell lies to make it true. Zimbabwe is a useless country and you cannot compare Zimbabwe to Ghana.

Why do you want your relatives in Zimbabwe to tell their stories? Didn't you say you live in Zimbabwe?

If Zimbabwe is that great, why are they in South Africa? There are more than 250,000 Zimbabweans in South Africa after Mugabe has given them the land so why are they in South Africa?
Concerned 9 years ago

It outlines all the success being achieved now
I have posted a few comments without it showing. I think only pc users can see it

It outlines all the success being achieved now
I have posted a few comments without it showing. I think only pc users can see it
JB 9 years ago

Mr Pratt should also know that the was the only way forward to maintain peace among the people living in SA at the time. The current attack in the leadership weakness on the part of government.

Mr Pratt should also know that the was the only way forward to maintain peace among the people living in SA at the time. The current attack in the leadership weakness on the part of government.
USMAN 9 years ago

Kwasi Pratt is gradually going mad because the government he so much promoted and imposed on Ghanaians is failing.

Kwasi Pratt is gradually going mad because the government he so much promoted and imposed on Ghanaians is failing.
KK 9 years ago

GIVE US BREAK WITH PRATT THIS , PRATT THAT, PRATT THIS , PRATT THAT , WHO IS THIS PRATT? IS HE NOT A MERE NDC PARTISAN JOURNALIST WHO HYPOCRITICALLY PROFILES HIMSELF AS A CPP GURU WHILES HE HE ACTS AS NDC PROPAGANDA COMIISS ...
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GIVE US BREAK WITH PRATT THIS , PRATT THAT, PRATT THIS , PRATT THAT , WHO IS THIS PRATT? IS HE NOT A MERE NDC PARTISAN JOURNALIST WHO HYPOCRITICALLY PROFILES HIMSELF AS A CPP GURU WHILES HE HE ACTS AS NDC PROPAGANDA COMIISSIONER FLYING WITH PRESIDENTIAL JET UNDERCOVER? PLEASE GIVE US A BREAK GHANIANS HAS NOPT ASKED HIM TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AS A STATESMAN COMMENTING EVERY ISSUE ON THE PLANET . HIS COMMENTS ARE IRRELEVANT TO US GHANIANS --IT ONLY MAKES US SICK ..SO ENOUGH OF THIS ..PRATT THIS PRATT THAT .
yaw 9 years ago

LOOK AT THIS USELESS AND GOOD FOR NOTHING NPP"S HERE. THEY HATE THE TRUTH. THEY THINK GHANAIANS ARE AS STUPID AS THEY ARE. 2016 NPP 35%

LOOK AT THIS USELESS AND GOOD FOR NOTHING NPP"S HERE. THEY HATE THE TRUTH. THEY THINK GHANAIANS ARE AS STUPID AS THEY ARE. 2016 NPP 35%
concerned citizen 9 years ago

Gyimii

Gyimii
kofi 9 years ago

Mr. Know everything,if you are not an idiot fool ,you will make your corrupt and thievery government to manage well for his subjects to stay home and work .Go to the Mediterranean they are dying. You do not even sell 50 copie ...
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Mr. Know everything,if you are not an idiot fool ,you will make your corrupt and thievery government to manage well for his subjects to stay home and work .Go to the Mediterranean they are dying. You do not even sell 50 copies but leave affluent life if not that you are corrupt journalist.
BOSS 9 years ago

ALL NPP"S HERE ARE FOOLS AND USELESS. FUCK EVERYONE WHO ENVY PRATT. UR SOO CALLED NANA WILL ALWAYS THE LARGEST OPPOSITION LEADER FOREVER

ALL NPP"S HERE ARE FOOLS AND USELESS. FUCK EVERYONE WHO ENVY PRATT. UR SOO CALLED NANA WILL ALWAYS THE LARGEST OPPOSITION LEADER FOREVER
Kofi 9 years ago

This prat guy is ignorant and stupid, he must read a long walk to freedom and he will understand SA and Mandela, anyone told him that before the release of the late old man, SA was bankrupt...totally to its knees? Pratt u are ...
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This prat guy is ignorant and stupid, he must read a long walk to freedom and he will understand SA and Mandela, anyone told him that before the release of the late old man, SA was bankrupt...totally to its knees? Pratt u are a big fool and ignorant.
kwesi 9 years ago

Stupid like nana addo the forever the largest opposition leader in Ghana

Stupid like nana addo the forever the largest opposition leader in Ghana
EDUARDO DOMINGO 9 years ago

MR PRATT YOUR ANGER IS WELL PLACED, BUT MANDELA PLAYED HIS PART TO THE FULLEST , BEFORE DEPARTING THIS WORLD!! IF YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A MAN OF SOUTH AFRICA CALLED KANE, HE WAS A SOCIALIST AND WAS NEXT IN COMMAND TO MANDELA ...
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MR PRATT YOUR ANGER IS WELL PLACED, BUT MANDELA PLAYED HIS PART TO THE FULLEST , BEFORE DEPARTING THIS WORLD!! IF YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A MAN OF SOUTH AFRICA CALLED KANE, HE WAS A SOCIALIST AND WAS NEXT IN COMMAND TO MANDELA IN THE ANC, THIS MAN HAD THE MASTER PLAN WITH MANDELA, YOU SEE MANDELA DELIVERED THE FREEDOM INTO THE BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS HAND AT ALL COST! BUT HE EXPECTED THE MURDERED KANE TO TAKE OVER AND DO THE MUGABE ON SOUTH AFRICA, BUT THE TYPE OF THABO ,MBEKI AND JACOB ZUMA GRASSED ON THE MAN , I MEAN BETRAYED THE PLAN TO THE BOERS, AND JUST AS SOUTH AFRICA WAS FREED KANE WAS MURDERED SIMULTANEOUSLY! AND THERE GOES THE TRUE FREEDOM OF SOUTH AFRICA, MANDELA DID HIS PART. HE WAS NOT A REAL FIRE BRAND, HE WAS TOO WELL TAILORED AND DISCIPLINED TO DO KANE'S JOB. BUT THEY KILLED KANE!!!
ELINAM 9 years ago

Chris Hane is the one and not Kane.

Chris Hane is the one and not Kane.
Nana Yaw 9 years ago

The assassins had their death sentences commuted. That is what pisses me off the most!

The assassins had their death sentences commuted. That is what pisses me off the most!
KOJO 9 years ago

GOD BLESS MR PRATT. KEEP SPEAKING AND REVELLING TRUTH. FUCK ANYONE WHO ENVY YOU.

GOD BLESS MR PRATT. KEEP SPEAKING AND REVELLING TRUTH. FUCK ANYONE WHO ENVY YOU.
ISDSA 9 years ago

Fascinating insght! I believe you mean Chris Hani who was assassinated by a whiteman just be4 SA became free.

Fascinating insght! I believe you mean Chris Hani who was assassinated by a whiteman just be4 SA became free.
Navorongo Man 9 years ago

I strongly reason with you. Mandela did his part. Assuming without admitting that Mandela did not negotiate well, he did eventually won freedom and liberty of the South African's. It was the duty of the rest of South African' ...
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I strongly reason with you. Mandela did his part. Assuming without admitting that Mandela did not negotiate well, he did eventually won freedom and liberty of the South African's. It was the duty of the rest of South African's to now as individuals work harder for self liberation and self empowerment. Mandela could not change the mind set of the South African's. They had that mandate to change their mind, learn skills that will make them useful and upgrade their knowledge base for for political and economic empowerment. Freedom had to come any way and for me I think Mandela because it was a strong basis or foundation for the people to build upon. They must learn to educate their African mind to take responsibilities for their on situation and the power to improve same.
Navorongo Man 9 years ago

I strongly reason with you. Mandela did his part. Assuming without admitting that Mandela did not negotiate well but South African's are free now.It was the duty of the rest of South African's to now as individuals work harde ...
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I strongly reason with you. Mandela did his part. Assuming without admitting that Mandela did not negotiate well but South African's are free now.It was the duty of the rest of South African's to now as individuals work harder for self liberation and self empowerment. Mandela could not have changed the mind set of the South African's. They had that mandate to change their own mind, learn skills that will make them useful and upgrade their knowledge base for more political and economic empowerment. Freedom had to come any way and for me I think Mandela got them just that because it was a strong basis or foundation for the people to build upon. They must learn to educate their African mind to take responsibilities for their on situation and the power to improve same.
John,Tema 9 years ago

You may be right Mandela fought the liberation war,his followers like Jacob Zumah etc shd have continued with the economic liberation.Just like Ghana where followers of Nkrumah decided to loot the resources of the state.

