THE FUSE

And yes, we are back there again. Back in the build-up to the July 2021 pro-Jacob Zuma riots that rocked the nation. Back to the time of ethnic mobilisation disguised as legitimate protest. Back to that feeling of something imminent and ugly about to happen, something we all felt. Back to the somnolence of those in charge of the republic who didn’t seem to grasp what ordinary citizens could smell in the air – an explosion about to happen.