We hear from all quarters of the country that we are in a state of crisis. Increasingly, the term fail state comes to the fore due to the disarray in which national and local government, business and ordinary citizen find themselves. The energy insecurity, which we have been dealing with since the late 2000 has risen to unimaginable heights. People are losing their lives due to among other things the failure of life saving equipment, when power and backup battery system run out. Just recently, more than 40 people lost their lives due to a cholera outbreak in Gauteng. This should never have happened in a country with the richest square mile in Africa.

Guest: Thoko Mpumlwana, Chairperson, South African Women in Dialogue]