You may be right Mandela fought the liberation war,his followers like Jacob Zumah etc shd have continued with the economic liberation.Just like Ghana where followers of Nkrumah decided to loot the resources of the state.
ALONZO PROPHET 9 years ago

HI ALL ON THIS FORUM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MANY OF YOU GUYS ON THIS FORUM WOULD END UP AS LIFELONG ILLITERATES, THINK VERY DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT KWESI PRAT IS SAYING, IN THAT, WE WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT, TILL THE WHITEMAN TELLS US ...
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HI ALL ON THIS FORUM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MANY OF YOU GUYS ON THIS FORUM WOULD END UP AS LIFELONG ILLITERATES, THINK VERY DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT KWESI PRAT IS SAYING, IN THAT, WE WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT, TILL THE WHITEMAN TELLS US AND SHOW US WHO ARE LEADEARS ARE ??? AFTER KILLING MANY OF OUR PROHPHETS AND DENYING THEM THEIR PLACES IN HISTORY????? WHERE IS STEVE BIKO ?? WHERE WALTER SUSULO , WHERE IS GEORGE JACKSON ?? WHERE IS PATRICE LAMUMBA?????? AND SO SO MANY OF THEM WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES, WHILST MANDELA WAS CHOPPING STEK AND CHICKEN WITH THE WHITEMEN AND ENJOYING IN THIS SO CALLED PRISON.. PLEASE PLEASE LET USEE BEYOND THE PRESENT CONDITION AND TAKE A LONG VIEW OF THINGS AND FIGHT TO THE BITTER END AT THIS MENTAL SLAVERY, WHICH IS REDUCING THE BLACKMAN TO NOTHING BUT A JOKE.
ELINAM 9 years ago

A good man like Samora Mashell was killed by SA. His plane was bombed by the white minority apartheid govt.
That's the reason why Mandella married Gracia Marshell the widow of the Monzambiquean leader.
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A good man like Samora Mashell was killed by SA. His plane was bombed by the white minority apartheid govt.
That's the reason why Mandella married Gracia Marshell the widow of the Monzambiquean leader.
A lot had been sacrificed for Mandella but he handed everything back to the whites and that's why they came and buried him.
They hated Mogabe and made sure he failes with sanctions so that SA won't go his way of taking back the 80% of the land and mines in the hands of the 3 million minority whites who wanna control everything for their comfort and made the 40 million blacks just consumers for high profit that never meant for redevelopment of black areas neglected for over 300 years of apartheid.
Kkd, 9 years ago

Kwasi has said it all,,,that is the truth,,I have been to Robben island & heard it all...The black South Africans,know all about this,,Stop insulting Kwasi Pratt.Why on earth do,you think Mandela was released? Wise up guys... ...
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Kwasi has said it all,,,that is the truth,,I have been to Robben island & heard it all...The black South Africans,know all about this,,Stop insulting Kwasi Pratt.Why on earth do,you think Mandela was released? Wise up guys...Shine your brains...
Freedom House, 2015. 9 years ago

This man comments on things he has very little knowledge about. Does he know the Sunset clause, negotiated by Comrade Joe Slovo, leader of the South African Communist Party, and Chief of Staff of the ANC military wing with th ...
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This man comments on things he has very little knowledge about. Does he know the Sunset clause, negotiated by Comrade Joe Slovo, leader of the South African Communist Party, and Chief of Staff of the ANC military wing with the apartheid government? Mandela was never living like a King, Pratt, go and read Ahmed Kathrada's Prison Dairy and the Long March to Freedom to have an objective understanding of the SA situation. So, can we also say you were living like a king when you were in Navrongo prison under the PNDC? Stomach politician, corrupt journalist, corrupt editor, corrupt socialist, who now defends corruption in Ghana. Pratt tell us where you got the Kudi to build the palace in Mampong, Eastern region?
VoiceOfReason 9 years ago

Pratt, you keep believing the garbage you peddling. The fact of the matter is that South Africa had a chance to prove the rest of Africa wrong. Let's face it, the majority of Africa is a dump. Zimbabwe, also offered insight o ...
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Pratt, you keep believing the garbage you peddling. The fact of the matter is that South Africa had a chance to prove the rest of Africa wrong. Let's face it, the majority of Africa is a dump. Zimbabwe, also offered insight on how a working economy can be distroyed and it's inhabitants left destitut! There is no doubt that the leaderless, apathetic ANC is taking SA down the road of distruction. The ANC is perpetuating discrimination through policies like BBBEE. Instead of having prosperty for all as its mantra and harnessing the country's talent and wealth, the ANC is hell bent to force through "transformation" that only promotes self preservation for a few talentless narcissists at the expense of South Africa.
SAM SAM 9 years ago

THIS IS ONE OF THE USELESS COMMENTS EVER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE USELESS COMMENTS EVER.
king 9 years ago

STOP INSULTING MR PRATT ASSHOLES. HE'S MORE SENSEBLE AND REASONABLE MORE THAN NANA ADDO

STOP INSULTING MR PRATT ASSHOLES. HE'S MORE SENSEBLE AND REASONABLE MORE THAN NANA ADDO
Kristin 9 years ago

Kwesi Pratt, what prevented Tambo Mbeki from and is preventing Jacob Zuma from changing the situation?
Like your incompetent Mahama, Jacob Zuma is equally very incompetent and not a leader. That is the primary cause of theis ...
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Kwesi Pratt, what prevented Tambo Mbeki from and is preventing Jacob Zuma from changing the situation?
Like your incompetent Mahama, Jacob Zuma is equally very incompetent and not a leader. That is the primary cause of theis xenophobic attacks. Like Mahama, South Africa is also suffering the same sufferings (Hell) Ghanaians are suffering.
Why is this Pratt not progressive? Always referring to the past and contributing nothing to the present or the future. Just like Mahama comparing his incompetence with the few challenges Kuffuor had, Pratt also want the world to believe (which is not true) that mandela was the cause of the xenophobic attacks. The two countries, Ghana and South Africa have incompetent, visionless and useless presidents and are reapping the results.
Raph 9 years ago

You are perfectly correct. The two do not know what they are doing but exhibit greed to it apogee. They wont live to enjoy their greed.

You are perfectly correct. The two do not know what they are doing but exhibit greed to it apogee. They wont live to enjoy their greed.
USMAN 9 years ago

Kwasi Pratt has no case here. Mugabi tried implementing what the backward Africans thought was the best for Zimbabwe and what was the outcome. Look, even with all the mismanagement in Ghana currently Kwasi Pratt wants Ghanaia ...
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Kwasi Pratt has no case here. Mugabi tried implementing what the backward Africans thought was the best for Zimbabwe and what was the outcome. Look, even with all the mismanagement in Ghana currently Kwasi Pratt wants Ghanaians to believe it is the best socialist policy for us. ABOA BEAST like kwesi Pratt.
Cat 9 years ago

Undoubtedly most of the renowed companies in South Africa are owned by the whites. The ownership dates back to the apartied era.After apartied, are the doors of creating new opportunities and companies closed? is Dangote a Br ...
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Undoubtedly most of the renowed companies in South Africa are owned by the whites. The ownership dates back to the apartied era.After apartied, are the doors of creating new opportunities and companies closed? is Dangote a British? yet he has managed to create a business empire after the british colonial rule to become the richest black person on earth. Why do we want to take over companies like MTN, DSTV,KRUGER NATIONAL PARK and others which are already owned by individuals or families. Most Farms and companies are owned by individuals or families not by the state. In America, APPLE, FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, TWITTER, AMAZON, DELL, MICROSOFT ETC are owned by individuals and not by the state.MANDELA did not leave anything in the hands of the Whites, those individuals owned those properties. To sumarize, there is still oportunity to create new farms, companies and many many prosperous avenues. Lets not pre occupy our minds with what others own already but rather focus on the way forward.
ohene.kwame 9 years ago

Stop talking

Stop talking
Atoklo 9 years ago

I have respect for Pratt as a person but when it comes to journalism and history, I think, you lack a lot of wisdom. Your knowledge of South African History, I will say, is very limited. If you are intelligent you shoul be wo ...
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I have respect for Pratt as a person but when it comes to journalism and history, I think, you lack a lot of wisdom. Your knowledge of South African History, I will say, is very limited. If you are intelligent you shoul be worring of what is happening to our brothers and sisters today in SA and not what Mandela did or didn't do years ago! Four Ghanaians killed for no reason and you talk about what Mandela's privileges in prison many years ago? Are such an insensitive arrogant bastard? Besides,, what is preventing Zuma to implement the said policies of the ANC? You have exposed yourself to all these insults and nobody, but yourself, should take the blame for it. My deepest sympathy goes to the families and loved ones of the four Ghanaians murdered.
PAPA GHANA 9 years ago

Fool. What is pratt talking about?

