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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.
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    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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    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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    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 AfricaTop story

    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 AfricaTop story

    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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  • South Africa plans to introduce Kiswahili to schools in 2020. Credit: Steven Tan.
    Living in TranslationSouth Africa

    Hope, promise and folly: What South Africa’s embrace of Kiswahili means

    By Sisonke Msimang
    May 7, 2019
    South Africa’s relationship with the rest of Africa is often conflicted. The decision to teach Kiswahili in schools gives a glimpse into what could ...
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  • Former mayor of Port Elizabeth Athol Trollip at a Democratic Alliance rally in East London. Credit: Martin Plaut.
    PoliticsSouth AfricaTop story

    “The main thing is a job”: The battle for South Africa’s swing city

    By Martin Plaut
    May 7, 2019
    Control of most areas is unlikely to change following the elections, but Port Elizabeth has switched hands recently and could do again. This is ...
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  • Will opposition parties like he Democratic Alliance be able to pick up disenchanted rural voters in the South Africa elections? Credit: Martin Plaut.
    PoliticsSouth AfricaTop story

    “They were useless”: What about South Africa’s forgotten rural voters?

    By Martin Plaut
    May 6, 2019
    Attention ahead of the 8 May elections has focused on major cities, but what are voters saying in overlooked rural areas where a third ...
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