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Voting with their feet: The turnout in last month’s election was the lowest since the dawn of democracy, a reflection of growing mistrust in South Africa’s democratic institutions. (Delwyn Verasamy, Mail & Guardian)
ANC

Has the discourse of progressive politics alienated the majority of South Africans?

The idea of unity has become brittle as inequality becomes more severe along race and class configurations

  • Gugu Ndima
5 min read
ANC

Ramaphosa is stumbling, but he won’t walk away

South Africa is in the dire position of possessing a weak leader and no potential replacements

  • Richard Calland
8 min read
Non-Americans often ask me what it has been like to live through President Donald Trump’s administration after the heady years of Obama. The answer, for me, is complicated.
BARACK OBAMA

Finding my faith in Trump’s America

From the heady days of Obama’s inauguration to the everyday fears of living while black, Jakki Kerubo had a front-row seat to one of the most turbulent periods in US history

  • Jakki Kerubo
4 min read