South Africa is a failed state. We’re just another country that offered so much promise, and yet we’ve delivered so little and are doomed to end up on the trash heap of history.
This is a sentiment that has been bandied about quite candidly over recent months and is a hypothesis that could easily be bought by many of us as we look around at our crumbling institutions and failing politicians.
But News24’s Adriaan Basson writes he has had his faith in the country restored and was reminded last week that all hope is not lost.
Basson contends that a few recent events have shown him that our fate is not predetermined, and we haven’t been condemned to ruin as many have been prophesying.
Basson cites the high court decision to stop the sale of the Optimum mine to a Gupta associate as a victory, so too is the appointment of Raymond Zondo to the chief justice position of the Constitutional Court (not the easy and obvious choice as Basson explains), and the investment conference held last week in Johannesburg is another cause of celebration as R1.12 trillion in investment has now been pledged to South Africa.
Our resilience, like that of the rand in recent times, will hold firm and we must be patient that the road to renewal will yield a positive outcome soon.
Here’s a roundup of interesting opinions, analyses, and editorials:
Operation Dudula, Afrophobia and the quest for human rights – Mail & Guardian
Dear Operation Dudula: Powerful elites, not migrants, are your enemy – Mail & Guardian
Ralph Mathekga | Operation Dudula disrupts the disruptors as it takes a page out of EFF playbook – News24 (for subscribers)
Sanctions against Russia will affect arms sales to Africa: the risks and opportunities – The Conversation
Khaya Sithole | Sanctions against ‘politically exposed persons’: The system of vigilance is broken – Fin24 (for subscribers)
Carol Paton | How big is Ramaphosa’s R1 trillion? – Fin24 (for subscribers)
Separating fact from fiction – Why EVs are still much greener than gas guzzlers – Daily Maverick
