Recent protests in Diepkloof and Diepsloot have raised many questions and concerns about the frustration and anger that besets working-class communities in South Africa. Fears about the possibility of the total breakdown of law and order in the country abound.
People are reminded of the chaos and utter desperation that was seen in the July 2021 mass looting of shopping malls, which left thousands of businesses destroyed and hundreds of people dead. What are the