Bishop Tutu criticizes affirmative action

Personally I can't stand the man's politics but at least he's not a liar:

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has again slammed South Africa's high levels of crime and corruption and expressed doubt about the efficacy of the government's affirmative action policy.

Tutu was speaking at the sixth annual Beyers Naude memorial lecture at Stellenbosch University on Tuesday hosted by the Kagiso Trust. The lecture was themed "Re-imagining the rainbow".

The trust was established by Tutu and Naude when he was still alive.

Tutu said rampant corruption and crime in the country was "horrible", and added that affirmative action had been poorly applied and had resulted in the appointment of inefficient and incompetent people occupying jobs they did not deserve.

However, rugby and cricket helped in uniting the nation, he said.