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South Africa’s fear of state failure

6 mins | Aug 22, 2022
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The ruling party is threatening to take down the nation with it. The African National Congress liberated South Africa. Now it is failing the country. Gideon Rachman argues that the best thing the party could do for the country’s future would be to lose the next election and leave power.

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