By Dirk Kotze, University of South Africa Special significance is often attached to by-elections. They are regarded as barometers of change in the political mood of a country. For parties, … Read More
By Brian J Purnell, Bowdoin College; Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Neta C. Crawford, Boston University The American public has had its say and for the first time … Read More
Gavin Evans, Birkbeck, University of London Twenty years ago the South African academic Jan-Ad Stemmet met the apartheid era justice minister Kobie Coetsee, who announced he had transcripts of 13,000 … Read More
The massive data breach of an information services agency threatened to expose the personal details of as many as 24 million South Africans and 793,749 businesses. A suspected fraudster managed … Read More
Experian, one of South Africa’s largest credit bureaus, says the records of as many as 24 million South Africans may have just been hacked These records were “exposed to a … Read More
By Anaïs Angelo, Universität Wien All-powerful presidents are an essential part of a stereotypical representation of African politics controlled by a few individuals, rather than by institutions. This view has … Read More
By Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s despatch of envoys to Zimbabwe in a bid to defuse the latest crisis, in which the government has … Read More
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a R70 billion (US$4.3 billion) loan for South Africa to help the country manage the immediate consequences of the fallout from COVID-19. The … Read More
By CJ Werleman The international community’s focus on battling Covid-19 provides the perfect cover for criminal political adventurism. When France was distracted with a national election and a range of … Read More
Winter is possibly everyone’s favourite season when it comes to fashion. We all get to layer up and keep warm. A lot of us buy a lot more clothing during … Read More
