Understanding and explaining state capture / Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale -- Elite formation, factions and violence in the political economy of corruption / Karl von Holdt -- State capture, the racket and predatory power / Robyn Foley -- The foundations of corruption in South Africa / Ryan Brunette -- Legal mobilisation against state capture / Jonathan Klaaren -- How professionals enabled state capture / Cherese Thakur and Devi Pillay -- Civil society in the face of state capture: solidarity and disharmony / Luke Spiropoulos -- Media capture, the mirror of state capture / Reg Rumney -- State capture and the popular imagination: narrowing the narrative / Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh -- Cycles of state capture: bringing profiteers and enablers to account / Hennie van Vuuren and Michael Marchant -- Old ways and new days: an interview with Barney Pityana / Can democracy bind the state? comparative thoughts from Brazil, India and South Africa / Patrick Heller