[News] South Africa’s Youth Are Deserting the Party of Nelson Mandela
Twenty-five years after the African National Congress ended apartheid, it faces being brought down by an increasingly young and urbanized electorate.
[News] Ramaphosa’s Dependence on the Left Stymies South African Reforms
“The wrestling match over the ANC tiller is now essentially between a hard-left faction and aggressive racial nationalist faction all under the supervision of a captain who cannot break the deadlock or inspire a third way,” the Johannesburg-based Centre for Risk Analysis said in a report it gives to clients. Ramaphosa “believes, fatally in our view, that maintaining unity among the crew is a priority,” it said.
[News] 'We are still crying': Anger at poor public services 25 years into SA's democracy
According to the 2019 Socio-Economic Survey published by the Centre for Risk Analysis, a policy research institute, the number of regular houses in SA has increased by a quarter since 1996. The number of people with access to electricity went up by 61%, and access to flushing toilets rose 30%.