Zohran Mamdani
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AI and the battle for SA’s 2026 elections
This does not necessarily mean that physical campaigning will disappear. Politics remains fundamentally human. Voters still value personal interaction, community engagement and…
The left must eschew xenophobia
Xenophobia offers a simple but misleading explanation for a complex crisis. It reframes mass unemployment, failing public services and weak governance as a question of belonging
The African mayor of New York: Mamdani’s rise is a continental summons
Mamdani’s triumph in New York declares that African youth are not insurgents at the gates; they are the vanguard of a new political architecture, says the writer
Selective outrage: Can Zionists be challenged for being anti-Semitic?
The New York Times seems to believe Islamophobia cancels out anti-Semitism as it downplays Trump’s remarks and publishes a racist piece
Politics’ winning formula is an unapologetic progressive agenda
In the right-wing world of Donald Trump, New York City mayoral candidate is Zohran Mamdani, an immigrant with cultural roots in East and Southern Africa
Shivambu’s predatory politics
Floyd Shivambu’s new political project masks its predatory character in the language of liberation