SA is a failed society within a failed state

10 July 2022 - 00:00
By William Gumede

SA is often said to be on the verge of becoming a failed state, but the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy, outside East London, which claimed the lives of 21 young people, underscores that the country, or parts of it, may have become a failed society writes William Gumede.

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