
Race, power, and the politics of distraction
As economic crises deepen, right-wing fearmongering and racial scapegoating thrive—masking the real struggle for economic justice.
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Andile Zulu is a political writer residing in Durban.
As economic crises deepen, right-wing fearmongering and racial scapegoating thrive—masking the real struggle for economic justice.
Anxious and isolated, living in poverty or financial precarity, we sink into ourselves and adopt self-destructive coping mechanisms.
In both the rebuke and lionization of F.W. De Klerk, who recently died, there is an attempt to squeeze power into the zone of emotional sentiment.
Approaching local elections, beyond its spectacles of defiance and never-ending episodes of controversy, what do the politics of the Economic Freedom Fighters have to offer?