Picture: Karen Sandison/African News Agency(ANA) While the July 2021 riots in South Africa have ignited debates on their triggers there is a general agreement across (most) analysts of various persuasions, that the dire socio-economic conditions facing the majority of the citizens are their catalysts, whatever their spark.
It has become abundantly clear that the now restored social stability would remain fragile noting the persisting triple-crises of high joblessness (at 46.6 percent at so-called expanded definition and 78percent for youth aged 16 and 24 years), poverty rate of anything between 60 percent and 67percent (with one in four citizens unable to […]
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