What the end of sole ANC rule means for South Africa
Election day on 29 May was a tumultuous, wonderful day for South Africa. 30 years of corruption and ruin under…
Beware South Africa’s rising star
South Africa’s new villain
The real reasons for South Africa’s riots
Sixty-eight years ago, when I was four, my Scottish father and English mother took me from London to South Africa,…
What's behind the South African riots?
South Africa is ablaze once more. In the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) and Gauteng (which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria),…
The long death of South Africa’s political centre
Cape Town Last Sunday, when South Africa beat Wales to go through to the rugby World Cup final against England,…
The students tearing down Cecil Rhodes’s statue are still upholding his legacy
Protesting students in Cape Town may disdain the statue of Cecil Rhodes, yet they do not reject his legacy
The grim state of South Africa one year after Nelson Mandela
One year after Mandela’s death, the situation in South Africa is as bleak as it has been since the arrival of democracy
