The advent of democracy in 1994, was a culmination of decades of Struggle and brought hope that the long journey towards eliminating the triple burden of poverty, unemployment and inequality would become a reality. A slew of progressive policies and programmes were in place to address the challenges to create a better life for all South Africans.
All the good work was derailed by greed, corruption and malfeasance. Evidence at the State Capture Commission foregrounded the depth of the crisis in our democracy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the State of Nation Address this year, mentioned the recently