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ANC

Smaller parties in GNU by ‘grace’, DA is there by voter might, Zille says

Since the formation of the government of national unity, the Democratic Alliance and the ANC have clashed over several issues, the latest being the signing of the Expropriation…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Vile: Democratic Alliance posters in Phoenix earlier this week. On Thursday DA KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Dean Macpherson announced the posters would be removed. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
ANTI VAXXERS

Dean Mcpherson: The poster boy for whiteness

Paddy Harper finally got his second Covid-19 jab, but he feels that it’s pity there’s no vaccine for stupidity — or arrogance

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Community members hold pangas as they stand at a road block in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on July 15, 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. – Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore order. Understaffed and heavily reliant on private security companies, the police was rapidly overwhelmed when riots and looting first flared last week in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), sparked by the jailing of graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP) (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images)
ANC

Sparks fly over DA’s ‘racist’ Phoenix posters

ANC says the opposition party is using the racial tensions in Phoenix to garner votes

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read