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Mangosuthu Buthelezi inspired very different assessments of his roles and legacies. GCIS/Flickr

September 9, 2023

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions

Gerhard Maré, University of KwaZulu-Natal

If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state’s plans for an ‘independent’ Zulu kingdom, South Africa’s history would have unfolded very differently.

President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates the new leaders of the ANC in the Western Cape. Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images

August 1, 2023

South Africa’s ANC controls eight of nine provinces ‑ why the Western Cape will remain elusive in the 2024 elections

Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape

The 2024 general elections will show to what extent the new provincial leadership can start to turn around the ANC’s fortunes in the Western Cape.

South Africa’s tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has sparked controversy with her attack on the country’s constitution and judges. GCIS/Flickr

January 18, 2022

Lindiwe Sisulu: trading on a famous South African surname has its limits

Gavin Evans, Birkbeck, University of London

The politically ambitious Sisulu’s most recent campaigning grenade came in her cynical attack on the country’s constitution and judiciary.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa (L) is congratulated by leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party Mangosuthu Buthelezi (R) after being elected president of South Africa during the swearing in of new members of the National Assembly. Nic Bothma

December 6, 2021

Post‑election pact failure: echoes of fraught history between South Africa’s ANC and Inkatha

Bheki Mngomezulu, University of the Western Cape

The failure of the 2021 post-election deal is a missed opportunity for the African National Congress and Inkatha to work together.

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