On crumbling state authority.

 

Benjamin Fogel is back on the podcast to talk us through how South Africa has gone from the hopes of post-apartheid to the Durban riots of 2021. How have corruption, criminal networks, Indian oligarchs, and political forces combined to shatter any sense of a national project? We also discuss the role of xenophobia and particularist and racial politics in today's South Africa.

 

Readings & Links:

/27/ After Zuma ft. Sean Jacobs

The insurrection in South Africa is about more than freeing Zuma, Benjamin Fogel, Al Jazeera

Dons have KZN in their grip — and Don of Dons Jacob Zuma has the tightest grip, Chris Makhaye, Daily Maverick

No two elephants are alike, Ryan Brunette, Africa Is A Country

Rising vigilantism: South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule, Landau & Misago, The Conversation