KEY FUNCTIONS OF A STATE IN A “MODERN SOCIETY”?
A lot has been said or written about the State and State Capture in South Africa after the elections of 7 May 2014.
We need to ask ourselves the question: What is the State and its role in our society?
In his testimony before the Zondo Commission, Former President Jacob Zuma shared his views on the notion of State Capture, contending that what we call the ‘State’ comprises of three arms: Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.
He argued that we cannot speak of State Capture if (we mean) the three arms of the State are not all captured!
In my view, Zuma defines the ‘State’ in formal terms. He is not wrong, though. However, the State and its role in society is far broader than the institutions that underpins the three arms of the State.
Historically, the State referred to
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