Fool. What is pratt talking about?
Ngi 9 years ago

This man has no idea of what he is talking about. Same people who throw dust into the eyes people when the NDC government goes astray.

This man has no idea of what he is talking about. Same people who throw dust into the eyes people when the NDC government goes astray.
Kojo 9 years ago

Pratt if you should shut the fuck up. You cannot unite your own party.

Pratt if you should shut the fuck up. You cannot unite your own party.
kwaku NYU 9 years ago

Find a solution to your teeth which has no dental formula foolish ass hole

Find a solution to your teeth which has no dental formula foolish ass hole
Fred 9 years ago

Blame your Nkrumah for our predicament too Mr pratt

Blame your Nkrumah for our predicament too Mr pratt
kobla 9 years ago

Stupid remarks prat very stupid

Stupid remarks prat very stupid
Constructivist 9 years ago

Nonsense! Did the Charter says that indigenous South Africans should remain lazy and food should be provided them free? Pratt is a lying talkative

Nonsense! Did the Charter says that indigenous South Africans should remain lazy and food should be provided them free? Pratt is a lying talkative
antwi 9 years ago

This man is so disgusting gush.

This man is so disgusting gush.
NEVER MIND 9 years ago

SOUTH AFRICANS ARE JUST NOT SERIOUS. THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW THEIR PROBLEM. BOTH MANDELA AND MBEKI HIS SUCCESSOR DID LITTLE TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC LIBERATION TO THEIR PEOPLE. AS FOR JACOB ZUMAH, THE LEAST SAID ABOUT HIM THE BETTE ...
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SOUTH AFRICANS ARE JUST NOT SERIOUS. THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW THEIR PROBLEM. BOTH MANDELA AND MBEKI HIS SUCCESSOR DID LITTLE TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC LIBERATION TO THEIR PEOPLE. AS FOR JACOB ZUMAH, THE LEAST SAID ABOUT HIM THE BETTER. IF IT WERE IN GHANA, NO POLITICAL PARTY WOULD EVEN GIVE HIM THE NOD TO BE FLAG-BEARER, LET ALONE THE WHOLE COUNTRY ELECTING HIM PRESIDENT.
Dr.William Acquah 9 years ago

Please, Mr.Pratt,have you forgotten what Busia did to Nigerians in Ghana when he became the Prime Minister?Didn`t Nigerians pay us back later on? I am really ashamed at what is happening in South Africa now.We should also not ...
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Please, Mr.Pratt,have you forgotten what Busia did to Nigerians in Ghana when he became the Prime Minister?Didn`t Nigerians pay us back later on? I am really ashamed at what is happening in South Africa now.We should also not forget what happened in Ghana and in Nigeria some years ago.Mandela was hailed because he never punished those who practiced Apatheid.What did Mandela contribute to Africa? Nothing!
Ofosu 9 years ago

I don't know wjhy people should always try to comment on issues they are not familiar with. This so called son of Ghana is a disgrace to his parents.Insults all over the place. What stupidity is this? People think Mandela has ...
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I don't know wjhy people should always try to comment on issues they are not familiar with. This so called son of Ghana is a disgrace to his parents.Insults all over the place. What stupidity is this? People think Mandela has fogiven the Whites just because he wants peace in South Africa. This forgiveness was part of the compromise before his relased. The whole world know about that.The Whites are now in more postion to dominate the economy more than before, using a black president as a yardstick. That is why they will be comfortable being in opposition forever, so they can not be blamed. Our government should just brign back our nationals.
T.GLAVEE 9 years ago

Kwesi Pratt is bang on the money. The Guy as I have always said was a failure but was raised as a giant because he did exactly as he told by the west and indeed his captors.

How wicked can any man be towards his people. Th ...
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Kwesi Pratt is bang on the money. The Guy as I have always said was a failure but was raised as a giant because he did exactly as he told by the west and indeed his captors.

How wicked can any man be towards his people. The true leader in Africa is President Robert Mugabe and to me, he has no size in our history yet because the like of Kwame Nkrumah never even had the chance to show what they could achieve before they hewn down like grass.

Long Live africa! Long Live the Pan - Africanist Vision to overcome, educate, build and restructure our economies for ours first before the world second.
Jim 9 years ago

Blame on massive corruption in government and lack of transformation of the economy.Whites hold the economy and blacks the political power.

Blame on massive corruption in government and lack of transformation of the economy.Whites hold the economy and blacks the political power.
Nana Effah 9 years ago

Pratt, You have no vision nor political reasoning. The short sighted people among whom you are wanted Mandella to revenge and fight the white apartheid regime when Mandella got the power. Do you think the blacks could have wi ...
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Pratt, You have no vision nor political reasoning. The short sighted people among whom you are wanted Mandella to revenge and fight the white apartheid regime when Mandella got the power. Do you think the blacks could have withstood the military might of the white apartheid regime? And would you voluntarily join the black army at the war front?
Mandella calculated this among others and resorted to 'forgiveness' Please let the old man rest in peace
jnumo@hotmail.com 9 years ago

You should have reminded him,stupid fool.crying over a spilt milk.

You should have reminded him,stupid fool.crying over a spilt milk.
KILO 9 years ago

Let's blame free press and speech for giving this bloke the opportunity to express his views...albeit frequently stupid

Let's blame free press and speech for giving this bloke the opportunity to express his views...albeit frequently stupid
citizen 9 years ago

Kwesi Pratt is mentally challenged, bam.

Kwesi Pratt is mentally challenged, bam.
Earl Jones 9 years ago

That is why I like Prat. He has the audacity to point out the truth even if it offends believers of Mandela.
South African is everything apartheid but in name.
White still dominate the formal economy. There are still no go ...
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That is why I like Prat. He has the audacity to point out the truth even if it offends believers of Mandela.
South African is everything apartheid but in name.
White still dominate the formal economy. There are still no go areas for whites. Blacks are still poor, jobless and have no employable skills.
Blacks have low esteem and low self worth so other more confident and assertive Africans have come in to fill the void.
Adzovi 9 years ago

Two ignorant fools. Where is the truth in what Pratt said

Two ignorant fools. Where is the truth in what Pratt said
still rastafari 9 years ago

Is this Pratt man serious??

Is this Pratt man serious??
EFO 9 years ago

LOOK AT THIS FRUIT CAKE WHO HAS BEEN INDUCED SO HE NO LONGER SEES THE FAILURES OF HIS MASTER PREZ MAHAMA. HIS MOUTH IS FULL . HE CAN NO LONGER TALK.

LOOK AT THIS FRUIT CAKE WHO HAS BEEN INDUCED SO HE NO LONGER SEES THE FAILURES OF HIS MASTER PREZ MAHAMA. HIS MOUTH IS FULL . HE CAN NO LONGER TALK.
kk 9 years ago

Pratt, limit your ignorant comments to Ghanaian issues.
What do you know about South African society and politics? NOTHING. So don't start talking like you are an authority on South African social issues.
Only in Ghana can ...
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Pratt, limit your ignorant comments to Ghanaian issues.
What do you know about South African society and politics? NOTHING. So don't start talking like you are an authority on South African social issues.
Only in Ghana can you sit and make noise on radio without ever backing up what you say.
Yamoah Baah 9 years ago

Mr. Pratt knows everything but understands nothing. How I wish he could sometimes keep quiet and listen to others.

Mr. Pratt knows everything but understands nothing. How I wish he could sometimes keep quiet and listen to others.
Kwame Kumi 9 years ago

Of course Mandela was human and was bound to make mistakes. Kwasi's hero, 'the Osagyefo' on the contrary, was a 'messiah' who 'did no wrong' and who 'never died'.

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Of course Mandela was human and was bound to make mistakes. Kwasi's hero, 'the Osagyefo' on the contrary, was a 'messiah' who 'did no wrong' and who 'never died'.

