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To claim that protests are being organised suggests sinister motives. But all protest is organised. So are cake sales and shopping expeditions.
Half of South Africa’s population remain chronically poor, and the quarter in-between struggle to stay out of reach of destitution.
South African voters are more likely to vote for the African National Congress led by Cyril Ramaphosa than they were when Jacob Zuma led the party.
There is a huge divide between what is important right now and what the election is likely to be about.
Land reform programme has done very little to improve access to land for black South Africans.
South Africa’s polls have been praised for adhering to international election best practice. But, they are not without problems.
A progressive Afrikaans newspaper will be relaunched soon. But Vrye Weekblad can’t trade on its history alone. It will need to consider the challenges of the present and the future.
Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed South Africa to prioritising human rights and democracy. But, there’s little evidence of this.
Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans’ biggest concerns.
Corruption in South Africa became increasingly organised under former President Jacob Zuma.
Countries that regulate political party funding do so to preserve their sovereignty and integrity of domestic politics.
A consideration of Cuban poet Nancy Morejón’s engagement with Keorapetse Kgositsile and her visits to South Africa – shed new light on her poetic practice.
Indications are that even an ANC victory at the polls is unlikely to reverse the party’s decline in popular support.
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
The African National Congress faces two big challenges: fewer South Africans trust it, while its electoral support has been waning.
Referenda have their place in democracy, but can also be misused.
The ANC, alienated from intellectuals and the middle class and having lost most of its talented youth leadership, is clearly on a downward path.
For a long time South Africa thought it had a Jacob Zuma problem. In fact its got a systemic ANC problem.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor and Professor Emeritus, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
