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What scholars, writers and speakers argue about South Africa's state, economy, parties and society, the ground our South African policy reforms are built on — from videos, articles, books, talks and our own answers — each summarised in its own words and filed by subject.
South Africa
Wealth & Economics
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- Wealth & EconomicsClaim: State Capture Behind South Africa's Growth StagnationAn economic analysis crediting Chief Economist Dr. Azar Jameen traces South Africa's stagnation since 2012 to state capture of procurement and policy after 2009, while crediting extreme inequality, social pluralism and institutional discipline with keeping the economy from collapsing.
- Francois on South Africa's Budget Consuming GrowthFrancois argues South Africa's budget is built to consume the economy rather than grow it, citing a full rand-by-rand breakdown, rising unemployment and the state's turn to private capital.
Politics & Governance
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- Politics & GovernanceClaim: Black Consciousness, Not Parties, Sparked 1976Max du Preez's firsthand account argues Black Consciousness, not the ANC or PAC, drove the 1976 Soweto uprising, and traces South Africa's path through de Klerk's referendum, post-1994 political decline, and the forces he says still hold democracy together.
- Politics & GovernanceClaim: Xenophobia in South Africa Is Elite-EngineeredA spoken-word audio piece argues South African xenophobia is manufactured by political and economic elites, who stage crises and fund street movements to deflect anger from their own looting of state assets onto foreign nationals.
- Mbeki's Sabotage Claim on ANC Power LossThabo Mbeki says the ANC was blocked from governing by a sabotage campaign and a never-dismantled security network, citing SARS's collapse, the 2008 blackout, July 2021 unrest and the 2024 election.
- Mbeki's Claims of Deliberate Sabotage of SARS and EskomIn a speech, Thabo Mbeki argues that SARS and Eskom's crises, the ANC's 2024 vote collapse and the July 2021 unrest were all deliberately engineered by a counter-revolution, not accidents or spontaneous anger.
