Mahnaz Yazdani Personal Ambition Superseding Collective Strategy The Quiet Sabotage of South Africa’s Democratic Promise By Lisu Khuzwayo | 19 June 2025 “Amandla Awethu” — Power is Ours. These days, it’s just an echo — bouncing off the walls of Parliament and dying before it reaches the street. Introduction: The Liberation Dream Deferred Three decades after apartheid’s demise, South Africa was meant to stand as a beacon of postcolonial renewal — a constitutional democracy bui