Russell Lamberti on cultural communities in South Africa

How do we build a sustainable social order in South Africa? In this episode of the Solutions With David Ansara podcast, I speak with Russell Lamberti, Chief Economist at Sakeliga, about cultural communities in South Africa.  

Russell and I analyse the causes and consequences of state failure in South Africa. How do we preserve liberty, safety and prosperity for South Africans when the state is failing to maintain its basic duties and obligations towards us as citizens?

Russell advocates for high degrees of decentralisation, and a federal model of governance. The current unitary system is too centralized, and ineffective at managing the various conflicting needs of a heterogenous society, he says.   

We also unpack the idea of cultural communities in South Africa. How compatible are these concepts of group identity with an individual rights framework, I ask?  

TIMESTAMPS  

(00:00) Introduction

(00:28) Russell Lamberti on the breakdown of social order in South Africa

(08:15) Russell Lamberti on the the benefits of decentralised political systems

(19:15) Russell Lamberti on mitigating the risk of inter-ethnic conflict

(30:58) Russell Lamberti on cultural communities and individual rights

(47:18) Russell Lamberti on the decline of ANC hegemony

(57:09) Conclusion