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Will South Africa’s new coalition gov’t change tack on Israel-Palestine?

As the new government includes parties neutral about Israel’s war on Gaza, ANC insists it will still support Palestine.

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Ramaphosa re-elected as South African leader after historic coalition deal

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has won a second term in office after being re-elected by lawmakers with 283 votes.

Radio France Internationale

Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as South Africa’s president

Leader gets second term after winning vote just hours after ANC and Democratic Alliance agreed coalition deal

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Ramaphosa re-elected president, South Africa await details of unity government

South Africa had its first parliamentary session after its historic seventh election where the ANC lost its majority rule. The coalition government as it stands has the ANC joining forces with the opposition DA and the smaller IFP as well as relative newcomers the Patriotic Alliance.

France 24

South Africa’s Ramaphosa elected president, but coalition allies hold veto

An 11th hour deal between the ANC and traditional rivals has led to the country’s first coalition government.

Al Jazeera

South Africa: last-minute negotiations as Ramaphosa faces deadline for presidency deal

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa looks set to form a government of national unity (GNU) with four other allied parties when South Africa’s parliament meets tomorrow for the first time after the recent election.

The Conversation

South Africa’s ANC wants a national unity government: What is it?

The ruling ANC is avoiding a coalition government with any one opposition group as it faces its toughest challenge yet.

Al Jazeera

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Race to form South Africa’s next government: Who will the ANC ally with?

The governing party has a range of potential partners. But early negotiations suggest that no deal would be easy.

Al Jazeera

South Africa’s Ramaphosa calls for unity after his ANC loses majority

The African National Congress has lost the country’s elections for the first time in 30 years.

Al Jazeera

‘Bond’s gone woke!’ Charlie Higson on the row around his ‘metrosexual’ 007

When Charlie Higson published a new Bond novel last year, online critics accused him of turning 007 into a ‘woke, libtard snowflake’ ... But he has always been a complicated character, argues the author

The Guardian - UK

South Africa Hostel Residents Lose Faith In The Vote

Pacing along the dark corridors of a rundown five-storey building in Johannesburg's crime-ridden township of Alexandra, Duduzile Mthembu says she has been trying to persuade young residents to vote.

International Business Times

South Africans go to the polls to choose a new government: what’s different this time

South Africa’s seventh general election since democracy in 1994, set for 29 May 2024, takes place under circumstances different from any other election in the history of the nation. Some view the hotly contested national and provincial elections as a watershed moment for the country. We asked political scientist Dirk…

The Conversation

Early voting begins in South African elections that could spell end of ANC dominance

Early voting began in South Africa's general election Monday, as those who must work on polling day or who have special needs were given a chance to cast their ballots in a poll that could see the end of the political dominance of the African National Congress (ANC), 30 years…

France 24

South Africa Opposition Parties Unite To Challenge ANC

Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party campaign to challenge ANC dominance in upcoming South African elections.

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Al Jazeera

Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election?

Zuma’s MK party is gaining in polls while ANC support slips. But is he still as influential outside the ruling party?

Al Jazeera

Why South Africa’s opposition may struggle to unseat the ruling ANC

Despite the ANC facing possible voter decline this election, analysts say the opposition is splintered and disorganised.

Al Jazeera

‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked out apartheid

Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reflects on April 27, 1994 and the lessons from the transition from apartheid to democracy.

Al Jazeera

‘We share with rats’: Neglect, empty promises for S African hostel-dwellers

Built to house a male workforce under apartheid, hostels are now overcrowded, decaying and largely ignored by the state.

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Can Jacob Zuma and his MK party unseat the ANC in South Africa’s election?

Backed by the controversial ex-president, uMkhonto weSizwe is challenging the ruling ANC in Zuma’s home province.

International Business Times

Inkatha Launches South Africa Vote Campaign In Zulu Heartland

South Africa's opposition Inkatha Freedom Party gathered a huge crowd of supporters for the spectacular launch of its general election campaign on Sunday, filling a stadium in the heartland of its Zulu base.

The Guardian - UK

Mangosuthu Buthelezi obituary

Powerful figure in apartheid-era South Africa whose Inkatha Freedom party clashed with the ANC

The Conversation

Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa's history

Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South African leaders who influenced the transition from the white minority apartheid regime to a society under a democratically elected government.

The Independent UK

Controversial South African political figure and Zulu minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies at 95

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the death of controversial South African politician and traditional minister of the Zulu ethnic group Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi at the age of 95

Al Jazeera

South African play revives complex stories of women in apartheid era

Isidlamlilo is a one-woman play on untold angles of black-on-black violence in South African townships during apartheid.

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