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SOUTH AFRICAN political parties have a fortnight to agree on coalition arrangements in a number of municipalities or submit to fresh elections after final results for last Wednesday’s polls were reported on Saturday.
The results made grim reading for the African National Congress (ANC) although a majority, 53 per cent, of voters backed the former liberation movement across the country.
But the ANC has lost control of key metropolitan areas — Nelson Mandela Bay, which includes Port Elizabeth, Tshwane around Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, formerly known as the East Rand, and the largest city Johannesburg.
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa
The shared path of the South African Communist Party and the ANC to the ballot box has found itself at a junction. SABINA PRICE reports
SALEEM BADAT and VASU REDDY introduce a new book about an outstanding interpreter of the world, and an activist scholar committed to changing society
The charter emerged from a profoundly democratic process where people across South Africa answered ‘What kind of country do we want?’ — but imperial backlash and neoliberal compromise deferred its deepest transformations, argues RONNIE KASRILS