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[BOOK REVIEW] 'Spoilt Ballots' lifts the on South Africa's electoral dysfunction

Bondelswarts: Dying for their freedom

One hundred years ago, a multiracial band of freedom fighters in the arid hinterland north of the Gariep River in modern-day Namibia were finally crushed by SA’s Union Defence Force. The Bondelswarts should never be forgotten

It's right to celebrate Freedom Day but the day we requ...

We forget that in the five years leading up to South Africa’s first election, 17,425 people were killed in political violence.

Spoilt Ballots: The Elections that Shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril – Matthew Blackman & Nick Dall

If you paid even a moment’s attention during high-school history lessons, you probably know that 1910 brought about the Union of South Africa, that the 1948 general election ushered in apartheid, and that the Rainbow Nation was born when Madiba triumphed in the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. Spoilt Ballots  dishes the dirt on these pivotal events in our history. But it also sheds light on a dozen lesser-known contests, starting with the assassination of King Shaka in 1828 and ending with the anointing of President Cyril at Nasrec in 2017.

How 200 years of election dysfunction helped shape Sout...

Trade unionist Clements Kadalie, anti-apartheid activist Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool and journalist John Fairbairn were highlighted as among the memorable people mentioned in ‘Spoilt Ballots’, a new book by Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall.

The nation finding peace underwater

For many South Africans, the quiet and calmness that can be found in the water – one of the rare places with few, if any, human-related threats – has been transformational.

We should be treating our neighbours the way we want them to treat us

Xenophobia, like the racism of 100 years ago, is no quick fix for protecting jobs, writes S'thembiso Msomi.

The coelacanth: apartheid's fishy tale

Last week the Comoros soccer team, The Coelacanths, shocked the sporting world by knocking four-times Afcon champions Ghana out of the tournament. Why are they called The Coelacanths, and what does former SA prime minister DF Malan have to do with it?

The Foulest Cape: A tour of SA's most scandalous places

Researching 350 years of corruption in SA, Nick Dall was struck by how many Cape attractions have been at the centre of our biggest scandals

Noseweek 251 An irreverent history of corruption in SA from VOC to ANC