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Analysis by Mandisi Majavu (Senior Lecturer, Dept. Political and International Studies, Rhodes University) @ AllAfrica.com, Jan. 23 This article is republished from The Conversation Africa under a Creative Commons License.
One of the shameful achievements of the African National Congress (ANC) in its 25 years of governing post-apartheid South Africa is that it's living up to the political stereotype of what is wrong with post-colonial Africa - unethical and corrupt African leaders who exercise power through patronage.
The widespread corruption in post-apartheid South Africa is epitomised by what is now referred to as "state capture". The effects of the entrenched corruption are exemplified by frequent power cuts devastating the economy. Another example is the government's failure to keep the trains running.
Democratic South Africa appears to have morphed into a fully fledged predatory state. The lobby group Corruption Watch reported last year that more than half of all South Africans think corruption is getting worse [....]