All that Kwesi means by Mandela living like a king in prison is that he wasn't treated the way Nkrumah treated his own political opponents. Just mention how J.B. Danquah was treated and Kwesi is going to give you a list of 'CRIMES' he committed and for which reason he deserved every bit of the inhuman treatment meted out to him.

Indeed by the time Mandela was released we all saw the dignified manner in which he walked out. Compare that to how political prisoners who were lucky enough to have survived in Nkrumah's prisons looked like upon release.

Kwesi your hypocrisy is just too much!
Citizene Vigilate 9 years ago

Sorry to say, Kwesi "Teeth" Pratt. but you are an idiot. Let the dead have their RIP.

Sorry to say, Kwesi "Teeth" Pratt. but you are an idiot. Let the dead have their RIP.
Pelicles 9 years ago

Do not blame Mandela for what is going on in South Africa. Truth is a bitter pill to swallow in the sense that black people are too lazy. Black South Africans have the hope that they should be spoon-fed and since they are th ...
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Do not blame Mandela for what is going on in South Africa. Truth is a bitter pill to swallow in the sense that black people are too lazy. Black South Africans have the hope that they should be spoon-fed and since they are the natives, they should be given money for no work done.

The same scenario is rife in the US. At times, the blacks accuse foreigners of taking their job but in reality, they are lazy.
Truth-Be-Told by a US Soul 9 years ago

Only 6% of Blks in the US want to own our own businesses. The rest love govt welfare or being W-2 employees for a check!
Now, Pelicles, are you smart enough to meet me in Chicago and join me at a biz meeting that can teach y ...
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Only 6% of Blks in the US want to own our own businesses. The rest love govt welfare or being W-2 employees for a check!
Now, Pelicles, are you smart enough to meet me in Chicago and join me at a biz meeting that can teach you how to earn $10,000 per month MINIMUM in both online business and real estate investing?
All Africa-born living in the US, I've met, are just as distrusting and lazy regarding REAL business, as are the Black Americans.
It is like the kettle calling the pot black!
nana 9 years ago

I don't know why this idiot bastard always making some stupid comments.

I don't know why this idiot bastard always making some stupid comments.
GIGI 9 years ago

Here we go again!! Mr. Know all. No shame to speak evil of a man who cannot defend himself. Just make Kwasi Pratt the president of the world and all the world problems will be solved.

Here we go again!! Mr. Know all. No shame to speak evil of a man who cannot defend himself. Just make Kwasi Pratt the president of the world and all the world problems will be solved.
Civilization, Joburg. 9 years ago

In fact, this man is an empty sack, he knows nothing, fuck off, U need to learn more about Mandela.

In fact, this man is an empty sack, he knows nothing, fuck off, U need to learn more about Mandela.
OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

UNCLE PRATT, DID YOU CHECK YOUR FACTS ON THIS SUBJECT, OR YOU JUST WANT TO TRIGGER A DEBATE?

UNCLE PRATT, DID YOU CHECK YOUR FACTS ON THIS SUBJECT, OR YOU JUST WANT TO TRIGGER A DEBATE?
Mensah 9 years ago

and everything that comes out of his stinking mouth is senseless

and everything that comes out of his stinking mouth is senseless
man 9 years ago

stupid kwasi prat shut ur fuckin mouth

stupid kwasi prat shut ur fuckin mouth
Ayitey 9 years ago

What does this idiot mean by his statements? If he wants to blame Mandela, he should come out boldly and state where he went wrong instead of his blanket statement . The whole African continent is rife with corrupt leaders an ...
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What does this idiot mean by his statements? If he wants to blame Mandela, he should come out boldly and state where he went wrong instead of his blanket statement . The whole African continent is rife with corrupt leaders and lazy people. Look a Zimbabwe for instance, Just after independence Mugabi set out to nationalize all companies and also initiated one party state. Where do we find that country now? He made the citizens realize think that they can live easy life without working for it. Mandela learnt from that mistake and kept the white south Aficans in the country . He tried to encourage the citizens to go for education. Have they listen to him so far? Which company would employ foreigners if there is available labor among the citizenry? If the South Aficans are qualified for those jobs why would the employers offer it to foreign nationals? . Kwesi Pratt before you open your mouth think carefully please.
Obroni 9 years ago

please Mr. Pratt, If you don't have a clue what you are talking about, then please don't comment on the situation

please Mr. Pratt, If you don't have a clue what you are talking about, then please don't comment on the situation
sweet sixteen 9 years ago

papa kwasi, whn wil it b de last tym u wil speak sense into de heads of ghanaian youth..... oooh I can see dat de political illness has caused u harm

papa kwasi, whn wil it b de last tym u wil speak sense into de heads of ghanaian youth..... oooh I can see dat de political illness has caused u harm
Abaabia 9 years ago

Empty loud month. This Pratt man would lose his credibility. He should point out at least one of such compromises he thinks contributed to this unfortunate situation. Is it compulsory for a social commentated to talk on eve ...
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Empty loud month. This Pratt man would lose his credibility. He should point out at least one of such compromises he thinks contributed to this unfortunate situation. Is it compulsory for a social commentated to talk on every matter. If he has solution he is advise our government on our economic crisis.
Kwame 9 years ago

What can one say? Now it's Mandela's fault! Truly? This so called journalist lives in an imaginary world where he concots fantasies and makes up his own parallel reality. Sadly some people think it's worth reporting what he s ...
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What can one say? Now it's Mandela's fault! Truly? This so called journalist lives in an imaginary world where he concots fantasies and makes up his own parallel reality. Sadly some people think it's worth reporting what he says. Not a single line of his arguments make any sense.
apuuu 9 years ago

Kwesi Pratt is a pig and he always will be no matter what he thinking why blaming President Mandela not the white man who didn't create enough jobs in black areas think before you talk mr fool apuuu

Kwesi Pratt is a pig and he always will be no matter what he thinking why blaming President Mandela not the white man who didn't create enough jobs in black areas think before you talk mr fool apuuu
bee lee 9 years ago

i beg to differ from mr. pratts unsubstantiated posture.mandela never lived like a king bcos he evn refused to accept anything form of bargain for his freedon whn the thn apartheid president botha requested that he be rele ...
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i beg to differ from mr. pratts unsubstantiated posture.mandela never lived like a king bcos he evn refused to accept anything form of bargain for his freedon whn the thn apartheid president botha requested that he be released on condition that he becomes non political unpon his release.mandela stil stood to his unconditional grounds until president pw botha finally gave him his freedom.however freedom blck S.Africans lead to a massive revolt by this same Zulu ppl who claimed that they shd b no negotiations at all with the whites.therefore white south Africans shd b chased out completely.it thn almost became all factions since the whites were up in arms likewise the zulus.madiba thn ws left in the middle bt asked all of thm to go throw their weapons into the sea wh worked the magic isbcalled the 'Madina magic'.hence freedom charter ws the only solution
Akua 9 years ago

please we beg just leave it here no more comment.This man Mandela is celebrated by all Africans and what SA needs right now is not generating another arguement especially from you.If you have nothing important to say please l ...
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please we beg just leave it here no more comment.This man Mandela is celebrated by all Africans and what SA needs right now is not generating another arguement especially from you.If you have nothing important to say please let have peace and for people to think about solving this.we beg.
Crazy Pratt 9 years ago

Idiot, I thought it was the fault of Akuffo-Addo.

Idiot, I thought it was the fault of Akuffo-Addo.
Musah,Manchester 9 years ago

This Pratt guy is a fool.Mandela compromised,because that was the only way he could secure freedom and reduce the fear of the Whites. With this Pratt given platforms to make stupid comments and political contributions where i ...
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This Pratt guy is a fool.Mandela compromised,because that was the only way he could secure freedom and reduce the fear of the Whites. With this Pratt given platforms to make stupid comments and political contributions where is Ghana going?
tolon 9 years ago

If mandela should be blamed then what should say to that late dictator(Nkrumah)

If mandela should be blamed then what should say to that late dictator(Nkrumah)
Kojo @ T. 9 years ago

Pratt wants S. Africa to be like Mugabe Zimbabwe?

