South Africa faces long-term threats to stability

Debates over South Africa's status or future as a 'failed state' have intensified

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In this article

  • The July 2021 warning
  • Underlying conditions
  • Impunity problem
  • Impunity in the ANC
  • The compliance problem
  • Social grants
  • The ANC's political decline
  • The case for optimism

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