… This was boldly depicted in the ‘African Renaissance’ – the cultural, scientific and economic renewal of the continent championed by former president Thabo Mbeki. …
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Felix Mbeki
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- February 2018
… It was a palace coup, very similar to the one Zuma had overseen when Thabo Mbeki was removed from office 10 years ago in September 2008. …
Zuma Finally Falls On His Sword… The will to believe this is surprisingly strong given that loyal ANC members have seen the party’s fairly radical programme of 1994 replaced first with strict fiscal controls under Thabo Mbeki and then with all-out looting under Zuma. …
South Africans Are Trying To Decode Cyril Ramaphosa (And Getting It Wrong)
Opinion
Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality
The News
An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.
Why it matters
Opinion analysis of Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation mentality examines governance patterns affecting national political trajectory.
26 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Sunday 26 April
Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality
An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.
26 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Friday 13 March
South African government delays R700,000 damages payment to conservationist
Conservationist Fred Daniel won a R306-million damages award against South Africa's government in September 2025 for state-sponsored persecution, but the office of the state attorney delayed paying his R700,000 in taxed costs for six months until asset seizure was threatened. The government has announced an appeal against the judgment despite the defendant agency stating it cannot afford the legal fees.
13 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Thursday 5 March
Mosiuoa Lekota's legacy beyond apartheid struggle honored
The Namibian's analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota, who died on Wednesday, argues that his role in forming the Congress of the People in 2008 was equally vital to his anti-apartheid activism. By breaking the ANC's political dominance, Cope's 1.3 million votes prevented Zuma's government from securing a two-thirds majority, shifted South African politics from racial to policy-based competition, and inspired the formation of other parties including the EFF and ActionSA, fundamentally changing the country's democratic trajectory.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →
South African former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota dies at 77
Mosiuoa Lekota, a prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who served as South Africa's defence minister and ANC chairperson before founding the rival Congress of the People party, has died after a period of illness. He was imprisoned on Robben Island during apartheid and broke from the ANC in 2008 over corruption concerns.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →