Voices From Sa

I had Ebrahim on the podcast earlier this year in the build-up to the national elections. This time he is on the podcast to review some of the significant political events of 2019. We initially had the idea of looking at the elections, the Zondo Commission and South Africa and the BRICS. In the wake of a week of rolling blackouts, we were forced to discuss the state of the power utility ESKOM as a metaphor for the state of our politics. This, in turn, led to a discussion not only about corruption and mismanagement but also the role of consulting firms in the chaos at SOE's.  We spent some time as well discussing the broad failure of our political parties to work for the good for the nation and not their own welfare. Ebrahim also gives his political highlight of the year. He also does not have much hope that the Zondo Commission will lead to any high-level prosecutions.