let me quote you the words of an influential writer, kenan malik, who said this after the events of theising effect of post — "that is post—apartheid policies — "in south africa has served to undermine "the social fabric in the country." what a depressing conclusion to reach. would you agree? the analysts and those who write about the events of the past week that has engulfed our country, part of our country and not the whole, they relate the situation as though we have failed to accept the fact that we are faced with a bigger crisis, with this pandemic, among others, of a higher rate of unemployment, and our recovery plan is taking off, and yet all our efforts have been undermined by these sideshows that include this anarchy we are talking about. yeah, the thing is, south africa from the outside looks dysfunctional. you are in cape town. you've been dealing with what are called the taxi wars in recent days, where more than 80 people have been murdered in a fight over turf between different rival taxi companies. in durban and kwazulu—natal, we see territorial violence between black sout