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Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s ANC Veterans Walk Away as Key Election Approaches
Former Mandela aide blames failures on the party and not apartheid for crime and millions of South Africans living in shacks and begging in the streets.
From Gabon to Zimbabwe, African Presidents Are Under Siege
It’s sometimes democracy as we know it—albeit with twists and turns—but there is certainly a new appetite for political pluralism developing in Africa.
South Africa’s Myopic Youth Protesters Speeding the End of an Inclusive Society
As student unrest sweeps South Africa, the debate and discourse laid out in youthful pronouncements and Twitter feeds is increasingly racist.
Riots, Slowdown, and Corruption Eat Away at Southern Africa’s Promise
These are dark days for southern Africa.
South African Students Toppled Rhodes—But They Can’t Get Rid of Zuma
In some ways, South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, must be exceptionally happy about the #Rhodesmustfall campaign. After all, it takes the heat off him and puts it on a dead white man—or rather, a block of stone in the likeness of a dead white man.
Decline and Decay: a Sobering Trip Through Southern Africa
I spent most of August 2015 in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—a depressing and mournful tour indeed.
Are Judges in South Africa Under Threat or Do They Complain Too Much?
This week, South African President Jacob Zuma will sit down with its chief justice for an unprecedented, potentially watershed discussion.
