Point of order
How Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters drive political conversations in South Africa.
Julius Malema
The two mutually irreconcilable Nelson Mandelas
Both Nelson Mandela’s historical role in the South African transition to democracy and his own management of his legacy paved the way for vacuous treatments of his life.
Julius Malema’s EFF and the South African Left
It is not often that analysts of diametrically opposed ideological tastes in South Africa agree, except about Julius Malema.
Ayn Rand in South Africa
In its current form libertarianism and its worship of the market is utterly irrelevant to South Africa.
Zimbabwe is a victim of outsiders’ fantasies
Zimbabwe is its own self, its own country, not some echo chamber from which people hope to catch reverberated strains of their own discourses.
Julius Malema’s next move
In South Africa, many youth votes are up for grabs for the first time, from the generation facing 70% unemployment and with little loyalty to the ANC of their parents.
The media caricature of Hugo Chávez
A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.
Julius Malema’s History
Last week, after Malema was expelled from South Africa’s ruling party, we went back and looked
An acute deficiency in generosity
Some journalism and "analysis" about postapartheid South Africa by outsiders amounts to hysteria dressed up as analyses.
The Hall of Shame
We couldn't resist including a post with some of the lowlights of 2011.
Malema Time
South African elites and their political parties and trade unions cannot claim to represent the masses anymore. This has created space for Julius Malema's brand of populist politics.
'Julius Malema sets the cultural agenda'
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The Dutch Disease
What is it with Dutch cultural elites and South Africa? The last time I travelled two
Pseudo-cosmopolitanism
More from that 2008 Comparative Literature interview with my favorite Communist poet, Jeremy Cronin. Bua Komanisi:
What’s So Funny
Tracing the origins and development of newspaper cartooning in South Africa, and its political place.
It’s time to be offended
Middle class South African inertia and the police murder of activist Andries Tatane during a protest in town in the Free State province.
'The Legend of Polokwane'
No not the guy on the left.
Bloody Agent*
We know Jacob Zuma can dance. But can Julius Malema, the future President of South Africa
Jacob Zuma Time
Sean Jacobs Note from a friend who closely watches the South African political scene: Below [the
Skin Deep Politics
The question as to whether a coloured can become leader of South Africa's ruling party and even, more remotely, president of the country.