Julius Malema’s skills at building a party and running a tight ship have been bolstered by his charisma and speech-making capability.
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Protests have become instruments of elite competition. This includes local politicians using professional agitators to contest for control of resources.
By fulfilling their public duty, South African whistleblowers have put themselves at serious personal risk.
Helen Zille may become the best mayor Johannesburg never had.
Since around 2000 the South African Police Service has been used to manage internal political dynamics in the ANC.
South African companies now have a legal obligation to take proactive steps to prevent bribery.
European states are more involved in religion than those in sub-Saharan Africa.
He had enormous charisma and love for South Africa - he also had enormous wealth and made some questionable political choices.
Mboweni leaves a legacy of a successful transformation from a freedom fighter to a businessman, central banker and politician.
Pravin Gordhan was throughout his life driven by a deep commitment to non-racialism.
The ANC leads the unity government. If it leads South Africa back to happier times, that is most likely to benefit the ANC, rather than the DA.
Having to account for spending on covert operations would make it more difficult for intelligence agencies to abuse their powers.
There’s confusion in South Africa about what’s driving the popularity of Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe party.
Cyril Ramaphosa sees a Government of National Unity as the way ahead, but finding parties to agree to go ahead with this is challenging.
South Africans need to hold onto their seats. It’s going to be a rocky five years.
Having dominated South Africa’s political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.
The country will see more foreign policy continuity if the ANC partners with smaller parties that share its world view.
Both sweeping immunity and overzealous prosecutions of former leaders can undermine democracy. But such prosecutions pose different risks for older democracies like the US than in younger ones.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party borrows the slogan “mayibuye” from the liberation party to make a point about the ruling African National Congress.
The growing loss of support for the governing ANC raises the possibility of South Africa having its first national coalition government since 1994.
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