- Is Durban’s growing wave of protest violence really about immigration, or is it the consequence of years of political neglect and lawlessness? Jonathan Erasmus argues the answer lies much closer to home.
- From the rise of tender mafias to the chaos of the July 2021 unrest, this opinion piece traces how eThekwini’s current turmoil may be the product of decisions made within the ANC itself.
By Jonathan Erasmus
The increasing level of protest violence in eThekwini cannot be viewed in isolation as a movement against foreign nationals, immigration and court judgments, as it is currently being framed.
Nor should the economy or high unemployment rate be scapegoated as the deeper causes of the almost daily marches taking place in the city centre.
Worryingly, the current violence has spawned a deeply unstable and volatile environment in which opposing forces are heavily armed, increasingly angry and seemingly looking for a fight –
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