There is one key area in which Yuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defense, intelligence (now called 'state security' in a throwback to both apartheid and the ANC's old Stalinist past), police and communications are all die-hard Yuma loyalists. Whatever their line functions, they will also play the role they have played so ably to date: keeping Yuma out of court—and making sure the state serves Yuma as it once did Meek.

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