How Lack of Democracy Fuels Coups in Africa
Introduction As COVID-19 induced economic crises continue to deepen, climate change continues to unleash hunger and living costs soar because of spiralling inflation because…
Willaim Gumede
HOW THE EFF HAS SHIFTED SA POLITICS TO THE LEFT
The rise of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the May 8, 2019 election, has ushered in the arrival of black leftist populism as…
First Political Cafe – 1 June 2016: The Youth vote and local elections
The largest proportion of the South African population is below the age of 35. Youth are therefore disproportionately affected by everything that goes on…
The rural vs urban development bias in Africa
African countries need to break the colonial-era development pattern whereby economic growth takes place island-like, centred on urban regions, while the surrounding rural areas…