ENCA – Dr Makhubela interview: Local government failure as first stage of state collapse (11.3.22)

@ENCA’s Dan Moyane interviewed Dr Makhubela, 11 March 2022, on a statement made by the Director General of the South African Treasury Department, regarding South Africa dangerously tilting towards ‘failed state territory’. 

In this interview Dr Makhubela unpacks the RiskRecon research on how signs of state failure are apparent in the South African systemic context – particularly at local government level.

Additionally he indicates that the RiskRecon research into events of July 2021, when insurrectionist inspired looting brought the country to a standstill, combined with weaknesses at local government level,  should at this stage have red lights flashing at the deck of anyone steering the ‘Union Building’ Ship of State. 

See the full interview below. 

Click here for more on the RiskRecon report – The South African case: local government failure as first stage of state collapse.