Pratt wants S. Africa to be like Mugabe Zimbabwe?
Jonas Brutus 9 years ago

I'm of the opinion that Kwasi Pratt is not making any sense here. It's obvious that most of the attack is against the African brothers who fought along the South Africans for their freedom. These Africans most of whom went to ...
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I'm of the opinion that Kwasi Pratt is not making any sense here. It's obvious that most of the attack is against the African brothers who fought along the South Africans for their freedom. These Africans most of whom went to South Africa with nothing and yet are able to succeed. Does Kwasi Pratt want the world to believe that it was due to the agreement Mandela made with the apartheid regime that has given these Africans under attack an upper hand over South Africans?
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

Mandela compromised with the Apathied Government because Of the evils of chief Butlezzi and the evils of the Inkatha freedom Party.
We cannot compare the help the Ghanaian chiefs gave to the Nation during our struggle for I ...
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Mandela compromised with the Apathied Government because Of the evils of chief Butlezzi and the evils of the Inkatha freedom Party.
We cannot compare the help the Ghanaian chiefs gave to the Nation during our struggle for Independence.
Mandela was fighting on two fronts.
His own people and the Apathied Government.
Kwame 9 years ago

What's wrong with this Kwesi Pratt? Something is definitely wrong with him.

What's wrong with this Kwesi Pratt? Something is definitely wrong with him.
Ebo 9 years ago

Its all about education and leadership to harness the wealth of the country for the common good. If ordinary South African cannot find a job then it means he/she does not have the needed skills. That means that gap has not be ...
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Its all about education and leadership to harness the wealth of the country for the common good. If ordinary South African cannot find a job then it means he/she does not have the needed skills. That means that gap has not been addressed by appropriate education.
katakyie 9 years ago

so u think raining an insult to yr elders will bring npp to power, haan, kwesi pratt did not creat himself. but God. kweku I don't think u know yr future. hahaaa wait nd see.

so u think raining an insult to yr elders will bring npp to power, haan, kwesi pratt did not creat himself. but God. kweku I don't think u know yr future. hahaaa wait nd see.
NANA 9 years ago

KWESI PRATT SHOULD KNOW THIS;NO ONE,ABSOLUTELY NO ONE LIVES LIKE A KING IN ANY PRISON THE WORLD OVER.
REMEMBER YOU ARE DEALING WITH AFRICAN POLITICIANS.WHAT GOOD CAN COME OUT OF MOST OF THEM?SELF INTEREST,LOOTING,DICTATORSHI ...
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KWESI PRATT SHOULD KNOW THIS;NO ONE,ABSOLUTELY NO ONE LIVES LIKE A KING IN ANY PRISON THE WORLD OVER.
REMEMBER YOU ARE DEALING WITH AFRICAN POLITICIANS.WHAT GOOD CAN COME OUT OF MOST OF THEM?SELF INTEREST,LOOTING,DICTATORSHIP AND ABJECT DERELICTION OF DUTY!
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICIANS HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF OTHER AFRICAN POLITICIANS.
Citizen 9 years ago

Let's not apportion blame and justify the carnage in SA.Pratt spoke his mind.Whether Madiba Mandela did his bit or not,it does warrant the lynching the maiming and the killings.
We've had very poor successive governments who ...
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Let's not apportion blame and justify the carnage in SA.Pratt spoke his mind.Whether Madiba Mandela did his bit or not,it does warrant the lynching the maiming and the killings.
We've had very poor successive governments who did very little to give the youth the economic freedom.Yet we have not vent our frustration on any foreigner.What is going on in SA is barbaric and we must condemn it.
And to you Mr Pratt,you talk too much lately.
Kokurotu 9 years ago

All what Kwasi Pratt is saying is absolutely not true. Mandela never wanted his freedom at the expense of the ordinary south african. He would have been released long ago for that. Some of the compromises he agreed to were a ...
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All what Kwasi Pratt is saying is absolutely not true. Mandela never wanted his freedom at the expense of the ordinary south african. He would have been released long ago for that. Some of the compromises he agreed to were after his release when he saw that to prevent South Africa from going into flames the ANC should compromise a little. The CODESA negotiation was after his release never before.I have been in South Africa for nearly 30 years and I am telling you the truth.Please Kwasi Pratt don't throw dust in peoples eyes with your lies/ignorance.
RAYMOND NASH 9 years ago

KWESI,I THINK YOU ARE LACKING COMMON SENSE.
YOU JUST THINK OF SOMETHING AND THEN JUMP UNTO THE PUBLIC PLATFORM TO AIR IT.
YOU ARE NOW SOUNDING VERY MUCH LIKE AN ILLITERATE.

KWESI,I THINK YOU ARE LACKING COMMON SENSE.
YOU JUST THINK OF SOMETHING AND THEN JUMP UNTO THE PUBLIC PLATFORM TO AIR IT.
YOU ARE NOW SOUNDING VERY MUCH LIKE AN ILLITERATE.
Chief Vandal 9 years ago

I know this Pratt man was stupid bit I did not know the extent was so bad. Really really this is so annoying.

I know this Pratt man was stupid bit I did not know the extent was so bad. Really really this is so annoying.
Kofi 9 years ago

Stop your thrush . What do you know that you want to wash your negative ipinions on Mandela

Stop your thrush . What do you know that you want to wash your negative ipinions on Mandela
meyaa 9 years ago

STOP the blameing game.

STOP the blameing game.
Kwame 9 years ago

It is a fact that most Ghanaian rightist elements are of the view that they can not be animated if there is no white person to order them about. That was the reason why they sold back to the white man what Dr. Kwame Nkrumah a ...
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It is a fact that most Ghanaian rightist elements are of the view that they can not be animated if there is no white person to order them about. That was the reason why they sold back to the white man what Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and later Tsatsu Tsikata build for Ghana. These people claim that they are schooled, and schooled with the same white man they take us their god. It is on record that some leftist elements in the ANC were murdered by the apartheid regime before the government was handed over to Nelson Mandela. Two of such people are Chris Haney and Joe Slovo Slovo, a white member of the ANC and a communist. There are some African who will not believe their own daughter who has a swollen face and aching teeth because it has not been seen and told by a white man.
Israel Jude 9 years ago

Pratt the Devil goes uncouth here again! African National Congress charter could not preserve jobs for black south Africans who are low educated because of apartheid. After apartheid, black south Africans should have embraced ...
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Pratt the Devil goes uncouth here again! African National Congress charter could not preserve jobs for black south Africans who are low educated because of apartheid. After apartheid, black south Africans should have embraced education to qualify for jobs in about 10-15 years post-apartheid South Africa under N. Mandela There lies the problem of the black south Africans! Not Mandela
K.A 9 years ago

WHITES WILL ONLY MARKET YOU IF YOU SERVE THEIR INTEREST. MANDELA IS A GREAT MAN, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT HE IS NOT AS GREAT AS YOU MIGHT THINK. HE IS WELL MARKETED BY THE WHITES BECAUSE HE LISTENED TO THEM AND DID THEIR WISH. ...
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WHITES WILL ONLY MARKET YOU IF YOU SERVE THEIR INTEREST. MANDELA IS A GREAT MAN, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT HE IS NOT AS GREAT AS YOU MIGHT THINK. HE IS WELL MARKETED BY THE WHITES BECAUSE HE LISTENED TO THEM AND DID THEIR WISH. IF YOU WANT TO GET A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF WHAT I AM SAYING READ THE COMMENTS OF BLACK ACTIVISTS IN TORONTO REGARDING THE NEW BLACK POLICE CHIEF. MOST BIG BLACK JUDGES, POLICE CHIEFS AND OTHERS IN BIG GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ARE MOSTLY SKEWED TOWARDS WHITES SUCH THAT IF THEY GET THEIR WAY, WILL NEVER WINE WITH A BLACK PERSON. DONT BE NAIVE. I DONT LIKE KWESI BUT HE IS BOLD AT TIMES. I WAS JUST TELLING MY NIGERIAN COLLEAGUES ABOUT JUST A WEEK AGO THAT MANDELA IS POPULAR THAN NKRUMAH JUST BECAUSE NKRUMAH WAS NOT THE FAVOURATE OF THE WEST, PERIOD
Ghanaba 9 years ago

Mandela left office in the year 2000.
So fro 2000 to 2015, what has the SA leaders and rest of African leaders been doing?? Waiting for the ghost of Mandela or Nkrumah or what? Foolish talk fro Pratt.

