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Mikhail Moosa

Mikhail Moosa is the author of the recent Afrobarometer paper on corruption in South Africa and a master’s student at the Institute of Development Studies in the United Kingdom

Trust deficit: People queue to vote in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, in last year’s election. Negative public attitudes towards voting are borne out of citizens’ distrust and frustration with their representatives, writes Mikhail Moosa. (David Harrison)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

We’ll believe in the ballot box again. Maybe

The number of adults who didn’t vote in the 2019 elections reflects citizens’ disenchantment with their representatives. Perhaps Covid-19 presents government with the chance to…

  • Mikhail Moosa
7 min read
The landscape of technology-driven elections is fast mutating. With the current deficits, there is a need for adequate digital skills if Africa is to be recognised for effective handling of elections.
2019 ELECTIONS

The democratic process of voting was wearing thin before lockdown

The number of adults who didn’t vote in the 2019 elections reflects citizens’ disenchantment with their representatives. Perhaps Covid-19 presents government with the chance to…

  • Mikhail Moosa
7 min read
South Africa has an awkward history with human rights, to put it mildly. But a renewed recognition of the revolutionary potential of human rights to bring about profound changes in society is long overdue. (Marco Longari/AFP)
CECIL JOHN RHODES

Human Rights Day reminds us of our progress and failures

The history of human rights in South Africa is complex, not least because the removal of oppression has not equated to substantive liberation

  • Mikhail Moosa
7 min read
Gatvol: Citizens march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria protesting against corruption in government. (Delwyn Verasamy)
MIKHAIL MOOSA

Corruption rife throughout our civil service

South Africans remain negative about how government is handling the fight against graft

  • Mikhail Moosa
7 min read