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Is Julius Malema the new Nelson Mandela?

How a radical leader with a checkered past is winning voters away from the party of Nelson Mandela and inspiring a new kind of politics

The trouble with South Africa’s new political order

As the gap between rich and poor widens, popular dissatisfaction—and with it dissent—is rising

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No grease for a squeaky wheel

The African National Congress (ANC) suspended the outspoken president of its youth league for five years

Preacher in the court

South Africa appoints a preacher to the court

South Africa’s newest chief justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, is a controversial pastor with some very divisive views

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Jacob Zuma: not so rotten after all

South Africa’s new president is proving his critics wrong