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Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

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Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh is a lecturer in the department of international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is the author of The New Apartheid.

If the spirit of the step-aside rule is to protect the ANC from public perceptions of corruption, then Ramaphosa meets every aspect of the rule’s aim. Photo Delwyn Verasamy, M&G

Why President Cyril Ramaphosa should resign

If the spirit of the step-aside rule is to protect the ANC from public perceptions of corruption, then Ramaphosa meets every aspect of the rule’s aim

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DA flirts dangerously with Western Cape separatists

The DA has distanced itself from those seeking independence, yet it has chosen to legitimise those movements by incorporating them in a working group

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Why is everyone in power in South Africa so old?

Placing young people in positions of power will not solve all of South Africa’s problems, but the lack of youth voices in high office suggests a missed opportunity

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Marikana stains the tapestry of South Africa’s democracy

Ten years on, the massacre at the mine remains a metaphor for the ills of our society

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The road to the 2024 elections: Four possible scenarios

If the ANC does not have an outright majority, the options are: a government of national unity, an opposition coalition, an ANC coalition and a grand coalition

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Where are the anti-racism accountability bodies?

The field of such NGOs is crowded but who and what are they holding to account and who are they mollycoddling?

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A future without the ANC: Is there any faith in political parties in their current form?

Taking the discussion further of what a future without the ANC would look like Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh talks to political analyst Lukhona Mnguni

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What comes after the ANC?

We need to reimagine South Africa without the ANC and if we do not, we will either live with false hope or the country’s crisis will intensify