I agree.  I started reading it and couldn't make head or tail of it, so I skipped to the last paragraph. I don't know what he's trying to say.  I was, however, left with the feeling that he is frustrated that he can't blame this one on the whites.  

"It is not clear how “state capture” as both a concept and a term of media sensationalism and political satire can yield an accurate, critical and intelligent analysis of, and resolution to, our current condition and predicaments."  

What on earth?