Herman Mashaba’s xenophobic legacy
The outgoing mayor’s tweet about the arrest statistics of migrants in Johannesburg over four years displays both his bigotry and a misunderstanding of how crime and policing work.
Mmusi Maimane
Will the DA become an anglicised FF+?
With the resignation of its top leaders, values are swiftly shifting for South Africa’s main opposition party, reinforcing perceptions that it cannot abide black people in power.
Cartoon | Pale shadow
In this week’s cartoon, the DA looks like an uncomfortable home for many of its black leaders.
Cartoon | Colonial Legacy
In this week’s cartoon by Carlos, former Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille makes a dramatic return in an effort to restore the party’s core values.
Opposition parties slug it out
In the last weekend before elections, the two largest opposition parties, the DA and EFF, reminded voters of their respective manifesto promises. United on ANC corruption, they are poles apart on almost everything else.