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Scene of daily life in a Bantustan, or Homeland, near Johannesburg in South Africa, in February 1963. The bantustans or homelands were African reserves allocated to the country’s different black ethnic groups, established in 1951 by the “Bantu Authorities Act” introduced by the government of Daniel Francois Malan as part of the policy of apartheid. These homelands were independent states to which each African was assigned by the government according to the record of origin, losing his citizenship in South Africa and any right of involvement with the South African Parliament which held complete hegemony over the homelands. (Photo by EPU/AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Tembeka Ngcukaitobi: The ANC’s inertia on land could be the betrayal of its founding principles

The party’s founders focused it’s mission on the problem of the day – land – which remains a central issue. Yet, since 1994, the ANC has been hesitant and timid in resolving the…

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
15 min read
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)
ACE MAGASHULE

Magashule uses KZN conference to rally support for Msholozi

The ANC SG praised the former president for the ‘most revolutionary’ decisions taken during his term of office

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Sihle Zikalala
ANC

Hope for thaw in KZN ANC cold war

It’s chilly in Durbs but this weekend’s provincial conference may prove even frostier

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
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BILL OF RIGHTS

The Land is ours: An extract from Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s new book

In 1902, there were already stirrings of people who were resisting being thrown off the land

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
7 min read
Ramaphoria: South Africa has to attract ​capital inflows after years of reputational damage.
ALBERTINA SISULU

Cyril’s new dawn: Youth first, land expropriation without compensation

The “new dawn” philosophy was the overriding message of newly elected president Cyril Ramaphosa as he delivered his maiden State of the Nation address

  • Govan Whittles
  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
ANC

There’s a hush in Pixley ka Seme

It’s a far cry from just a month ago when NDZ and her backers were acting as if they had won

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
If Ramaphosa confronts how government has been its own impediment on land redistribution
ANC

ANC reclaims its central mission — land

After 1994 the party lost its way in its quest to repossess the land but it’s now back on track

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
9 min read
ANC

Stand-up guys, slate politics and the ‘other’ ANC

‘There’s no way the gig will kick off on time. Our host, Nobala — provincial secretary Super Zuma — is one of history’s great Time Bandits’

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
IFP pick could backfire
BUTHELEZI ARCHIVES

IFP pick could backfire

The party’s veteran leader has backed an outsider to succeed him, sparking possible dissension

  • Given Sigauqwe
3 min read