If one were to describe SA as being a disaster state, that would be a language injustice of canonical magnitude, and a form of lexical disrespect to the word “disaster”.

This former “miracle of the world”, so-called because of its “peaceful” transition to democratic rule just two years short of three decades ago, has degraded into a post-apocalyptic state that is just waiting for a mad man to take reign and declare himself the lord of all that walks this land...