Saturday, 25 May 2019
The victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far right coalition signals dangerous times ahead for millions who fall into the minority, particularly Muslims and Dalits.
A letter purportedly proving that a high-level meeting took place in 2003 to discuss Jacob Zuma’s prosecution is the latest twist in the former president’s appeal for a permanent stay of prosecution.
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he is the victim of a ‘pattern of behaviour’ that has made his name synonymous with corruption, while Zuma takes pot shots at Cyril Ramaphosa.
Durban mayor Zandile Gumede and her cronies present accumulating private wealth from the public purse as “radical economic transformation”. But corruption charges against the mayor could bring positive change for shack dwellers, street traders and flat dwellers – those most opposed to her.
eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede is facing charges of fraud, racketeering and corruption that implicate 62 city councillors. But how did she rise to such a powerful position?
The families of those killed in the Sharpeville massacre are tired of government using them to round up votes come elections and neglecting the town outside of Human Rights Day.
Volunteers at polling stations, although disappointed with xenophobic campaigning, praised the vote’s accountability and transparency – and the lack of an army presence on 8 May.
Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has been taken to court after government failed to alert the public about its plan to weaken South Africa’s SO₂ emission standard.
A militant call to boycott elections resulted in empty polling booths in Kashmir, a clear warning to Delhi and pro-India political parties in the state that the people want change.
Some of the families of those who died at the hands of the apartheid government have turned to the state capture inquiry to investigate political interference in their TRC cases.
Evictions, floods and municipal uncertainty have made life even more difficult than usual for the residents of the Gabon shack settlement in Ekurhuleni. They wonder what’s next.
There is very little trace of political campaigning in Wupperthal, a village in the region where the wild rooibos grows and where descendants of the Khoi people who first inhabited this land live.
The recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal destroyed ID documents along with homes, leaving residents displaced and trying to rebuild their houses and lives instead of voting.
Amid the continued distress over the demarcation of the Limpopo town, many choose abstention in protest against the poor services and lack of jobs in the area.
Despite poor living conditions and feeling let down by the government, voters in the northern Joburg township still made their mark in the hope that jobs and houses will follow.
Voters struggled to exercise their democratic right as power failures delayed polling stations opening in the Joburg township that, even on voting day, was piled high with rubbish.
Land occupiers east of Joburg declined to vote after metro police burnt their shacks and belongings, including IDs. Others there voted, still hoping for change despite their fears.
Basic services such as clean water provision and rubbish removal have become erratic in Makhanda. Disgruntled residents speak of voting for parties other than the ANC come 8 May.
A number of those who defected to the National Freedom Party have returned to the IFP, something on which IFP councillor Thinasonke Ntombela says the party will be capitalising.
Unemployed and despondent, young people in the Eastern Cape are looking for alternatives when it comes to casting their vote, all in the hope of a better life.
Solly Mapaila gave three key reasons why his party remains allied to the ANC, despite significant organisations of the working class and the poor breaking with the ruling party.