With a limping economy and an ANC struggling to hold onto power, why are we seeing what appears to be heightened nationalism in various quarters?
Subscribers can listen to this articleTwenty-eight years after the end of apartheid, you'd think that the country would have moved on and would be closer to building a united, non-racial and non-sexist society.
State institutions are no longer what they used to be and, in most cases, are no longer able to fullfill their role. This has led to the rise of movements such as Operation Dudula and South Africa First, who under the umbrella of"South African nationalism" and anti-immigrant activism are taking matters into their own hands. This reflects the loss of trust in government.
In a statement, AfriForum - using language reminiscent of what was used under apartheid - explained that the Cape Forum would help with"community self-reliance". The statement also said that the organisation would allow AfriForum to"extend a hand of friendship to coloured and other Cape communities". This gave a strong impression of a harking back to what the apartheid government liked to call"separate development".
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