Betrayed by Power: Crime, Water & The Truth South Africa Won’t Face

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South Africa is facing a moment of reckoning.

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address — but will deploying the army solve crime? Or is the real crisis inside the police service itself?

Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya unpack:

The deployment of the SANDF into gang-ridden communities

Corruption within SAPS

The collapse of water infrastructure in Johannesburg and Soshanguve

Ramaphosa’s growing list of committees

The Khampepe Commission and the fight for justice for apartheid victims

The moral crisis facing the ANC

Marco Rubio’s Munich speech and the rise of MAGA-style politics

From water riots to apartheid-era cover-ups — this is a country at a crossroads.

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17 Feb English South Africa Society & Culture · Government

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