Mandela left office in the year 2000.
So fro 2000 to 2015, what has the SA leaders and rest of African leaders been doing?? Waiting for the ghost of Mandela or Nkrumah or what? Foolish talk fro Pratt.
Kofi Konadu 9 years ago

Only Kwei Pratt will make such comments. How long was Mandela President for? After he left why hasn't the AC taken steps to implement the so called freedom charter Kwesi is referring to to date? His views are indeed pure nons ...
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Only Kwei Pratt will make such comments. How long was Mandela President for? After he left why hasn't the AC taken steps to implement the so called freedom charter Kwesi is referring to to date? His views are indeed pure nonsense in this case at least.
serwaa 9 years ago

Trust Pratt TO COME UP WITH SUCH COMMENTS

Trust Pratt TO COME UP WITH SUCH COMMENTS
Kwabena Ansa 9 years ago

Mr. Pratt jnr. what you are attempting to convey to the World about the late Nelson Mandela is utterly nonsense. And, for you to say that Mandela was treated and was living like a king while in apartheid prison is so ridiculo ...
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Mr. Pratt jnr. what you are attempting to convey to the World about the late Nelson Mandela is utterly nonsense. And, for you to say that Mandela was treated and was living like a king while in apartheid prison is so ridiculous and common sense deficient. Also, Mandela never instituted nor encouraged the blacks in SA to be xenophobic of foreigners. Mandela did what was best for especially for SA people and the World and for you to berate his good work with false and accusatory stories speaks a lot about your ability to think correctly.
sheriff wisdomgold of u s a 9 years ago

you do not know anything about south Africa and more over our dear dear Mandela may his soul rest in peace for you to say things like this and I think you are sick in your head which you need to check it ok pratt

you do not know anything about south Africa and more over our dear dear Mandela may his soul rest in peace for you to say things like this and I think you are sick in your head which you need to check it ok pratt
KOO 9 years ago

Kwesi seems to know it all as usual.Now he blames Mandela for all the woes of South Africa.How can Mr Pratt think this way.It is true that Mandela negotiated from prison and from a position of weakness.How can anyone expect h ...
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Kwesi seems to know it all as usual.Now he blames Mandela for all the woes of South Africa.How can Mr Pratt think this way.It is true that Mandela negotiated from prison and from a position of weakness.How can anyone expect him to get the most out of it.We Africans want things to be cooked up for us which is not possible,and when it does not happen we tend to blame others.It is time to educate ourselves and be logical in our thinking.What is supposedly being done to South Africans and Blacks in general has been to other folks over the years but these people realised the need to educate and be competitive.What is the Black man doping?.
Banza Yaro 9 years ago

Pratt, I'm ashamed of you. I thought you only badmouthed in Ghanaian politics but now, you have taken this too far. I liken this to stepping on holy ground with dirty feet. Learned Pratt, what is in a compromise? Mr loudmouth ...
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Pratt, I'm ashamed of you. I thought you only badmouthed in Ghanaian politics but now, you have taken this too far. I liken this to stepping on holy ground with dirty feet. Learned Pratt, what is in a compromise? Mr loudmouth, compromising does not mean you agree with or like your choices. You compromise for a now need with the hope for the future to be good. If Mandela had not done what he did, do you think South Africa would have come out of its darkest history to be what she is now? Please have respect when respect is due. Do not equate your free for all get paid propaganda in Ghanaian politics with those of our history making world leaders.
Whatever 9 years ago

There are immigrants working everywhere in the world, why have South Africans only objected to this arrangement...it is because the white Apartheid system have still locked them out from the main areas of the economy kingdom ...
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There are immigrants working everywhere in the world, why have South Africans only objected to this arrangement...it is because the white Apartheid system have still locked them out from the main areas of the economy kingdom that's why they have turned their anger of the poor defenseless immigrants
anokware ke ke 9 years ago

He deosNT make sense anymore,just an IDIOT PUPET of the NDC.

He deosNT make sense anymore,just an IDIOT PUPET of the NDC.
JOOJO BOB 9 years ago

WHY WILL KWESI PRATT CRITICISE EVERYBODY ON EARTH BUT KWAME NKRUMAH. KWESI YOU WILL GO TO HELL TO DEFEND EVERY THING NKRUMAH DID BUT WILL ALWAYS FIND FAULT WITH WHATEVER ANY OTHER LEADER WILL DO .IS IT BECASUSE YOUR FATHER EN ...
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WHY WILL KWESI PRATT CRITICISE EVERYBODY ON EARTH BUT KWAME NKRUMAH. KWESI YOU WILL GO TO HELL TO DEFEND EVERY THING NKRUMAH DID BUT WILL ALWAYS FIND FAULT WITH WHATEVER ANY OTHER LEADER WILL DO .IS IT BECASUSE YOUR FATHER ENJOYED UNDER NKRUMAH'S RULE HYPOCRICY AT ITS HILT , STOP IT. GIVE US AT LEAST ONE OF WHAT MANDELA ACCEPTED FROMTHE APATHEID REGIME.
c.stephen sackey. 9 years ago

I thought I was the only one who saw the neutered Mandela.

What did he accomplish?
A free SA, and then what?
All the structures of that despised regime is still in place. Even those who maimed and killed black SA were pa ...
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I thought I was the only one who saw the neutered Mandela.

What did he accomplish?
A free SA, and then what?
All the structures of that despised regime is still in place. Even those who maimed and killed black SA were pardoned via the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission.
Just about two months ago one of such henchmen was freed after some paltry years in jail for killing thousands of black SA's.
And,"they" made sure that we bear witness to his "accomplisment" with that extraveganza of a funeral when he passed for the ages.

Question is, why are black people so forgiving of our haters? The "others" are not so forgiving. They make sure that after they send their haters into kingdom comes their progenitors would not even think, let alone, act on committing the same heinous crimes, ever again.That's vengeance and a deterrence, and folks , it works. Just ask the Germans.

At any rate, I thank the African gods am not alone to think outside the proverbial box. I did admire Mandera -the personal sacrifice, nationalist a great African patriot,but he could have fully freed Africa from that yoke of colonialism and it's vestiges of supremacy if he had gone that "extra mile."

I sincerely believe though,that Africa has a mandera curse and a winnie ecorcisation is needed to clean it up.

I also pray that the African gods would continue to smile on us for we need a break to get rid of the cobwebs of ignorance and apathy blinding us.

Pratt, you are a sage.
However, I part ways with you when it comes to local political affiliation.
shaft 9 years ago

Kwesi Pratt,
Please shut up if you got nothing to say during this radio interviews, it would be better you don't make contributions on issues you don't well Understand. What policy are you on about that the Late President M ...
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Kwesi Pratt,
Please shut up if you got nothing to say during this radio interviews, it would be better you don't make contributions on issues you don't well Understand. What policy are you on about that the Late President Mandela could implemen. Try and give any country that is gained its own footing after the white man handed over power and don't you think the whites in South Africa still control South Africa. The wealth of the South Africa State had been milked away long before The Late President Mandela took office and no deal could change anything . Try and look at your back garden what is the NDC government doing to ease the issues of the most basic Light and Water you act as if you are not in ghana bring the subject of the NDC and lets see if you get money in your begging bowl.
Ekow Asmah 9 years ago

Right on point, Kwesi. Mandela sold out, big-time.
Worse still, the ANC's kept the apartheid structures, intact.

Right on point, Kwesi. Mandela sold out, big-time.
Worse still, the ANC's kept the apartheid structures, intact.
KING 9 years ago

MR KNOW ALL KWESO PRATT

MR KNOW ALL KWESO PRATT
K K DAKWA 9 years ago

If we could turn de clock, I would suggest Mandela is brought to court for interrogation

If we could turn de clock, I would suggest Mandela is brought to court for interrogation
BULI 9 years ago

i AGREE PERFECTLY WITH YOU MR PRAT. MANDELA COMPROMISED ON ALMOST ALL THE THINGS HE WAS FIGHTING IN HIS YOUTH TO BE IMORTALISED. IF HE HAD CONTINUED FROM HIS YOUTH, MAY BE SOUTH AFRICA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AT IT IS TODAY BUT ATL ...
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i AGREE PERFECTLY WITH YOU MR PRAT. MANDELA COMPROMISED ON ALMOST ALL THE THINGS HE WAS FIGHTING IN HIS YOUTH TO BE IMORTALISED. IF HE HAD CONTINUED FROM HIS YOUTH, MAY BE SOUTH AFRICA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AT IT IS TODAY BUT ATLEAST A COUNTRY THE NATIVES WOULD HAVE CALLED THEIR HOME WITH ITS OWN UNIQNESS
Ben 9 years ago

Does this guy know what he talks about half of the time?

