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  • South Africa unrest failed system. A township in Johannesburg, South Africa. Credit: Patrik M. Loeff.
    PoliticsSocietySouth Africa

    South Africa unrest: We are not a failed state, but a failed global system

    By Jess Auerbach
    July 15, 2021
    South Africa encapsulates global inequalities – and the kinds of tumult we’ll see more and more of worldwide – inside national borders. South Africa ...
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  • Protests and looting have erupted since President Jacob Zuma was imprisoned on 8 July. Credit: GCIS.
    PoliticsSouth Africa

    South Africa: Zuma can’t be allowed to get away with this

    By Mcebisi Ndletyana
    July 15, 2021
    The ex-president’s incarceration was the catalyst, but the causes of unrest have long been bubbling. And things will get worse if he gets his ...
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    Think African Podcast Ep5: We belong here

    By Think African
    July 2, 2021
    African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the ...
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    SocietySouth AfricaThink African Podcast

    Think African Podcast Ep 4: Why we occupy

    By Think African
    June 22, 2021
    African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African ...
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  • CultureEditor's PicksSocietySouth Africa

    What does it mean to decolonise BDSM? 

    By Thandiwe Ntshinga
    May 21, 2021
    “It’s not about race, it’s about slavery” One afternoon in 2018, while standing with my forehead against the wall of my bedroom in Johannesburg, ...
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    “What this generation wants”: African authors publishing direct to the web

    By Derick Matsengarwodzi
    April 1, 2021
    Southern African writers are publishing books through Facebook and Whatsapp that speak directly to readers’ lives . Is this the future or a fad? ...
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  • Editor's PicksSocietySouth Africa

    South Africa: Meet the queer vloggers taking back the narrative

    By Grant Andrews
    March 4, 2021
    Faced with misrepresentation in the mainstream media, queer influencers are telling their own stories and creating communities on YouTube. Speaking directly into the camera ...
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  • President Cyril Ramaphosa of South African with President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe in 2019. Credit: GCIS.
    EconomyPoliticsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

    Can South Africa come to Zimbabwe’s rescue by ending “quiet diplomacy”?

    By Ian Scoones
    February 1, 2021
    Western diplomats’ holier-than-thou rhetoric is unlikely to help. South Africa can be more understanding, sensitive and practical. Zimbabwe’s worsening economic and political crises seem ...
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  • ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule (third from left) at at the 40th commemoration of Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu. Credit: : GCIS. south africa corruption
    PoliticsSouth Africa

    Down but not out: Corruption in South Africa and the arrest of ANC’s no. 2

    By James Hamill
    January 12, 2021
    If convicted, Ace Magashule’s political career could be over. If acquitted, he could become politically indestructible. It is tempting to view the arrest warrant ...
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  • President Cyril Ramaphosa receiving a consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: GCIS.
    Covid-19South Africa

    COVID-19: The state cannot save us

    By Andries du Toit & Diana Mitlin
    June 9, 2020
    South Africa’s biomedical response has been exemplary, but it has failed to mobilise social movements essential for tackling public health crises. Read all our ...
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