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Dr Bongani Mncwango has joined the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Photo: Supplied
ANC

Former MK leader Mncwango joins IFP as party eyes key municipal takeovers

The IFP gains a seasoned administrator as Dr Bongani Mncwango joins the party, signaling growth ambitions and strengthened leadership before the local elections

  • Sandile Motha
2 min read
Brazen theft: When a political formation that played no role in the armed struggle adopts the MK name and symbols, it is more than confusion, argues the writer. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS AIC

The ANC’s heritage under siege

Others go as far as attempting to steal the very names and symbols that belong to the ANC and its fallen heroes

  • Cornelius Monama
9 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma
JACOB ZUMA

In search of Zuma’s vision that addresses South Africa’s pressing problems

His uMkhonto weSizwe party presents only populist platitudes rather than a policy agenda that responds to the country’s economic and social crises

  • Khothalang Moseli
4 min read
Digging deep: Tshepiso Mabula’s photos of MK veterans and their families (clockwise from above, left) ‘Ka Ndongeni Otata Bafel’, ‘Emigodhini’ and ‘MKN Otata’.
MK

Tshepiso Mabula: Uncovering unspoken truths

Her photos focus on SA’s forgotten Umkhonto weSizwe veterans

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read