Never has the future of South Africa’s politics been more uncertain, but the one certainty is that the ANC’s standing as a liberation movement is dead.
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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 ANC tied itself in knots defending Zuma’s destructive bad behaviour in the past. Acting against him now would require it to own up to its sins.
Opinions differ widely about the true character of the EFF and what it really stands for since it gained seats in parliament in 2014.
The egregious failures in the Judicial Service Commission’s process have muddied the water and complicated the President’s decision-making.
From red berets to full-on cosplaying, leaders across the continent have a robust relationship with fashion.
It remains to be seen how much longer the ‘old men syndrome’ will persist in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, despite growing frustration among the politically powerless.
As a branch of government, the courts must naturally be accountable for the exercise of their power. The means of achieving their accountability must be balanced against their necessary independence.
The Public Protector’s Office has become embroiled in political scandals under the current incumbent, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
The EFF’s militarised aesthetic is more than a sideshow. It forms a key part of its spectacle-oriented brand of politics.
The ANC, alienated from intellectuals and the middle class and having lost most of its talented youth leadership, is clearly on a downward path.
The ANC has lost so much support among its traditional voters it’s now forced to look beyond them to retain power.
The push to nationalise South Africa’s Reserve Bank is informed by the mistaken view that private shareholders affect monetary policy.
Bobi Wine entered the political arena with a relatively consistent background of politically critical music.
South Africa has changed since Jacob Zuma’s 2006 rape trial. In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause.
The twilight of Jacob Zuma’s ruinous presidency coincides with growing revulsion at his misrule of South Africa. But, it’s important that his erstwhile supporters acknowledge their complicity.
South African President Jacob Zuma, should be worried about the outcome of the no confidence vote in him. His legitimacy in the ANC and the country has plummeted.
The huge hype ahead of the vote of no confidence in President Zuma made the result anti-climactic. However, the fact that the motion was defeated by only a 21 vote margin is unprecedented.
What South Africa’s opposition parties want Parliament and the courts to do would damage the country’s democracy.
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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LSE Fellow in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Global Politics, University of Southampton
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Reader in International Relations, Oxford Brookes University
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Professor of Law, New York Law School
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate Professor in Politics, Rhodes University
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Associate Lecturer in Philosophy of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
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Canada150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics and Visiting Professor, WiSER Wits University, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, UCT School of Economics; South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies, University of Cape Town
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Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, University of Huddersfield
