On March 18, thirty years ago, more than 68% of white South Africans voted in favor of the abolishment of Apartheid and ‘endorsed’ the idea of ‘freedom’ for blacks thereby ushering the dawn of this specific democracy. Hailed by some as a significant day in the History of South Africa, [...]

     There is no debate that the voter posture and patterns of subnational government voting represent the first phase of a broader strategy by the core of its support base to seek an arrangement where they are not governed by non-white and in particular Africans. Whilst on paper the [...]

       When the 2021 Municipal Elections were finally announced, a new truth about South African politics started to paint itself as a new canvas to contend with. To some, it was a shock and frustration, to others a triumph of the sovereignty of the individual in all matters [...]

     Can we say the African National Congress is truly in decline as the once ‘authentic’ voice of the liberation promise for South Africans? Certainly not. Not if there is a growing confusion of its role as a post-Apartheid political party caught up in the narrow exigencies of state [...]