Escom and load shedding, the collapse of the post office, SAA, SA Expess, Denel, Transnet, SABC, etc etc all filled lazy, greedy dishonest people
They are, literally, following the 'example' set by their leader. A fish rots from the head downwards. Zuma is probably the most corrupt leader of any country that has a significant economy, and he is rapidly reducing it to basket case status.
In the old days in Rhodesia we used to say' look across the river' meaning look across the Limpopo to South Africa who supported the Rhodesians. Now, in ZA, we can look northwards across that same river to see a country, once the finest in Africa and the breadbasket of Africa, turned to **** by a despotic lunatic. It may well presage where ZA is going.