Why SA is a ‘weak’ and ‘mafia’ state sliding towards a failed state

With the rule of law on the ropes, crime and unemployment at crisis levels, rail infrastructure in ruins, crippled state-owned entities leading to rolling blackouts, experts have agreed that it is hard not to conclude that South Africa is a failed state. When social unrest threatened to engulf the entire country and risked a civil war in July last year, the law enforcement apparatus failed to act, with citizens left at the mercy of anarchists. ALSO READ: We are racing down the road to a failed state In a country with a 33.9% unemployment rate and youth unemployment at 66.5%...