The emergence of parties such as the African Transformation Movement signals a worrying trend
		
	 
	
		
		Even the rats are jumping ship as the economy flounders amid poor governance decisions
		
	 
	
		
		South Africans could embrace an authoritarian state if the government fails to address current social and economic issues
		
	 
	
		
		Jair Bolsonaro is the embodiment of the most hardline faction military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for twenty-one years
		
	 
	
		
		The bitter reality is that there is a real chance of the country returning to a dictatorship and its darkest days
		
	 
	
		
		Despite a plea from the UN, the country’s court ruled that Lula da Silva can’t run in the presidential elections
		
	 
	
		
		Blighted by a series of political scandals, the country’s hard-won democracy is on the skids
		
	 
	
		
		A group of mostly SA Jews are dedicating their Yom Kippur fast to reflect on being Jewish in the context of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
		
	 
	
		
		Despite going from being a scab to striking worker and being recently unemployed, Jaurie Scheepers remains hopeful. "My God will make a plan for me".
		
	 
	
		
		De Doorns residents have claimed they had nothing to do with the strike but have been brutalised, writes Benjamin Fogel.