When Systems Fail: Leadership, Governance, and the Cost of Institutional Breakdown

In the space of a single week in July 2025, South Africa witnessed a top police commissioner accuse his own minister of colluding with criminal syndicates, a deputy national commissioner placed on leave, and the country's criminal justice system thrown into question—all while tourists cancelled trips and international observers wondered how a nation once hailed as a democratic miracle had descended into such institutional chaos.

 

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