South Africa is in the grip of increasing lawlessness borne out through corruption and vigilantism as its government struggles to provide a clear and effective response to the country's problems, a report by the Institute for Security Studies has claimed.
South Africans rebelled more the more they found that promises made to them at the ballot box were not kept, it said.
It warned that anger was growing over the ruling ANC's failure to deliver basic services and narrow a gaping wealth gap, 18 years after defeating apartheid.
Johan Burger, its author, said that the shooting by police of 34 striking miners by police at the UK-listed Lonmin mine in Marikana was an example of the consequences of government inaction. Full story...
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South Africans rebelled more the more they found that promises made to them at the ballot box were not kept, it said.
It warned that anger was growing over the ruling ANC's failure to deliver basic services and narrow a gaping wealth gap, 18 years after defeating apartheid.
Johan Burger, its author, said that the shooting by police of 34 striking miners by police at the UK-listed Lonmin mine in Marikana was an example of the consequences of government inaction. Full story...
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