Moeletsi Mbeki's opinion piece, Only a matter of time before the hand grenade explodes is an interesting read. It starts:
I CAN predict when SA’s "Tunisia Day" will arrive. Tunisia Day is when the masses rise against the powers that be, as happened recently in Tunisia. The year will be 2020, give or take a couple of years.
What I find more interesting than the crystal ball stuff is his view on how the situation developed in the first place.

Did big business really start BEE?
Does BEE make government dependant on big business, or does it make would-be entrepreneurs dependant on government?

Probably most important, how do we defuse the bomb?