Military coups and how they threaten democracy and governance on the continent: During the cold war era, coup d’états were an attractive means of taking control of the state apparatus and gaining power in the developing world. Is this still necessary considering the avenues that came with the liberation of the continent? Guests: Sysman Motloung – Political Science Lecturer at the North West University AND Lieutenant General Mbuyiselo Mgwebi - UN Monusco force commander in the DRC (Monusco is the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC, a peacekeeping force established by the UN Security Council to monitor the peace process in the DRC)