Socioeconomic frustrations are fuelling labour unrest, service delivery protests and xenophobia
A police officer attends to a looting incident during the unrest in July. Picture: SANDILE NDLOVU
Not long after, 56 people, said to be disgruntled military veterans, were arrested after allegedly holding two government ministers and a deputy minister hostage in Pretoria. They allegedly demanded compensation for their role in the liberation struggle against minority white rule. The concept of a failed state is contested. But, in general, it applies to states where the administrative, political and economic systems have become so weak that key governmental functions become inoperable or even disintegrate.
Even violent racial or ethnic conflict do not seem to be of major concern as they have never threatened the post-1994 democratic project in any substantial manner.Political risk relating to several variables in the socioeconomic domain are increasingly of considerable concern. For example, government shortcomings in providing or facilitating enough housing, water, electricity and jobs to millions of people is a huge source of frustration.
Overall, the country ranked 128th out of 161 countries in the most recent Global Peace Index, which is an index measuring the peacefulness of countries on the basis of 23 quantitative and qualitative indicators. Unemployment is extremely high, amid low levels of education and skills. Youth unemployment, especially, remains one of SA’s most pressing challenges.
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