They said that the country is in the doldrums owing to a lack of leadership and symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
CAPE TOWN - Civil society organisations including Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation have described South Africa as a country in crisis.It came on the eve of President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address .The group gathered at the St George's Cathedral just a stone's throw away from Parliament and called on the president the prevent the state from collapsing.
"For me, this feels like a bipolar society that has got symptoms of post-traumatic stress and it's an ill society."READ: Open letter to Ramaphosa, CoCT seeks to control energy, policing, rail servicesCivil society groups in Cape Town are marching to the Civic Centre today, in support of a Khayelitsha resident who was seen dragged from his shack a few years ago. Bulelani Qolani is suing the City for R1.4m@NtuthuzeloNene pic.twitter.
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