South Africa: the morning after

Three articles. South Africa is in the midst of a crime wave of staggering dimensions, and Nelson Mandela's era of reconciliation has come to an end. A 13 part television serial, Yizo Yizo, 'The Way It Is', a wake up call to the violent realities of township life, recently achieved cult status among young blacks. The rape rate in South Africa has always been extraordinarily high, but the problem is only just beginning to be treated seriously. A powerful cabal of ANC loyalist news managers at the top of the South African Broadcasting Corporation has become, as in old times, the enemy of good journalism in the country.