This is an edited extract from the book Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Sobukwe
The government of national unity is working at a national level, but the same cannot be said about municipal coalition governments
There was a conciliation among political parties at the cabinet lekgotla on policies that have seen them at loggerheads
The president appointed opposition newcomers where they can be most effective but did not rid cabinet of compromised members of his party
Bureaucratic hurdles have made Nelson Phasha’s life hell since he returned from exile
At the 2021 local government elections, neither of the two biggest parties got a mandate to govern alone in Johannesburg
The stayaway will test the party’s leadership, machinery and ability to mobilise its supporters on the streets and in the election booths
The former soldiers want the state to pay them R4 million each in reparations
The 2021 local government elections are a clear demonstration of the failure to manage internal disagreements, where many of the parties, civic movements and independent candidates that contested these local government elections are direct offshoots of the ANC
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
The musician and activist relives the political import of Festac ’77
The history of human rights in South Africa is complex, not least because the removal of oppression has not equated to substantive liberation
The 27 parties says the reports of irregularities during voting could not be attributed to "isolated incidents"
Political leaders discussed attacks on foreign nationals and while most of the parties had their views applauded, the ANC representative was booed
He had moral authority and integrity, and believed that land was at the heart of his fight for liberation
Party spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe says the party held its last elective conference in December 2015, with the next only scheduled for the year 2020
The former Cape Town mayor dismissed concerns over the viability of her new political movement
Thursday marks a week since law student Katlego Monareng was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer following a protest on a TUT campus
Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe — struggle icon and widow of Robert Sobukwe — died on Wednesday morning
‘Chota Motala: A Biography of Political Activism in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands’ recounts the doctor’s role in shaping politics
ANN7’s contract will come to an end in August, and MultiChoice has said that it will be replaced by a new black-owned news channel.
The TRC revealed that sexual assault at the hands of Umkhonto weSizwe operatives was not uncommon, though little has been said since
Unlike canonised Madiba, the Africanist leader was feared in life and all but forgotten in death.
Africanism and black consciousness make up a perennial trend in our politics. They are not going to die.
The IEC has responded to allegations of voting discrepancies, saying the worst incidents are a result of corrections being made.
PAC leader Clarence Makwetu says South Africa has yet to achieve economic and political freedom.
Julius Malema’s announcement that the EFF will partner with the PAC may not mean much now, but it holds larger significance.
The Pan Africanist Congress has criticised the Marikana organising committee for allowing its expelled leader to address a commemoration rally.
The PAC’s annual conference has endorsed and ratified the expulsion of its president Letlapa Mphahlele, says party secretary general Narius Moloto.
Pan Africanist Congress president Letlapa Mphahlele has been expelled from the party after a meeting of its national disciplinary committee on Friday.
After seeing a new play on the history of the PAC, Mpho Moshe Matheolane realises not enough stories have been told about the country’s past.
Pundits like Steven Friedman think they have a monopoly on political knowledge and pretend to be nonpartisan.