Does this guy know what he talks about half of the time?
staph 9 years ago

U didn't even explain what he said people like pratt calling themselves journalist making money from poor Ghanaians

U didn't even explain what he said people like pratt calling themselves journalist making money from poor Ghanaians
SHOWGIRL 9 years ago

For once I must admit that Pratt is right. I generally don't agree with but this tme his analysis spot on.
Mandela did compromise with the apartheid regime while he negotiated the terms of his release and the country's "post ...
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For once I must admit that Pratt is right. I generally don't agree with but this tme his analysis spot on.
Mandela did compromise with the apartheid regime while he negotiated the terms of his release and the country's "post apartheid" transition. Most of his fellow prisoners were not privy to these terms and they angered them. The one person especially who was horrified was Mandela's then wife WINNIE who screamed "treachery," but she was pushed aside by the regime backed Mandela machine. They painted her black, charged her with trumped up atrocities leadibg up to divorce!
But the real reason for the split between Mandela, Winnie and many former Mandela associates was the fact that Mandela not only sold out, but he forever compromised the economic and social well-being of future generations of Black South Africans.
These were left still at the mercy of the white supremacists after a rather cosmetic independence.

Now Black South Africans will have fight for economic and other emancipations from the racist South African regime which is solid and still thriving.

The xenophobic attacks by sections of the populace are totally misplaced. They should fight for jobs and equality in their own country once again! They must effect real change through agitation and the BALLOT BOX!
joe 9 years ago

I can't understand, npp,s want to take their foolishness and stupidness to every matters.

I can't understand, npp,s want to take their foolishness and stupidness to every matters.
linda 9 years ago

GOD BLESS MR PRATT. INFACT U ARE SENSEBLE THAN NANA ADDO

GOD BLESS MR PRATT. INFACT U ARE SENSEBLE THAN NANA ADDO
EZEKIEL 9 years ago

Africans ARE ALWAYS looking for somebody else to BLAME for their BACKWARDNESS and STUPIDITY!!!
When shall we LEARN to SOLVE our OWN problems ?????????

Africans ARE ALWAYS looking for somebody else to BLAME for their BACKWARDNESS and STUPIDITY!!!
When shall we LEARN to SOLVE our OWN problems ?????????
kaya 9 years ago

The most idiot i know who can always talks to Ghanaians is this man.
He credits Mugabe as the best African leader and condemns Mandela's compromises. Keep flying in presidential jets and shut up.

The most idiot i know who can always talks to Ghanaians is this man.
He credits Mugabe as the best African leader and condemns Mandela's compromises. Keep flying in presidential jets and shut up.
Gongo Lana 9 years ago

But cannot blame Kwame Nkrumah for Ghana's woes? What a bigot we have as a senior journalist

But cannot blame Kwame Nkrumah for Ghana's woes? What a bigot we have as a senior journalist
Kwame Attakari 9 years ago

What I do not understand, in regards to Mr Pratt narration is what could Mandela do that could have made this black on black crime in South Africa any better? Whilst at it what could any one do to stop black men every where t ...
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What I do not understand, in regards to Mr Pratt narration is what could Mandela do that could have made this black on black crime in South Africa any better? Whilst at it what could any one do to stop black men every where to stop hurting each other? What could we do to stop black leaders putting our judges and elders before firing squads? What can we do to stop our journalists from attacking our dead legends who can not defend themselves from their graves.....? Do some reflection and stop blaming others for our present short comings. What can you, Mr. Pratt, do to help with our dumsor problem???? Close so much to home?????
Truth-Be-Told by a US Soul 9 years ago

This Black American, West Africans like to call, "Akata", in their circles of African friends, can end the dumsor in Ghana in 3 yrs or less...no problem. All I need is 5,000 Gh-American adults to do as I ask.
It won't happen ...
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This Black American, West Africans like to call, "Akata", in their circles of African friends, can end the dumsor in Ghana in 3 yrs or less...no problem. All I need is 5,000 Gh-American adults to do as I ask.
It won't happen because West African mindsets always fear "Akata" will return in numbers and takeover various African countries. Shades of Liberia!
Right now, I can take 5,000 GH-Americans and raise $100,000 in less than a month with no money out of anyone's pockets...plus each of them will make $20.
I know another venture where I can take those same 5,000 GH-Americans and raise $150,000 in less than a month. No money needed by anyone to make it happen.
I can use the $100,000 and take 12 GH-Americans per week out of the 5,000 and loan them $800 to enter another business with me that operates in over 30 countries now based out of the US. Each person I put in will be making $10,000 per week in less than 6 months (as that income continues to climb monthly) if they do as I say.
Will they work with me, my brothers and sisters...the GH-Americans??? NO! Too inward, egos too big, don't want to see me as smarter than themselves.
Self-hatred and the inability to unify has ALWAYS been the only problem BLACKS have really faced globally since the start of Mankind within two tribes...the San and Pygmy peoples. Two oldest DNA-tracing tribes on Earth.
I rest my case.

- Torgbui Ametepee
(Reincarnated Anlo grandfather-chief, US-born in present life)

PS: Imagine me coming to Ghana in 2016 with a group of 5,000 GH-Americans that are multi-millionaires...some even billionaires by then. To defeat dumsor and uplift Ghana first then the rest of Africa!
It could be done if Black minds were think-tanks instead of self-haters worldwide.
sam 9 years ago

Mr Pratt does not get it. The greatest weapon and asset Mr Mandela could ever give his people was education since that is the surest route to emancipation both economically and psychologically.
You do not achieve that by cre ...
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Mr Pratt does not get it. The greatest weapon and asset Mr Mandela could ever give his people was education since that is the surest route to emancipation both economically and psychologically.
You do not achieve that by creating division among the citizens but encouraging them to live as one people supporting the poor and the disadvantage. God bless Mandela
mere judge 9 years ago

Mandela was better dan ur father.

Mandela was better dan ur father.
Patriot Kaya 9 years ago

This STUPID boy is being fed on my tax money. Read this NONSENSE and all the NONSENSE he has been spewing on radio/tv and his useless newspaper. Such fools only thrive in failing societies like ours. Kwesi Pratt and Rawlings ...
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This STUPID boy is being fed on my tax money. Read this NONSENSE and all the NONSENSE he has been spewing on radio/tv and his useless newspaper. Such fools only thrive in failing societies like ours. Kwesi Pratt and Rawlings have the same level of hatred for all who they perceive to be far better than them. They come from different directions but will converge at the same destination. They operate from the platform of extreme dis-satisfaction with their own failings; and therefore hate to the core those they perceive to be far better than them. Kwesi Pratt is not reluctant even to 'cut God down'. He begs from all; and attacks all. He does not see the contradiction he represents- because he is INSANE!!! He is also CORRUPT to the core. His life is one breath of DECEPTION.
Patriot Kaya 9 years ago

This STUPID boy is being fed on my tax money. Read this NONSENSE and all the NONSENSE he has been spewing on radio/tv and his useless newspaper. Such fools only thrive in failing societies like ours. Kwesi Pratt and Rawlings ...
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This STUPID boy is being fed on my tax money. Read this NONSENSE and all the NONSENSE he has been spewing on radio/tv and his useless newspaper. Such fools only thrive in failing societies like ours. Kwesi Pratt and Rawlings have the same level of hatred for all who they perceive to be far better than them. They come from different directions but will converge at the same destination. They operate from the platform of extreme dis-satisfaction with their own failings; and therefore hate to the core those they perceive to be far better than them. Kwesi Pratt is not reluctant even to 'cut God down'. He begs from all; and attacks all. He does not see the contradiction he represents- because he is INSANE!!! He is also CORRUPT to the core. His life is one breath of DECEPTION.
Patriot Kaya 9 years ago

This STUPID boy is being fed on my tax money. Read this NONSENSE and all the NONSENSE he has been spewing on radio/tv and his useless newspaper. Such fools only thrive in failing societies like ours. Kwesi Pratt and Rawlings ...
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This STUPID boy is being fed on my tax money. Read this NONSENSE and all the NONSENSE he has been spewing on radio/tv and his useless newspaper. Such fools only thrive in failing societies like ours. Kwesi Pratt and Rawlings have the same level of hatred for all who they perceive to be far better than them. They come from different directions but will converge at the same destination. They operate from the platform of extreme dis-satisfaction with their own failings; and therefore hate to the core those they perceive to be far better than them. Kwesi Pratt is not reluctant even to 'cut God down'. He begs from all; and attacks all. He does not see the contradiction he represents- because he is INSANE!!! He is also CORRUPT to the core. His life is one breath of DECEPTION.
Isaac Mensah 9 years ago

I have lived in s.a for 13 Yrs now as teacher. The truth is that,S.A nationals are extremely jealous people. They are primitive and infantile They don't even love each other. You can't have a friend here. They gossip a lot - ...
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I have lived in s.a for 13 Yrs now as teacher. The truth is that,S.A nationals are extremely jealous people. They are primitive and infantile They don't even love each other. You can't have a friend here. They gossip a lot - even in your presence,thinking you can't understand their language .
They are very lazy too and can't stand it if you are performing better than them as a teacher. They go to the extremes of telling students to frustrate you by insulting you and disturbing your lessons so you can leave the school.A principal can refuse to renew your contract because you are producing good results and the students like you.He feel's threatened,even though you can't take his job.They are unintelligent and thrive on undermining others to succeed.
PAUL KWAW 9 years ago

EI ! PRATT ! DID MANDELA ASK THE SOUTH AFRICANS TO ATTACK PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES? WHY DO YOU BLAME HIM? PLEASE COME AGAIN!

