# South Africa's Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse | Wendover Productions

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Podcast: [Wendover Productions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431)
Published: 2026-07-15T16:12:00+00:00
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South Africa's Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse Try Rocket Money for free: https://RocketMoney.com/wendoverWatch Jet Lag: The Game at http://youtube.com/jetlagthegameBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation led by Max Moser Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterReferences [1] https://origins.osu.edu/article/south-africa-mandela-apartheid-ramaphosa-zuma-corruption?language_content_entity=en [2] https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/48614444.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A551e31fbda4b25786b54c968593e28ba&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 [3] https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2013-05-13-black-middle-class-doubles-in-eight-years#:~:text=The%20Unilever%20Institute%27s%20latest%20study,over%20R400%2Dbillion%20per%20annum [4] https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=12211 [5] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=ZA [6] https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/rising-crime-low-prosecution-rates-how-law-enforcement-in-sa-has-all-but-collapsed-20191021 [7] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378784/transnet-total-volume-of-freight-by-type/#:~:text=Transnet%20SOC%20Ltd%20recorded%20their,some%20173%20million%20metric%20tons [8] https://theconversation…

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