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SOUTH AFRICA’S ruling African National Congress cheered the defeat of an opposition bid to impeach President Jacob Zuma yesterday.
The motion supported by the liberal Democratic Alliance (DA) and ANC breakaway group the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was roundly defeated in the National Assembly on Tuesday night by 233 votes to 143.
Opposition MPs shouted insults at the government benches as their manoeuvre fell far short of the two-thirds majority required.
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
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