UDESH PILLAY says: “We are a country in crisis; a country that by virtue of a leadership void and a state apparatus that has badly lost sight of the principles of ethics, integrity and honesty is losing traction – and fast.” That stark warning by Pillay in the HSRC’s most recent State of the Nation study is echoed by Richard Calland in the concluding chapter of The Zuma Years – South Africa’s Changing Face of Power.

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Addressing Inequality and Poverty published by HSRC Press.