A year after the July unrest, we are no closer to healing or understanding who masterminded the violence and mayhem. Was it ANC politicians? Rogue intelligence officials? Organised community groups?
Subscribers can listen to this articleInitially, as pockets of violence broke out in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July last year, following the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma, it looked uncoordinated.
A 154-page report, given to President Cyril Ramaphosa, and made public in February, provided a hair-raising view of how a hollowed-out security cluster, compounded by inept politicians, led to the chaos in July. In this week's Friday Briefing, News24's associate editor of politics and opinions, Qaanitah Hunter writes that what transpired during the eight days of mayhem last July, which was prompted by Zuma's arrest, marked a turning point for our democracy.
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