South Africa

Ivan Lewis says the move to end aid will leave a "bitter taste".

Labour accuses Tories of reviving memories of apartheid with South Africa aid decision

By George Eaton - 01 May 9:00

Ivan Lewis says the move to end aid will leave a "bitter taste", comparing it to the Tories' decision to oppose sanctions on apartheid South Africa.

Zuma and Vavi in 2006. Photograph: Getty Images

Zuma’s final battle for control of the ANC

By Martin Plaut - 23 April 12:27

The power struggle between President Zuma and trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi is a prelude to a battle for wider control of the political landscape.

Oscar Pistorius, ready to race. Photograph: Getty Images

The Oscar Pistorius case: history written on a woman’s body

By Hedley Twidle - 07 March 6:50

The Oscar Pistorius affair has exposed the fragility of South Africa’s post-apartheid settlement.

Mamphela Ramphele announcing the birth of the Agang party Photograph: Getty

Is the ANC's dominance ending?

By Tim Wigmore - 20 February 12:49

The creation of a new political party in South Africa is the latest sign of the ANC's problems.

South African ex-Interpol head Jackie Selebi. Photograph: Getty Images

Cocaine – the South Africa connection

By Martin Plaut - 12 February 11:37

South Africa has become a major transit-point for the drugs trade, some of which is destined for Britain.

Jacob Zuma is attempting to secure re-election

Militant Tendency sends shivers through South Africa

By Martin Plaut - 09 November 11:49

The group expelled from the UK Labour Party by Neil Kinnock in 1983 has surprising echoes in a row erupting in South Africa's ANC.

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Apartheid didn’t die in South Africa

By John Pilger - 20 September 6:23

The racist theory of “separate development” has followed a line that runs from De Beers’s earliest monopolies to Marikana today. It is inspired by a global order of “free markets” upheld by force.

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