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As the election looms, recent polls signal a seismic shift in ANC support, falling below 50 percent, a trend unseen since 1994.

Just months before the election, a new party is upending earlier polls and multiplying the coalition possibilities after May 29th. The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party, (MK Party), endorsed by former President Jacob Zuma, could make deep inroads into ANC support in KwaZulu-Natal, and even nationally.

In a political shake-up, the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party, endorsed by former President Jacob Zuma, is rapidly gaining ground.

By a confluence of things that could not have been designed for better effect, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula succeeded spectacularly last week in advertising the governing party’s increasingly baffling search for meaning.

Later this month the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will present a budget against a backdrop of disappointment. The country’s economic growth rate this year is likely to be lower than previously expected, and the budget deficit and public debt will be higher as a share of GDP.

The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has sparked a wider Middle East war, which could yet draw in the world’s major powers and threaten a global conflict.

The Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza has escalated into a broader Middle East war, raising concerns about involvement from major global powers.

The South African government is proud of its activist foreign policy in speaking out on the big international issues of the day. Its case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague last week was applauded here and abroad as a sign that South Africa really cares about the Palestinians and human rights.

Critics argue that South Africa's ICJ case against Israel is more about lawfare than achieving a political settlement.

A Jonathan Katzenellenbogen article prompts Leon Louw's exploration into how a libertarian approach could lead South Africa to prosperity.