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Former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party borrows the slogan “mayibuye” from the liberation party to make a point about the ruling African National Congress.
The growing loss of support for the governing ANC raises the possibility of South Africa having its first national coalition government since 1994.
Social media platforms need to open up data to Africans and researchers in the global south.
Political secularism in South Africa is shaping into a tense contest between the relative ambitions of state and religious actors.
The electoral commission had only four months for work which normally takes two to three years. In the end, the election succeeded because the nation wanted it to succeed.
Many grant recipients are young, unemployed, and not necessarily loyal to the governing ANC like older generations.
Christianity is evolving. Mainstream churches like the Methodists and the Catholics are losing ground to indigenous and pentecostal groups.
South Africa’s civil service has failed to implement policies to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment.
Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe is now the largest party in KwaZulu-Natal and the fourth biggest nationally.
The 2024 elections may be the tipping point that enables opposition parties to portray themselves as viable contenders in forming a national coalition government.
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