President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed South Africa to prioritising human rights and democracy. But, there’s little evidence of this.
- Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester
For a long time South Africa thought it had a Jacob Zuma problem. In fact its got a systemic ANC problem.
The sympathetic take on Pik Botha as a man of peace and a frustrated democrat is a travesty.
Winners and losers are both trying to win the West’s support for their view.
Apartheid has been removed from the statute books for almost three decades. But a de facto apartheid endures both economically and socially.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s proposed prosecution is a welcome reaffirmation of the principle that all are equal before the law.
Zuma’s almost daily scandals and missteps provided his opponents with perfect electoral fodder. A competent president is the last thing they need.
Robert Mugabe’s rule in Zimbabwe is over. But the country’s road to democracy remains a bumpy one as Zanu-PF, the new president and the military go about entrenching power.
The coup in Zimbabwe means Mugabe’s long and disastrous presidency is finally over. The questions that remain are the precise details and mechanics of the deal which secures his departure.
The twilight of Jacob Zuma’s ruinous presidency coincides with growing revulsion at his misrule of South Africa. But, it’s important that his erstwhile supporters acknowledge their complicity.
With the ANC in crisis, the Democratic Alliance seemed to be getting it right. But then came a flurry of inexplicably tactless tweets.
Today’s ANC is in terrible shape – but it wasn’t Jacob Zuma who put it on the wrong track.
The Nigerian government has dealt Boko Haram some serious blows, but the insurgency is far from over.
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