Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe party threatens ANC dominance ahead of elections: Katzenellenbogen
In a political shake-up months before the election, the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party, endorsed by former President Jacob Zuma, is rapidly gaining ground.
In a political shake-up months before the election, the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party, endorsed by former President Jacob Zuma, is rapidly gaining ground.
This year is a significant one for South Africa as it gears up for the elections, and a key factor that has emerged is the ‘Zuma factor’.
Zuma’s essential challenge is – will the real ANC please stand up? Finally the battle for the party’s soul is out in the open.
Southern Africans have a special reason to thank Mikhail Gorbachev. He helped bring apartheid to an end. He did this both directly and indirectly.
The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) says it will form a human barrier around Jacob Zuma, who is expected to be arrested and taken to jail if he does not hand himself in.
Bought as a safe house for anti-Apartheid activists in the 60s, Nic Wolpe is taking on saving Liliesleaf with a funding campaign.
South Africans need to start cutting through decades of ANC propaganda so that they can grasp the real nature of the ANC’s ‘struggle’.
Anthea Jeffery says Trump’s victory suggests that ordinary people are beginning to see through the media’s distortions and want it to go back to its true role.
The way South Africa approaches free speech will determine whether it follows the disaster called Zimbabwe, or manages to arrest the slide and settle into a Kenyan-type future.
Anthea Jeffery thinks the temptation to use violence for political gain is likely to grow: especially so if the police continue to turn a blind eye to coercion from Umkhonto’s supposed veterans.