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DA leader John Steenhuisen. Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CAMPAIGNING

Paddy Harper: On gleeful politicians and headless chickens

Paddy Harper doesn’t know who to vote for yet, since the Dagga Party isn’t contesting his ward, but right now what to order for lunch is a more pressing concern

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
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ANC

Editorial: DA’s divisive posters were a calculated decision — which has backfired

It would be refreshing if South Africans encountered political parties that actually walked the talk of embracing the ideals of nonracialism

  • Editorial
4 min read
Former ANC and state president Thabo Mbeki took a swipe at his successor Jacob Zuma and suspended secretary general Ace Magashule during the extended provincial executive committee (PEC) meeting in the Eastern Cape on Monday. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
ACE MAGASHULE

Magashule and Zuma are a cautionary tale for the ANC — Mbeki

‘You get people at national level who openly defy the decisions of the NEC, even taking the ANC to court … What is that?’ – Thabo Mbeki

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
#ZimbabweanLives Matter: Activists display placards, which are then shared on social media, rendering physical demonstrations — and their attendant dangers — unnecessary. (#SoloDemo/Twitter)
ZIMBABWEANLIVESMATTER

Campaigning together, but on their own

Social media is driving a new – largely anonymous – form of protest in Zimbabwe and Zambia

  • Nic Cheeseman
  • Sishuwa Sishuwa
6 min read