[News] South Africa Seen Risking More Frequent Unrest Without Reforms
Data shows there is a strong correlation between economic growth and social stability, and rioting and looting could become more prevalent in the next few years unless the authorities are serious about implementing reforms.
[Audio] State of Emergency for SA? (SAfm)
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says a total of 5000 members of the SANDF and other law enforcement agencies will be deployed in different provinces across the country. David Ansara, Chief Operating Officer at the Centre For Risk Analysis shares the risks of the current violent and politically charged environment and the trends likely to come...
[News] #SAShutdown triggered by #ZumaArrest but not the reason
The #ShutdownSA protests sparked by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma are ongoing. Minister of police, Bheki Cele assured South Africans the protest action will be contained. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the South African Defence Force (SADF)’s deployment to hot spots in Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng. The Daily Vox spoke to analysts who weighed in on questions around the current protests.
[Opinion] Violent anarchy: just what we’ve been warning SA to expect - Frans Cronje
‘Very high levels of economic exclusion, failing schools, unchecked corruption, racial nationalist rhetoric from the government, inept and poorly motivated security forces led by people who do not know what they are doing, and government policy that is unable to address any of these problems and more often than not exacerbates them…’.
[Audio] Examining the cause of public violence in South Africa.
13 July 2021 - Khaya Sithole from Power FM is in conversation with Gerbrandt van Heerden, research analyst at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA) about the contributing factors to public violence in South Africa.
[Opinion] Tourism sector counting on faster vaccine roll-out
South Africa’s slow vaccination rate risks permanently damaging one of the country’s few thriving economic sectors – the tourism industry.
[Opinion] Class inequality a growing concern in SA
There is growing evidence that the biggest issue facing South Africa is not racial inequality, but rather class and geographical inequality.
[Opinion] Budget bottom line: SA is living on borrowed time
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and the government he serves are increasingly living on borrowed time. In the absence of growth-enhancing policy reforms and fiscal prudence, South Africa remains vulnerable to an external shock.