Youre watching Bbc News. Now its time fo hardtalk. Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. South africa is facing its deepest political crisis of the post apartheid era. After days of Violence And Looting which saw more than 200 people killed and thousands arrested, President Ramaphosa claimed thered been a well planned attempt to provoke insurrection and bring down the democratic state. Whatever the truth of that, its clear the social and economic fabric of the country has been badly weakened. My guest is Transport Minister Fikile mbalula. Is the Ruling Anc being confronted with its own failure . Fikile mbalula in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me, and to all your listeners. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Tell me, minister, how would you characterise the shocking, the terrible violence that swept across parts of your country last week . It was a hyped up. Accumulation of anarchy at the highest level, as you know that anarchy is
Its time tojoin its time to join Sivan Sackur for hardtalk. Its time to join Sivan Sackurfor hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. South africa is facing its deepest political crisis of the post apartheid era. Its deepest political crisis after days of Violence And Looting which saw more than 200 people killed and thousands arrested, President Ramaphosa claimed thered been a well planned attempt to provoke insurrection and bring down the democratic state. Whatever the truth of that, its clear the social and economic fabric of the country has been badly weakened. My guest is Transport Minister Fikile mbalula. Is the Ruling Anc being confronted with its own failure . Fikile mbalula in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me, and to all your listeners. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Tell me, minister, how would you characterise the shocking, the terrible violence that swept across parts of your country last week . It was a hyped up. Accumulation of ana
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. South africa is facing its deepest political crisis of the post apartheid era. After days of Violence And Looting which saw more than 200 people killed and thousands arrested, President Ramaphosa claimed thered been a well planned attempt to provoke insurrection and bring down the democratic state. Whatever the truth of that, its clear the social and economic fabric of the country has been badly weakened. My guest is Transport Minister Fikile mbalula. Is the Ruling Anc being confronted with its own failure . Fikile mbalula in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me, and to all your listeners. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Tell me, minister, how would you characterise the shocking, the terrible violence that swept across parts of your country last week . It was a hyped up. Accumulation of anarchy at the highest level, as you know that anarchy is the higher state of disorder, and then it exhibited opportunistic elements li
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Welcome. It is great to be here. Thank you for having me. For those of us who have yet to read the book what do you mean by decadent . Surely you have a copy by your nightstand. So decadence just means family doesnt mean anything as basic in Las Vegas or Chocolate Covered Strawberries i use it to mean Stagnation And Risk and reputation on repetition reaching this proficiency so in order to be a decadent society first you have to be a successful society and the argument is basically starting around the Moon Landing which is a Hinge Point in modern history the western world that the pacific rim has entered into this decadence with disappointing technological progress outside of the internet and the graphic decline the kind we are all very familiar with in the cultural repetition having what seemed the same arguments or the same Star Wars movies over and over again. One of the arguments in the book is of technological progress pretty or you that the techno boosters would have us believe t