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Jacob Zuma’s Party
You honestly wouldn’t have guessed that the guy was an intelligence operative. A big guy,…
Admit it, you didn’t expect the Economic Freedom Fighters to do so well
At first sight, the results for national and provincial elections in South Africa may suggest…
20 Years of Freedom: Zackie Achmat on South Africa’s 5th democratic elections
Throughout the 2000s, Zackie Achmat led what was probably the most recognizable multi-class, mass social…
20 Years of Freedom: The post-1994 power brokers and black liberation
On May 7th South Africans go to the polls to vote for national and provincial representatives…
The Day Jacob Zuma Lost Control of the Party?
One way of looking at Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s words at the end of the farcical Nelson Mandela’s memorial service is that of an angry patriarch embarrassed by the actions of errant adolescents. The other is that the archbishop was stepping into a void that used to be filled by the larger-than-life figure of Nelson Mandela. In the absence of the towering Madiba, and the presence of little mutinies that wouldn’t be doused by the drizzle, the diminutive clergyman showed that South Africans are not a rowdy bunch, misbehaving apropos of nothing.
South Africa’s a Continent
South African president Jacob Zuma’s visit to Malawi in August appears to have renewed his…
The ‘premature’ launch of South Africa’s second 24-hour news channel
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)–which commands the largest TV audience inside that country–launched its…
Julius Malema’s next move
As South Africa’s 2014 general elections approach and the ruling ANC continues to weaken under…
10 Contested Images of 2012
Remember that little video campaign called #Kony2012? Yeah, we wish we could forget too. Few…