The “ticking bomb” in South Africa does actually have the potential to explode. Mere promises of a better life are not enough to disarm the bomb. Malfeasant elements within the governing party are determined to take the entire country down with them.
AuthorMcebisi Ndletyana
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Johannesburg. Professor Ndletyana is a Fellow at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection(Mistra) in South Africa. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a columnist for South Africa's The Sunday Independent newspaper. He is the author of Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990 to 2019 (HSRC Press, 2020).
