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Aubrey Matshiqi

Aubrey Matshiqi is a Research Fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation – an organisation that promotes liberal constitutional democracy in South Africa - matshiqi@yahoo.com

political insight

Marikana tragedy may well be turning point in battle for ANC presidency

Is the Marikana tragedy a turning point in the battle for the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC)? Specifically, is the tragedy a turning point for President Jacob Zuma? If it is, will former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema...

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

14 Sep 12

POLITICAL INSIGHT

Lead-up to Mangaung exciting South Africa’s popular imagination

In October, if things go according to schedule, the African National Congress (ANC) will officially start the leadership nominations process, two months before its fifty-third national conference.

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

17 Aug 12

POLITICAL INSIGHT

No radicalism in ANC policy proposals

The national policy conference of the African National Congress (ANC) has come and gone. What should we make of the policy proposals that were adopted, and was the conference more or less about leadership preferences than it was about changing the...

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

13 Jul 12

POLITICAL INSIGHT

Reflections on The Spear saga

It is 23:54. Two-and-a-half hours ago, I arrived from the University of Cape Town (UCT), where I was part of a panel discussion on the controversial painting depicting the genitals of President Jacob Zuma, The Spear. I could have written this...

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

15 Jun 12

Political Insight

Criminalisation of the State

Last month, not for the first time, I wrote in another publication about what I call the ‘Deep State’. In the article, I explained that the Deep State comes into being when there is a confluence of political, business, intelligence and...

By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

18 May 12

Political Insight

SA’s leadership crisis reaches beyond the political realm

How is the decision to suspend African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president, Julius Malema, on top of the decision to expel him, going to impact on internal party unity and cohesion in the periods leading up to the June policy...

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

20 Apr 12

Political Insight

Was the ANC sold a dummy during Codesa?

In its discussion document, The Second Transition? – Building a National Democratic Society and the Balance of Forces in 2012, the African National Congress (ANC) maintains: “. . . despite the progress made [since 1994], and despite our status...

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

23 Mar 12

POLITICAL INSIGHT

Youth League now unlikely to influence ANC leadership, policy battles

With the appeals committee having upheld Malema’s conviction by the disciplinary committee of the ANC on charges of bringing the party into disrepute and sowing division, will the Youth League be able to play a critical role in policy and...

By: Aubrey Matshiqi

27 Feb 12

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Mangaung Polokwane Morogoro Sharpville	Jacob Zuma Julius Malema Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe Thabo Masebe Tokyo Sexwale Ian Smith Joshua Nkomo Oliver Tambo Gcina Malindi Muzi Sikhakhane Richard Mdluli	Fracturing	South Africa Tanzania United States
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