A power crisis
Andre De Ruyter, the former CEO of Eskom, has presented himself as a simple hero trying to save South Africa’s struggling power utility against corrupt forces. But this racially charged narrative is ultimately self-serving.
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Nicky Falkof
Nicky Falkof is a writer and academic based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is an associate professor in media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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What happens to the contemporary explosion of moral panics, urban legends, and other paranoid narratives when they manifest in a place like South Africa?