History prof says US to blame for South African turmoil (Full show)

A deepening economic crisis and difficulties in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic have made South Africa fertile soil for the looting, riots and violence currently sweeping the country. The pandemonium comes on the heels of former President Jacob Zuma’s sentencing after being found guilty of contempt of court. RT America’s Faran Fronczak reports.

Then RT’s Paula Slier reports live from South Africa. Then Prof. Gerald Horne of the University of Houston and Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African Newswire, join News.Views.Hughes to share their insights.

Plus, RT America’s Natasha Sweatte reports on Democrats’ sprawling and expensive infrastructure bill. Parts of the bill are still unwritten, but Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Shumer (D-New York) has already scheduled it for a vote. The bill is in addition to the $1.3 trillion bipartisan bill already expected to pass. Then civil rights attorney Robert Patillo and former USTR official Steve Gill join News.Views.Hughes to discuss.