Sipho’s Political Newsletter 26012019: The Holes In The Law Meant To...
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This week, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Political Party Funding Bill , which regulates how parties may...
Malema: Ramaphosa Won’t Finish His Term
Less than a month before South Africa is due to go to the polls, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema predicted the...
Khoi activist: “Amazon is the 2021 version of the Dutch East...
Amazon announced their African headquarters in Cape Town, after brokering a multi-billion rand deal with the City of Cape Town. We spoke to Tauriq...
The Namakwa Civic Movement are Kingmakers in the Nama Khoi municipality
In the Northern Cape’s Nama Khoi Local Municipality, the Namakwa Civic Movement (NCM) received 20.84% (6519 votes) of the vote. Even though the party...
Mandela and Pan-Africanism: We Need More Of These Discussions
As part of the Mandela Centenary Celebrations The Daily Vox, in collaboration with Moments Entertainment, hosted a panel discussion on whether or not young...
The Qatar FIFA World Cup: It’s only ‘sportswashing’ if we let...
In July 2018 I was studying in the United Kingdom, and paused for an afternoon to watch the England men’s national soccer team play...
Twitter Spaces: A new means of political campaigning?
The 2021 local elections are taking place under pandemic conditions. This means political parties and independent candidates alike have had to use innovative ways...
The Fightback And Maharani
Political journalist Qaanitah Hunter’s latest book Balance of Power: Ramaphosa and the future of South Africa shares fresh insights into Jacob Zuma’s removal as...
RECAP: How the Tembisa 10 came into “non-existence”
STORY LAST UPDATE: JUNE 28
There is rarely a dull moment in South Africa. The country, after all, is alive with every possibility. But this...
#FeesMustFall Enters Parliament
The top three political parties competing in the 2019 national elections have all released parliamentary lists, and all three have made important nods to...
The party constitution amendments the ANC conference delegates will vote on
The 54th national conference of the African National Congress enters its second day, and we still await the voting and announcement of the new...
“What I noticed about the movie is that it focuses more...
After receiving heavy criticism from a number of people, the critically-acclaimed award winning film “Inxeba†(The Wound) finally hit the cinemas on Friday 02....
Marxist Scholar Harold Wolpe’s Ideas Still Speak To South Africa’s Problems
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During the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s...
Cyril Ramaphosa’s so-called slate: does the ANC want democracy or not?
The ANC is wrong to say that Cyril Ramaphosa should not announce a running partner for his ANC presidential campaign, says Ebrahim Fakir.
Over the...
For Jacob Zuma to go, Cyril Ramaphosa must win
Political analyst Ebrahim Fakir believes that, for President Jacob Zuma to go before the end of his term as head of state in 2019,...
Khampepe report finds black students and staff still feel “excluded” at...
On November 10, the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Racism at Stellenbosch University Report (Khampepe report) was publicly released. The 184 page report...
Patricia de Lille: “I’m Still Mayor Of Cape Town.”
Former Democratic Alliance (DA) member and former mayor of the City of Cape Town Patricia de Lille will serve papers to the party at...
Liesbeek development: “This is a case of global importance”
The Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) sought an interdict against the proposed Liesbeek development. This is...
What The New Cabinet Says About Ramaphosa’s ANC
Cyril Ramaphosa’s first cabinet reshuffle has been criticised for its lack of diversity and the inclusion of failed cabinet ministers. We spoke to Tasneem...
Riz Ahmed is searching for home in Mogul Mowgli
With the release of the film, Mogul Mowgli, Riz Ahmed cinematises the message from his album, The Long Goodbye and Saadat Hasan Manto’s short...
