Acts of extortion should not be viewed as isolated incidents but outlines of a larger picture of dysfunctionality and misgovernance
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The flare-up of reports on extortion and demands for protection fees signals an apogee of a long-simmering culture of criminality, lawlessness and state failure. This manifestation of criminality points to the broader breakdown in law and order that has been long in the making. Extortion reflects poor leadership and mismanagement of the state.
South Africans have been placed like frogs in a pot on a fire, initially enjoying the gradual warmth of the waters until it is too late to jump out. It is not just about extortion and protection fees; the grim picture contains numerous seemingly unrelated oddities that society has become accustomed to. Thehas since weighed in sternly, stating that people are tired of being terrorised by criminals and that police are at the forefront of the fight.
Unlike in other countries, the concepts of national sovereignty, national security and protection of citizens are not of high priority in South Africa. The government is unable to read the environment, lacks discernment and cannot decide what could be of national interest whether in the short or long term. There is more to the ANC’s anaemic performance of 30 years than what meets the eye. during the first democratic administration after 1994.
So, society has been subjected to a gradual and cumulative normalisation of lawlessness, and all sorts of wrongdoings. Moreover, once the state no longer has the monopoly of violence and there are numerous competing actors who can coerce society, that state disintegrates.
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