Corrigan on Maimane's BOSA - Giving power back to the people
Terrence Corrigan considers how the emergence of Mmusi Maimane's Build One South Africa (BOSA) offers a fresh approach to politics.
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Terrence Corrigan considers how the emergence of Mmusi Maimane's Build One South Africa (BOSA) offers a fresh approach to politics.
The news reports on the radio as I drive along the M1 are all about the big story of the day: VIP protection officers have been caught on camera assaulting a motorist. One after another, brandishing their firearms, they stomp on a man lying prostrate on the ground. Then they board their vehicle and depart. No attempt to perform an arrest – had one even been warranted – and in full view of a stream of road users. A cross between contempt and brutality, it looks more like the actions of a skinhead gang or a mob boss’s enforcers than agents of a constitutional democracy.