South Africa After the Vote: What Is Political Power For? Opinion South Africa’s 2026 local government elections have reshaped the political landscape, raising urgent questions about accountability, coalition politics and the future of democracy. As parties negotiate power, the real test lies beyond election results: will political leaders put communities’ needs above political interests and turn democratic promises into meaningful change? Paula Assubuji
About this Dossier This Dossier unpacks how the language of genocide, victimhood, and humanitarian rescue is being weaponised to protect privilege and to reverse or retard struggles for equality and justice. It examines how whiteness is presented as vulnerability, how demands for equality are recast as threat and historical accountability as discrimination, and how this is happening at the expense of the many who are excluded from protection, recognition, and redress. The Dossier seeks to make these dynamics visible and expose the dangers they pose. In doing so, it hopes to contribute to political analysis, public engagement, and activism for human rights and social justice in South Africa and beyond.
Between the bulldozer and the bathroom: How to read gender-based violence against women and children in South African media
Violent crime and the myth of South Africa’s ‘white genocide’ Murder and armed robbery affect everyone living in South Africa – to say otherwise suggests a worrying ideological agenda.
AfriForum’s Racial Hoax Shapes American Foreign Policy on South Africa This article situates the moment within South Africa’s longer history of racial hoaxes and moral panics, revealing how old myths have been repackaged in and through contemporary international far-right white networks and politics. Mandisi Majavu
