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Coalition partners: Liberation movement majority-based coalition model has led to instability in South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) where the ANC is in partnership with 10 other parties. Photo: GCIS

The ANC’s coalition model is unsustainable

The ANC's winner-takes-all governance approach is fuelling instability within South Africa's Government of National Unity, underscoring an urgent need for collaborative coalition…

The forgotten ANC poet-activist who warned the party about power

Long before the ANC took power in South Africa, activist-poet and lawyer Munzhedzi 'Zorro' Ramovha foresaw the dangers of liberation leaders succumbing to corruption, arrogance,…

Wicknell Chivayo’s gifts: The price of political influence

Following reports of Wicknell Chivayo's death, an incisive analysis explores the political meaning of his conspicuous philanthropy and the complex web of patronage, public…

RW Johnson dies, still inimical to the post-1994 dispensation

Richard William (RW) Johnson, a leading South African liberal public intellectual, journalist, analyst, and academic, has passed away at his home in Cape Town. Known for his…

Epicentre of the crisis: About 10 000 Malawian nationals facing xenophobia elected to be repatriated and gathered at a migration transit camp in Sherwood, Durban since last Sunday. Photos: Lyse Comins

South Africa cannot deport its way out of regional crisis

South Africa is hurtling towards a precipice pushed by a toxic mix of economic despair, populist political posturing and systemic state failure that threatens to ignite…

Constitutional amendments: The changes will make it easier for the ruling party to hold onto power and elect the candidate it wants as president. Photo: Parliament of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s constitutional debates: Lessons from Mugabe, Nkomo and Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe is once again grappling with how leaders gain, maintain, and transfer power. Proposed constitutional amendments by the ruling Zanu-PF party aim to extend presidential…