num_pages: 272
description: "I am angry. I am furious. Because I never thought it would happen to us. Not us, the rainbow nation that defied doomsayers and suckled and nurtured a fragile democracy into life for its children. I never thought it would happen to us, this relentless decline, the flirtation with a leap over the cliff." In a searing, honest paean to his country, renowned political journalist and commentator Justice Malala forces South Africa to come face to face with the country it has corrupt, crime-ridden, compromised, its institutions captured by a selfish political elite bent on enriching itself at the expense of everyone else. In this deeply personal reflection, Malala's diagnosis is South Africa is on the brink of ruin. He does not stop there. Malala believes that we have the wherewithal to turn things our lauded Constitution, the wealth of talent that exists, our history of activism and a democratic trajectory can all be used to stop the rot. But he has a South Africans of all walks of life need to wake up and act, or else they will soon find their country has been stolen.
language: English
title: We have now begun our descent: How to Stop South Africa losing its way
publisher: Jonathan Ball