Headed South: Jacob Zuma Leads South Africa toward the Precipice (Stewart M. Patrick, CFR)

South Africa is in the grips of its most serious economic and political crisis since 1994, when the country elected its first post-apartheid government under Nelson Mandela. The African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled the country since its liberation, is on the defensive. Younger South Africans—many born into freedom—are disillusioned by the ANC’s failure to deliver broad-based prosperity in what has become the world’s most unequal nation, in terms of per capita income. Most worrisome, President Jacob Zuma’s government has taken an authoritarian and corrupt turn—at the very moment the country needs bold and honest leadership.

http://blogs.cfr.org/patrick/2016/03/07/headed-south-jacob-zuma-leads-south-africa-toward-the-precipice/