There is a time in the life of a nation when citizens set aside their differences to confront an enemy and defend their common interests.
South Africa had never experienced this moment – until the Guptas arrived and began wielding problematic influence on the democratic state and on President Jacob Zuma, the country’s great electoral error.
The national response to these developments should not be overlooked as it marks the beginning of a phase in the history of state-building. In the last four centuries, the area we call South Africa today has gone through roughly six defining phases of state-building. We are on the seventh phase.