South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has fallen below 40% in a new poll, with just over two months to go before the country’s next general election on May 29.
South African media reported on Sunday that brutal attacks on white farmers have intensified since the left-wing radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party and its leader, Julius Malema, sang a song about killing Boers (whites) and farmers in a packed stadium on July 29.
Julius Malema, the left-wing radical leader of the third-largest South African political party, led a massive stadium crowd on Saturday in a vicious “liberation” chant of “Kill the Boer! Kill the farmer!” — in other words, an explicitly racist call for massive violence against the white population of South Africa.
A provincial court has nullified an effort by South Africa’s ruling party to oust an opposition mayor from Johannesburg, the country’s largest city and the hub of its economy.
The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, which had been governed by an opposition coalition since municipal elections last year, saw its government collapse over the weekend, a sign that the country could be led by a racist left-wing party after the 2024 election.
The City of Cape Town, whose residents are frustrated with repeated the electricity failures of the national utility, Eskom, has invited bids from independent power providers to supply the city with 300 MW of electricity.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) fell below the crucial 50% mark in this week’s nationwide municipal elections, marking the first time since the first fully democratic elections in 1994 that the ANC has lost majority support.
Members of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s family and other relatives of ruling African National Congress (ANC) leaders have been profiting off coronavirus emergency relief, according to an article published by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Saturday.
Voters who are tempted by any of the Democrats currently in the running for president should consider that the country’s next turn to the left could well be permanent.
South Africa’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), announced that it was be taking legal action against radical politician Julius Malema, who told supporters last week to “cut the throat” of the “white man.”
Why should Americans care about the election of Cyril Ramaphosa to lead South Africa’s ruling African National Congress? There are three reasons.
News from South Africa is replete with new stories of corruption in President Jacob Zuma’s administration. President Donald Trump may be able to help.
The country’s relatively peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy inspired great expectations for its future. But now South Africa has entered a deep political and economic crisis for which it seems to have no easy answers.
Crowds of South Africans are expected to take to the streets on Friday in national demonstrations against President Jacob Zuma.
South African President Jacob Zuma suffered a rebuke from that country’s Constitutional Court this week, which ruled that he must pay back a portion of the funds spent by the government for upgrades to his personal residence.
In the midst of tweeting commentary (and complaints) about President Barack Obama’s press conference on Wednesday, I received an unexpected reply from Helen Zille, one of the foremost opposition leaders in my native South Africa, and a family friend.
