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Businessman Roger Jardine is the leader of the new political party Change Starts Now, which is allegedly funded by a small group of very rich people. Photo supplied
ANTHONY BALL

Democracy sold down the river

The Change Starts Now project, which is backed by billionaires and fronted by former banker Roger Jardine, is a top-down attempt by powerful people to win political clout

  • Richard Pithouse
9 min read
Leaders: (From left) UDF president Archie Gumede, unionist and UDF activist Willies Mchunu, Cosatu general secretary Jay Naidoo, unionist and UDF executive member Murphy Morobe. Photo: Gallo Images/Rapport archives
ANC

Meeting by meeting, listening, building trust, popular power is not passe

Democracy can be about more than elections and the sudden moments of rupture enabled by social media. The patient work of building popular movements remains essential

  • Richard Pithouse
9 min read
JUDICIAL CAPTURE

As Zuma’s court case looms, anti- and pro-Zuma crusades intensify

While the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the matter of contempt against Jacob Zuma, groups defending SA’s democracy and pro-Zuma groups take the stage

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read