Rising vigilantism: South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule
) claiming to be military veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle, they use violence to create instability and instil fear to extract resources and establish legitimacy.
These actions create powerful local forces that demand payment from any state development projects in the areas they control. This way, the state is able to preserve the appearance of authority and constitutionalism while allowing someone else to do the dirty work of keeping people in line. But trouble ensues when the developers can no longer pay or other parties are eyeing the booty - money, houses, businesses, and votes.
Authority to decide who lives where, who does what, and what are appropriate standards of behaviour rests with them - rather than the constitution or town councils.. This is precisely the system they have manipulated to entrench their power. Ending violence against foreigners and true economic recovery can only happen by first recognising – and addressing – the hazards of South Africa’s crumbling system of indirect rule.
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