Of the 10 southern African nations that have gained independence or escaped apartheid, eight are still ruled by the party that gained power.
According to an Agence France-Presse report, South Africa’s ANC or Namibia’s SWAPO have managed to brush off communists, freemarketeers, and tribal or clique-based rivals, but now they might face a tidal wave of uprising.
More and more, governments are seen as corrupt and corrupting, with public posts and contracts handed to themselves and to loyal allies. They are increasingly seen as bending state institutions to their wills.
Over 60% of people in southern African nations believe even the leaders are not immune.
Afrobarometer polls – which exclude Angola- have shown that 86% of South Africans believed there was some corruption in the office of President Jacob Zuma.
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