Saftu says the scapegoating of migrants for SA’s problems is a calculated lie [SOUND]

# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it condemns the opportunistic scapegoating of migrants for the country’s economic crisis, poor service delivery, high unemployment rate, and the collapsing health care system. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana recently questioned the affordability of metros continuing to provide free services to undocumented foreign nationals. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the blaming of undocumented immigrants for the country’s problems is a political strategy that allows the architects of austerity and the beneficiaries of corruption to escape accountability: