Even less equal in South Africa

“I WANT every black person to feel that he or she has the opportunity to become rich and only has himself to blame if he fails.” So says Don Mkhwanazi, a black businessman, in a book “Comrades in Business”, recently published in South Africa. “The more black millionaires, the better for the country,” he adds. Conspicuous riches have become the new black chic. The Sowetan, a newspaper read mainly by blacks, carries Johannesburg share prices and is crammed with advertisements for mobile telephones and life insurance.