Noah Tamarkin Research Associate, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University A man wearing a yarmulke stands on the edge of a hill, quietly taking in the landscape below as he considers his ancestors and their histories in this […]
What former president Jacob Zuma is doing to the ANC, is a direct result of the so-called “closing ranks” and the collective (ir)responsibility, as has always been espoused by the party itself in protecting its leaders involved in alleged malfeasance and acts of corruption. This has now come to haunt the ANC. It appears its […]
As the 2024 national and provincial elections loom large, the MK Party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, faces a tumultuous challenge that could make or break their political future. It isn’t just one hurdle but a series of significant legal and ethical tests that could potentially derail their plans. At the heart of these […]
After a subdued period following his aborted bid for a third term and an early recall from his presidency under the administration driven by Jacob Zuma’s faction within the ANC, former President Thabo Mbeki retreated from the public eye and political engagement. For several years, Mbeki remained distant from the ANC operations as he watched […]
Jossey Buthane, a former key member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and an associate of its leader, Julius Sello Malema, has achieved a significant political victory with the African National Congress (ANC). His efforts have helped the ANC regain control of Ward 10 in the Polokwane Local Municipality, a seat they previously lost to […]
The high cost of busking in the arrogance of being the broad church, the biggest and oldest and political party in Africa, is the ultimate creation of an opposition built from within your own organization. The man who proclaimed that the ANC will rule until the return of Jesus Christ, is seemingly seeing his imminent […]
In an unforeseen twist of events in South African politics, the newly formed MK Party under the leadership of Jacob Zuma, has not only successfully challenged the ANC in court, but also secured the legal scope to contest the upcoming elections despite Zuma’s contentious past marked by criminal allegations. This development is symbolic of the […]
Does it mean we have to be deliberately negligent and make things worse before they get better? What if they get entrenched and worse than we thought? What if they get to a point where we are no longer able to fix them? What if our negligence causes us to perish? I want us to […]
THE formation of Contralesa, an organization of traditional leaders by the ANC, was not an innocent project to enhance the traditional leadership. It was ostensibly a tactic to amass political power in the villages through their traditional leaders. This strategy introduced some level of competition amongst traditional leaders. The traditional leaders closest to the ANC […]
Molebatsi Masedi IN many respects, the arrival of the year 2024 in South Africa resonates with echoes from 1994, a pivotal year in the nation’s collective memory that symbolized the end of an era of systemic oppression and the birth of a blossoming democracy. In 1994, apartheid – a regime built upon racial segregation and […]