More news updates and insights from South Africa!
With huge local elections approaching on May 18th, much of the news has focused on the countless races across the country. This article delves into some national polling data to show most the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance as the obvious front-runners in almost all municipalities. A two-party system developing in another country?
On a more polemical note, here is a trenchant critique of contemporary South Africa and the "hollowness" of the current democratic system. Can you imagine something so inflammatory being published in a mainstream US newspaper?
The following is a short commemoration of Andries Tatane. Tatane was murdered by police at a service delivery protest in Ficksburg, Free State. His death was caught on camera. Hence, the story has been huge news in the past few weeks. The article goes on to point out that the number of police brutality cases have been spiking in recent years...
Finally, here is an interesting editorial about the diminishing importance of African languages in the public consciousness. From my observations, it seems as if the author is correct. English or Afrikaans are seen, regrettably, as the more professional and/or intellectual of languages. This is evidenced by the fact that no SA university offers courses (outside of language classes) in any of the country's nine, official indigenous languages (at least not to my knowledge).
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