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President Cyril Ramaphosa.(@PresidencyZA/X)
JAMES BALDWIN

The President and the Pulpit: What does a social compact even mean?

What constitutes national identity has to be understood against the ways that the social compact in South Africa contrasts with that of Western political theory

  • Elisha Kunene
11 min read
Many political parties and the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) have focused on mobilising the voters — to the exclusion of children. But children have the right to democratic participation.
MICHAEL ATKINS
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WATCH | Tessa Dooms and what voters need to know about South Africa’s 2024 elections

Analysts explain the changes to the voting system and peer into their crystal balls to predict possible outcomes

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s former president, stands outside the parliament building in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Moodys Investors Service in November gave South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni just under four months to come up with a credible plan to rein in government debt and get the economy growing. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
DEMOCRACY

Want to have a word with parliament? Here’s how

Public participation in the people’s assembly is important. Find out how you can submit a petition, write a message or make a submission to parliament

  • Eunice Masson
5 min read
Young people who’ve acquired jobs through YES say it has opened doors for them. (Youth Employment Service)
AAISHA DADI PATEL

A year of YES

It has been a year since the Youth Employment Service was launched, and the social enterprise is steadily working to address youth unemployment

  • Aaisha Dadi Patel
3 min read