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  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the South African National Defence Force ahead of the lockdown in response to the coronavirus in South Africa. Credit: GCIS.
    Covid-19South Africa

    South Africa’s xenophobic agenda is impeding its coronavirus response

    By Khangelani Moyo & Franzisca Zanker
    April 9, 2020
    COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate based on citizenship. That the government continues to is even more reckless than usual. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Across the ...
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  • A Vote ANC banner flies in the skies. Credit: Paul Saad.
    EconomyPoliticsSouth Africa

    Elite ANC politics has failed. South Africa needs a “politics of the people”

    By Martin Plaut
    November 15, 2019
    India’s liberation experience shows us the importance of differentiating between elites and subordinates, rather than just looking at race. After a quarter century under ...
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  • Afrophobia: President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the National Assembly after being re-elected in May 2019. Credit: Jairus Mmutle/GCIS
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    Afrophobia is growing in South Africa. Why? Its leaders are feeding it.

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    Across virtually all the parties, leaders have stoked anti-immigrant sentiment for political gain. This article was made possible by the generous “supporter” subscribers of ...
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    In South Africa, a trans inmate fought the state in court. And won.

    By Nigel Patel
    October 2, 2019
    A ground-breaking ruling in favour of a trans inmate challenges South Africa’s discriminatory status quo.  On the 23rd of September, the South African Equality ...
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    Africa Insiders: The loophole used to censor M&G and how it got around it

    By Africa Insiders
    September 25, 2019
                        The essentials: After publishing an investigation into the involvement of convicted fraudster Njock Ajuk Eyong ...
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  • A march against xenophobia following attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa back in 2015. Credit: GCIS.
    NigeriaPoliticsSocietySouth Africa

    Xenophobic attacks: Why the official outrage from Nigeria this time?

    By Cheta Nwanze
    September 19, 2019
    After repeated xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the Nigerian government response has typically been muted. Why was this time different? Earlier this month, a ...
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  • South Africa's now partially banned apartheid era flag. Credit: Wikicommons.
    Africa InsidersSouth Africa

    Insiders Insight: Flying apartheid flag is hate speech rules South Africa

    By Africa Insiders
    August 27, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • Africa InsidersSouth Africa

    Insiders Insight: Unrepentant Jacob Zuma claims he’s victim of a plot

    By Africa Insiders
    July 16, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • Makoma Lekalakala was the joint winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2018. Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize.
    SocietySouth Africa

    Why the activist who stopped a $76-billion nuclear deal is still fighting

    By Pablo L. Orosa
    June 11, 2019
    Makoma Lekalakala says the campaign against nuclear is ongoing and that water may be the next front in South Africa’s environmental struggle. As Makoma ...
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  • South Africa results: ANC supporters dance on Election Day in Khayelitsha. Credit: Martin Plaut.
    PoliticsSouth Africa

    South Africa election shakes major parties but little more

    By Martin Plaut
    May 10, 2019
    The results from the 8 May general elections suggest the ruling ANC and main opposition DA retain widespread, if reluctant, support. Khayelitsha is the ...
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