Last month, a spate of riots and looting in South Africa followed the arrest of former South African President Jacob Zuma. The international media at the time showed images that truely looked as though South Africa was on the verge of civil war. Since then, things seemed to have quietened down, however, some political commentators have suggested that the riots spoke of something deeply troubling in South Africa. That there seems to be an inherent instability within the country. Can the government of Cyril Ramaphosa stay on top of this instability and address the issues which underpin it? In this episode of The Focus, John speaks with South African academic, Prof. David Everatt to find out.

Last month, a spate of riots and looting in South Africa followed the arrest of former South African President Jacob Zuma. The international media at the time showed images that truely looked as though South Africa was on the verge of civil war. Since then, things seemed to have quietened down, however, some political commentators have suggested that the riots spoke of something deeply troubling in South Africa. That there seems to be an inherent instability within the country. Can the government of Cyril Ramaphosa stay on top of this instability and address the issues which underpin it? In this episode of The Focus, John speaks with South African academic, Prof. David Everatt to find out.

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STRATEGIKON is the podcast of SAGE International (SAGE), an Adelaide-based private think-tank specialising in the analysis of foreign policy, international and national security issues in Australia's 'defence state' of South Australia. Est. in 2015 STRATEGIKON is hosted by SAGE Founder/CEO Dr. John Bruni, long-time media commentator on national security issues &amp; co-hosted by SAGE colleague, David J. Olney. STRATEGIKON is produced by Michael Migali, who is also &lsquo;the asker of occasional questions.&rsquo; Our podcast is proudly powered by the Auscast Network, Australia&rsquo;s Coolest Podcasting Network. Let STRATEGIKON be your window to all things security and foreign affairs.
STRATEGIKON can be found on <a href="https://twitter.com/STRATEGIKON_SA">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC42y4xdIkOIIVeD-lQlPh9w">YouTube</a>, and the <a href="https://www.sageinternational.org.au/podcast/">SIA website</a>.
Early episode music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com): "One-eyed Maestro" Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution