South Africa’s new sex education curriculum is seen by some as infringing on the rights of parents.
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Objections raised about the school syllabus by parents, schools and civil society point to a bigger problem with the state.
Helen Zille’s election as head of the Democratic Alliance’s federal council has rattled many.
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All signs point to the Democratic Alliance being in deep turmoil which will affect its strength as South Africa’s official opposition.
Supporters of the Democratic Alliance in South Africa gather earlier this year to listen to the party’s leaders.
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Race is the fault line. Prominent black DA figures label attempts to remove leader Mmusi Maimane as an attempt by whites to force black members into a subordinate position.
Mmusi Maimane, leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.
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Because it’s a blend of political influences the transition it is facing has, inevitably, had an existential effect on the Democratic Alliance.
One of the immediate outcomes of talks between Muhammadu Buhari (left) and Cyril Ramaphosa was the easing of tensions.
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Although Nigeria and South Africa are often cast as rivals they have a strong bilateral relationship
Mcebisi Jonas appears at a commission probing grand corruption in South Africa.
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This book is a booster to morale. It tells South Africans they can enjoy the impressive economic growth they once achieved.
South Africans who receive welfare grants vote for the governing African National Congress more than any other party.
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The survey findings show that people who had taken part in protests over the last five years were more likely to vote for opposition parties.
African National Congress women’s league members marching to the home of the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 2018.
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Women were able to pursue an impressive feminist agenda as South Africa made its transition to democracy. But 25 years later there’s not a lot left of the early victories.
Newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela and deputy president Frederik De Klerk in May 1994.
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The April 1994 election proved to be a watershed for South Africa.
Harold Wolpe showed how poor rural areas subsidised low wages of migrant workers’ wages.
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During the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s university campuses and within the broader anti-apartheid movement…
Debate about SA Reserve Bank’s mandate must be done in a more considered manner, informed by evidence.
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The debate about the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank must be located within a clearly articulated political vision and social compact on the kind of society South Africans aspire to.
Cyril Ramaphosa takes the oath as his inauguration as President of South Africa.
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Politics is being reduced to personalities in South Africa. The real issue is whether the damage that’s been done can be undone.
Musician Ndikho Xaba.
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Musician Ndikho Xaba rejected boundaries. He lived and played what he believed – uncompromisingly
Jonas Gwangwa in 2010.
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The politics of Jonas Gwangwa’s music have stayed constant over the years, and are also apparent in the eight albums he has released in South Africa since returning from 30 years of exile.
President Cyril Ramaphosa takes the oath of office at his inauguation by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
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Ramaphosa couldn’t appoint people with a cloud over their heads, especially given his stated commitment to a clean and effective government.
South African parliamentarians need impartial and expert advice about public finance issues.
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With the current state of the South African economy and public finances, the Parliamentary Budget Office could play a major role in ensuring that this happens. But the office is in complete disarray
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t have free reign when choosing his Cabinet.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has to ensure that reform of critical institutions is placed first. Everything else will be compromised if this fails.
Glen Mashinini, the head of South Africa’s electoral commission announces the 2019 elections results.
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The recent election has shown again that the extremism which worries democrats in much of the world has little traction in South Africa.
The Democratic Alliance has transformed itself from an overwhelmingly white party to a majority black party.
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Despite its endurance, the Democratic Alliance still hasn’t found a firm foothold to grow the votes in South Africa’s changing political landscape.
Ahmed Timol’s funeral in 1972.
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In South Africa’s criminal justice system post-1994, the Timol case is the first to enact what can be properly understood as restorative justice.