Public funds that should be used to provide services and transform the economy in South Africa are stolen by tenderpreneurs colluding with those entrusted to govern. Some of that money is used to murder whistleblowers - and then witnesses in the cases against the alleged killers - so that no one is brought to book.

I do not want to hear any more about why. I want to know why not. I can write you the story of why, the story of colonisation and socialisation, of depredation and emasculation. I can write you the story of why, of emotional muteness, of physical bruteness. Of manhood negated, frustrated, contested, neglected. Of lack, of loss, of bottles, buttons and needles. Of guns and gangs, of lawlessness and lovelessness. Of roles reversed, of boundaries burst. I do not want one more story of why. Tell me why not. Tell me why he didn’t. Tell me why he won’t. Tell me why he does not seek his manhood in…