Update: Fears for South Africa in 2016
Further to our report last week, a number of factors are revealing that South Africa should be very concerned going into 2016: 29 million face food shortages due to poor harvests, with worse expected to come due to the El Nino; there is a 65% chance now of a cyclone hitting Madagascar; stockpiles are low or finished causing them to buy staple foods; less cash in rural areas is causing markets to close; governments will need to import more commercial food, however, they have been hit by budget cuts, mainly due to the impact of a downturn in commodity prices; and the area suffers from massive wealth inequality. "South Africa suffers from chronic vulnerability.  Very small events can send large numbers of people into humanitarian crisis" says Oxfam's Daniel Sinnathamby.  

In ‘The Plot to Save South Africa’, journalist Justice Malala explores the murder of Chris Hani. Here is an edited excerpt from the book