Troubles in South Africa's coalition-led local governments are affecting accountability, governance stability and service delivery.
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Bobi Wine entered the political arena with a relatively consistent background of politically critical music.
Legislation to control the private funding of political parties in South Africa is long overdue.
Zuma will go down in history as South Africa’s most corrupt head of government since Cecil Rhodes was prime minister of the Cape Colony.
Five years on, no-one has been held to account for the Marikana massacre where 34 miners were shot dead by members of the South African Police Service in a single day.
Are different ways of governing emerging from South Africa's cities governed by opposition coalitions?
Are those ANC members critical of Zuma willing to stand up and be counted? Will Pravin Gordhan, popular hero of the hour, provide one further great service to the nation?
The planting of messages and countering narratives in the media is not new. It's part and parcel of contemporary politics especially during elections. The internet simply makes an old problem worse.
It's vital that the problems at the South African Broadcasting Corporation be fixed in the public interest and for democracy, given its wide media reach in the country.
Populations revolt when lives are improving but not fast enough to meet their rising expectations.
The EFF is sending a strong message to South Africans that it wants to be known as the only political home for radical change.
South Africa's past tells us that, under certain conditions, women mobilise in ways that produce significant political results. But the country's present shows how easily these gains can evaporate.
The ANC has faced an inexorable, gradual decline in support since 2004. There is no evidence that it has been able to reverse this trend.
The ANC's waning urban vote and growing support rural is not a political trend unique to South Africa. Many of Africa's liberation-movements-cum-governing-parties now depend on rural support for political longevity.
In previous elections speculation in South Africa focused on the likely size of the ruling ANC's majority. This time the question on people's minds is: will the ANC win or lose Nelson Mandela Bay?
Unscrupulous politicians are adept at using regressive story lines that feed insecurities. That could be dangerous ahead of South Africa's hotly-contested municipal elections.
When celebrating Nelson Mandela Day, it would benefit South Africans to reflect on what the statesman's legacy means for the nation and how they are living up to his dreams for the country.
Some of the factors behind the riots by ANC supporters in Tshwane are not new. They include gripes within the governing party about its process for choosing mayors and divisions over Jacob Zuma.
The increase in rioting ahead of municipal elections in South Africa, such as that in Pretoria, suggests that the country's general election in 2019 could be more violent than previous elections.
The brouhaha over South Africa's upcoming high-stakes municipal elections hides critically important questions about the continued relevance of local government amid growing public disaffection.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Specialist in Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor in the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in the Politics of African Development, University of Leeds
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PhD Fellow based at the Wits City Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Criminology, University of Nottingham
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Political Science and SARChi Chair in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Journalism in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer in Political Science, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer, African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management and Director, UCT Financial Innovation Lab, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Department of Political & Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
