Ihsaan,
I share your analysis, it is spot on.
However, I fail to grapple what this 'organizing force' you are talking about could be, who or what an inspiration for such a force could be (and the times it was  Mandela are long gone) and how it can be organized and set in motion.
Zwelenzima tries, so far with not much success, Outa tries, with some legal success, the pretty much middle class DA tries, with very little success, Save South Africa tries, also with very little success, Juju tries, with mostly theatrical success, some media organizations try, them probably with the most success, but resulting in a considerable amount of those reading all these revelations to speedily come to 'saturation point' and not knowing anymore whether, in the light of all these unsavory things we hear from early morning till late night, we must puke into our breakfast, lunch or supper. We are indeed at the end of ideas what to do and just 'kap on'.
Any concrete suggestions anyone out there???????