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At the launch of his political party, ‘Change Starts Now’, last year, Roger Jardine said he would soon be asking the public for policy suggestions.

In the upcoming South African elections, the Multi-Party Charter (MPC) lacks substantive policies beyond generic goals.

The upcoming national and provincial elections in South Africa may mark a turning point in post-1994 history.

The national and provincial elections next year could be a watershed in our post-1994 history. There is a good chance that the African National Congress (ANC) will obtain slightly below 50 percent at the national level and that three of the nine provinces – Western Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal, will be in the hands of the opposition.

Next year will mark a hundred years since the National Party gained a foothold in government as part of a coalition with the South African Labour Party, which represented white worker interests. This means that for the most part of the century since that time, South Africa will have been under the rule of first white, and then black nationalists.

Moeletsi Mbeki, in a recent lecture and article, reflected on a century of rule by nationalist parties in South Africa.

The South African government's plans to reconfigure the state have raised questions about their precise meaning, scale, and timing.

South Africa is bumbling along from one foreign policy mess to another.

South Africa's foreign policy has become a minefield of contradictions that risk isolating the nation from Western trade partners and allies.

Jonathan Katzenellenbogen discusses the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, highlighting the potential risks and consequences.