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August 20, 2012

South Africa Must Prepare for Unrest

Stephen Grootes, Business Day

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The ANC appears to be further from acting decisively than ever before. Which is bound to simply create more space for unworkable populism and, ultimately, more violence.

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TAGGED: Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, ANC, South Africa, Africa, Marikana

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