EI ! PRATT ! DID MANDELA ASK THE SOUTH AFRICANS TO ATTACK PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES? WHY DO YOU BLAME HIM? PLEASE COME AGAIN!
Jim Jones 9 years ago

This guy says Mandela made some mistakes. Yes he is human and he made mistakes. Mr Pratt would accept that being human your idol Kwame Nkrumah also made mistakes? Let us be honest and not justify mistakes made by our idols an ...
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This guy says Mandela made some mistakes. Yes he is human and he made mistakes. Mr Pratt would accept that being human your idol Kwame Nkrumah also made mistakes? Let us be honest and not justify mistakes made by our idols and make mountains out of mole hills in issues regarding our opponents
Indeed poverty is wicked 9 years ago

Pratt u r really funny you just wanted to say something in fact say anything so u just say what u said which make no sense to me, if wha u r saying that Mandela didn't go by the anc and u wanted him to go by that majority of ...
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Pratt u r really funny you just wanted to say something in fact say anything so u just say what u said which make no sense to me, if wha u r saying that Mandela didn't go by the anc and u wanted him to go by that majority of not all of the abc wanted to kill the whites is that what u wanted for South African like seriously please go and sleep amnesia is worrying u Kwasiasem
Yussif Fuseini 9 years ago

You kwasi Pratt. Knows a bit of everything except the advising the bad regime of Mahama government that has seen Ghanaians running out of this country in such of nonexistent jobs abroad.Even if what you say is true, how does ...
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You kwasi Pratt. Knows a bit of everything except the advising the bad regime of Mahama government that has seen Ghanaians running out of this country in such of nonexistent jobs abroad.Even if what you say is true, how does that justify the killing of fellow black Africans in South Africa?, the people must be educated that all the businesses in SA includes that of foreigners who ve also employed them . So please concentrate on what is going on here, where contributors to NHIA re dieing because there re no drugs in our hospitals.
Nikki 9 years ago

Pratt are you drunk or you are just an Air HEAD ?

Pratt are you drunk or you are just an Air HEAD ?
Brofo 9 years ago

Sometimes i wonder what is wrong with Kwasia Pratt

Sometimes i wonder what is wrong with Kwasia Pratt
Augusco Boy 9 years ago

Just pure rubbish from an idiot who has no clue!

Just pure rubbish from an idiot who has no clue!
Franco 9 years ago

Every member of npp is a fool cus u are a fool as wel wai esi ashawo

Every member of npp is a fool cus u are a fool as wel wai esi ashawo
no nonsense!!! 9 years ago

Fellows to a very large extent big ups to political prostitute pratt. Mandela cancelled death penalties of any kind, So killin a human being is nothing to them. If u kill and u get arrested afta goin thru ur records and find ...
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Fellows to a very large extent big ups to political prostitute pratt. Mandela cancelled death penalties of any kind, So killin a human being is nothing to them. If u kill and u get arrested afta goin thru ur records and find out dat u havnt killed b4, de culprit wld be set free witout lukin into reason of de murder. i witnes a case in 2013 whn one female student stab de mate cos of boyfriend and de murderer is set free.... I f u are in de soup... u feel be heat beta
gaiab 9 years ago

What's wrong with this Pratt, are you okay....

What's wrong with this Pratt, are you okay....
Zhozi 9 years ago

It would pay good dividends for Kwesi Pratt to realise where his limits are. Being a know-all exposes one sometimes to be a know-nothing.

Mandela spent 27 years in prison. During that time, he was only permitted to access ...
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It would pay good dividends for Kwesi Pratt to realise where his limits are. Being a know-all exposes one sometimes to be a know-nothing.

Mandela spent 27 years in prison. During that time, he was only permitted to access information that the apartheid jailers allowed him to access. ANC members who visited him were prevented from discussing serious politics with him. Even his family saw him from behind a glass door.

Then all of a sudden, he became the centre of South African politics. Advice poured into his offices from all manner of persons, many of whom he could not have known personallly because he had spent 27 years in jail. The ANC in power was also torn betwen two lements -- those members who fought for the ANC at home and those who went into exile.

It does not take too much imagination to see that there was political chaos within the ANC camp. How was Mandelas alone to deal with the chaos and also determine how to stop anti-African xenophobia? I dare Kwesi Pratt to plead with his NDC rulers to pout him in jail for just 7 months -- not 27 years -- and see whether he could cope with life after prison as well as he did before he went to prison!

Mandela was only a human being with human capabilities. Only a superhuman could have dealt with the South African situation in a way as to prevent troubles breaking out after his retirement and death. Mandela was not a superhuman.
pkk 9 years ago

Yes,at it again, Kwesi the idiot!

Yes,at it again, Kwesi the idiot!
gimgi 9 years ago

Complete trash from Kwasi

Complete trash from Kwasi
kay 9 years ago

Talk is cheap and doesn't cost a thing. Stomach journalist who has no clue about prison life in South Africa. Shut up and advise Mahama and his co-hort how to change the fortunes of Ghanaian.

Talk is cheap and doesn't cost a thing. Stomach journalist who has no clue about prison life in South Africa. Shut up and advise Mahama and his co-hort how to change the fortunes of Ghanaian.
Sss 9 years ago

That is rubbish. Without the whites managing part of the economic, South Africa would have been far worse than Ghana is by now

That is rubbish. Without the whites managing part of the economic, South Africa would have been far worse than Ghana is by now
mimosa 9 years ago

Pratt, pratt, pratt. who listens to prat any more!

Pratt, pratt, pratt. who listens to prat any more!
JH.New York 9 years ago

Look,some of you don't know what u talk about.The truth is only one and not two.
Each contributor on this forum is entitled to his or her opinion,as we're all aware ; but you don't give your comments based on personal emoti ...
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Look,some of you don't know what u talk about.The truth is only one and not two.
Each contributor on this forum is entitled to his or her opinion,as we're all aware ; but you don't give your comments based on personal emotions about Kwesi Pratt.
Kwesi Pratt told the story as it is !
I have in my collections,a DVD on Mandela which suggests what Pratt said. In the documentary,the wife(Winnie) debated him(Mandela) at a place that looks like Assembly Hall(just the two of them)up stairs, as great numbers of people (supporters) waited in the sun outside, in front of the Storey building, for a word of command from Mandela through their organizer(Winnie) to do whatever.That was within the early days of his released for confinement (prison).
Mandela, having pledged his alliance to the Apartheid admin at meetings with the Transition Team unknown to the Wife, and had already made up his mind on where he belongs at that present time,and then caught up with the wife on a debate of cold-sweat, finally shouted on the Wife ;Winnie that his integrity was on test,or on the line with the incumbent.Winnie was disappointed and surprised,and saw Mandela a different man from what She knew him to be,and what he stood for
So in short,one could safely infer from the DVD that the apartheid icon-Mandela betrayed his people for his personal comfort. The truth is only one and Pratt told the story as it is.
JH.New York 9 years ago

correction:
...released from confinement...

correction:
...released from confinement...
Kwame Twum 9 years ago

Yes they are still suffering.. They aren't free yet. They are lazy too like most blacks in Africa

Yes they are still suffering.. They aren't free yet. They are lazy too like most blacks in Africa
AMOAH SAMUEL 7 years ago

As 4 U Pratt always U say things bigger than ur mouth

As 4 U Pratt always U say things bigger than ur mouth

Pratt blames Mandela for South Africa’s woes

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