Abstract
In 1994 South Africa became a miracle in the world of postcolonies as a newly independent
‘rainbow’ nation-state. Apartheid was replaced by an informal but still identical system
which I refer to as apartheid. Good governance, democracy, peace, civility and quiet are
framed by the media and regarded by investors and political elite among others to be the
preferred set-up of things. Using the rage in the #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall student
protests as data, I argue that disrupting the world as we know it in order to address the poor’s
grievances is part and parcel of strategic and effective communication especially for the
marginalised poor majority black people whose dreams remain deferred. This argument will
be framed by questions around the current burdens of apartheid, the achievements of
disruptive protests and the meaning, roles and behaviours of officialdom towards members
and ideologies of Fallist movements.