JOHN STEENHUISEN
AS we speak today, our country finds itself in a dark place. Loadshedding is now a permanent feature of life at the southern tip of Africa. We are currently on stage 6 and we face the dire reality that electricity blackouts will escalate to stage 8, and beyond, this winter.
Our country increasingly resembles a Mafia State, where the people who are supposed to protect us cover up the escape of convicted rapists and murderers.
Just last month, I visited the devastated family of young Langalam Viki, who died in a pit latrine at a school in the Eastern Cape, because basic service delivery has collapsed in large parts of South Africa.
This is the legacy that President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves behind as he limps towards the exit.
We are a country betrayed by the weakest president South Africa has ever had.
And I would love nothing more
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