insert_link Africa Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town Activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi leads a protest in the documentary Mother City. Screengrab/Mother City By Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk, University of Cape Town A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor. Two women talk in a room, while one […] todayJune 19, 2024 15
insert_link South Africa DA reportedly exploring two options for a coalition government The DA is reportedly exploring two options as coalition talks con-tinue. With the ANC only managing to get 40-percent of the vote and the DA 21.76-percent, the parties could establish a coalition for a joint 60-percent majority. The DA has formed a coalition negotiat-ing team, which includes former party leaders Helen Zille and Tony Leon. According to News24, several sources in the DA say the party is exploring forming […] todayJune 4, 2024 11
insert_link South Africa Multi Party Charter For South Africa denies speaking to Jardine The Multi-Party Charter For South Africa has denied reports that discussions were held with former FirstRand chairperson Roger Jardine about being their presidential candidate. Reportedly, Jardine met with senior leaders from the DA including leader, John Steenhuisen, and Federal Council chairperson, Helen Zille, where they discussed him being the face of the multiparty charter and also the presidential candidate. The charter says that any decision to support a joint presidential […] todayDecember 5, 2023 20