Murder and Mining in South Africa
The hitmen came in a white Polo with a rotating blue lamp on the roof. Two men got out the car and knocked at the…
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How Afrikaner identity can be re-imagined in a post-apartheid world
In a post-apartheid context, is a democratic Afrikaner identity possible? Are there other traditions apart from apartheid that can be drawn on in Afrikaner…
Kenya on the up & up
Kenya’s economy grew 5.6 percent last year, according to figures by Kenya’s National Bureau of Statistics, making it one of the fastest-growing in Africa….
Topless protesters fighting shame on their own terms
On a cold and wet morning, a large group of protesters – many of them bare- breasted – gathered to protest on the Rhodes…
Africa’s dual governance system
The great African theorist Peter Ekeh in the 1970s, called this phenomenon the “dual publics”, postulating there are often dual or multiple ‘publics’ and…
The Election Machinery Picks up Steam
The ANC will have to put on a brave face with Zuma at the helm for local govt elections. Disclaimer: a full stadium does…
“Cuba libre” and democracy
The relationship between South Africa and Cuba – much like South Africa’s relationship with Palestine or Libya – is a romance of love, ideology…
Freedom Day 2016: SA still fraught and divided
10 April 1993: all South Africans know where they were when the news broke of Chris Hani’s assassination, just like 27 April 1994 –…
When shame means nothing at all
Our outrage is aimed at Zuma’s Nkandla failure rather than at the regression the ANC has delivered to the doorsteps of the people it…
Takes many leaves for a tree to flourish
To make economic growth more inclusive, African governments must strengthen economic democracy within their countries. The power of economic democracy to unleash shared economic…