I don’t think a coup d’état is imminent in South Africa (but I may be wrong, who knows). However, something is cooking, boiling just below the surface. Thing is, realistically speaking, what counter force is there in South African to prevent the take-over of government by the military? The Police is in a total mess; even if they want to, I very much doubt whether they will have the capacity to successful counter a coup attempt. And I do not think that they necessarily would to even like to try. As proven over-and-over again, specifically with the wide-spread unrest in the country, focusing on KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in 2021, the country’s intelligence services are, for all practical purposes, non-existing. The part that is partly operational, will probably sympathise with potential plotters to grab power through military means.

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