“Remember one thing as South Africa prepares to go to the polls this week and the world grapples with the ascendancy of… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence,… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
Even if Zuma was to develop the authoritarian impulses of a Mugabe, he would be checked—not least by his own party, which set a… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
“This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric, was wrong,… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism. — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
“Remember one thing as South Africa prepares to go to the polls this week and the world grapples with the ascendancy of the African… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image