'Unapologetic civil society power will grow from riots' - GG Alcock

Third World Child GG Alcock uniquely straddles the First And Third Worlds courtesy of being brought up in a mud hut by political activist parents in the dirt-poor Msinga district in rural KZN. His unique insight into the unrest currently raging in South Africa is therefore unparalleled. Alcock believes that what’s happened in parts of South Africa over the last few days is a reflection of divides in our country, not between races, but between the haves and the have nots. While many theories that the uproar was planned have been floated, Alcock argues that - while the spark that lit the unrest may have been planned - the fire was completely unplanned. Alcock has been on the community-banded frontlines in and around Diepsloot since Monday. It is precisely this ‘standing up for themselves’ that Alcock believes ‘is one of the strengths that is going to be the future of our country.’ Fascinating as always. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices