South Africa’s election results present 3 options for government: all are fraught with danger: South Africans do not have a deep culture of coalitions. There have been a few coalitions at provincial and municipal levels but most of these were quite unstable. The outcome of the 2024 national election up-ended 30 years of electoral dominance …
South Africa’s role as host of the BRICS summit is fraught with dangers. A guide to who is in the group, and why it exists: Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the 14th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime …
Post-election pact failure: echoes of fraught history between South Africa’s ANC and Inkatha: South African president Cyril Ramaphosa (L) is congratulated by leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party Mangosuthu Buthelezi (R) after being elected president of South Africa during the swearing in of new members of the National Assembly. Nic Bothma South Africa’s governing party …
Marriages of inconvenience: the fraught politics of coalitions in South Africa: Former Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip, from the DA, third from left, and his deputy Mongameli Bobani, from the UDM, extreme right, help clean up a street in 2017. by Werner Hills/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images The popularity of the African National Congress (ANC), which …
South Africa in the news: Perils of deregulating energy: Texas blackouts a snapshot of the fraught future of an unbundled Eskom: In February 2021, the US was hit by a massive winter storm. Texas, unused to extreme cold weather and which had undergone decades of deregulation, was overwhelmed and its electricity grid collapsed.: “South Africa” …
No blockbusters: how COVID-19 has worsened the fraught relationship between cinemas and distributors: Cineworld also operates Picturehouse's independent cinemas. Meantime Media/Shutterstock To add an additional shade of darkness to the current cloud of gloom over the country, cinema operator Cineworld announced that it would be temporarily closing all of its cinemas in the UK. Close …
Music and trauma – why the two have a fraught relationship: Stokkete/Shutterstock It was perhaps inevitable, as the world went into lockdown, that a range of musical works about COVID-19 would begin to appear. In May, the America composer David Serkin Ludwig wrote All the Rage for solo violin, which ends with the violinist screaming. …
Passion play: the often fraught history of the theatre and Christianity: During Holy Week – the run-up to Easter – theatrical versions of religious narratives abound. Across the world, countless church groups present Easter plays, people join processions and stage tableaux – and since 2010, and come rain or shine, a troupe called the Wintershall …