Law & order must come from our communities - Sakeliga's Piet le Roux

Sakeliga's CEO Piet Le Roux joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss the wave of violent protests and looting that is currently wreaking havoc in South Africa, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal. Le Roux remains hopeful about the situation, arguing that local communities have helped to contain it. "What's happening now is bad, but it's controlled. It's contained to a significant degree. It's localised; it's very bad where it is. If only the police were to handle this, it would have been - and even the army - it would have been a complete disaster. But we are seeing communities and businesses taking a stand. I think that is very good. So in this vacuum of state failure, we're seeing a rise of decentralised decision-making, even at the level of personal and community security. To me, that's very hopeful." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices