South Africa's Political Crisis Is Far From Over - the Fallout Is Likely to Be Chaotic and Violent

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The entire ANC and its social base are dependent on patronage fed by state resources. Their lives and livelihoods are under threat and they will defend it by all means necessary, within or outside the law.

"But we are not only rebuilding our country after the destruction of the past week; we are rebuilding after the devastation of decades of dispossession and exploitation. We need to fundamentally transform our economy and our society, deepening our efforts to create employment, lift millions out of poverty and ensure that the country's wealth is shared among all its people." (From the desk of the president -- Monday, 19 July 2021.)

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