Politics & Society Dispatches
Anthony EganMay 14, 2020A senior opposition leader said that the lockdown—aimed not to prevent the spread of Covid-19 but to give the health services a window to prepare for it—was now doing more harm than good.
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Anthony EganApril 28, 2020The national coronavirus lockdown has translated into a sharp increase in levels of poverty and malnutrition in South Africa. Because of that emerging suffering, some are already beginning to wonder if the nationwide restrictions are doing more harm than good.
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Anthony EganApril 08, 2020The national measures being taken against the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa are unprecedented and are considered among the strictest in the world.
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Anthony EganMay 20, 2019Though the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) has won the South African elections, it has done so with a dwindling support of the popular vote.
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South Africa is seeing a spike in protests. Will the government finally address economic inequality?
Anthony EganOctober 29, 2018While a new black middle class has emerged, while the politically connected got rich, some even becoming billionaires, the vast majority of South Africans remain poor.
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Anthony EganJuly 20, 2018In Johannesburg, Obama gave what some commentators consider his most important speech since he vacated the Oval Office.
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Anthony EganApril 04, 2018The “struggle era” in South Africa is ending.
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Anthony EganFebruary 15, 2018The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference welcomed the resignation as “long overdue.”
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Anthony EganJanuary 26, 2018There have been warning signs for decades; now South Africa’s second-biggest city is racing to prevent a drought from throttling the economy and causing social unrest.
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Anthony EganDecember 18, 2017Although Mr. Ramaphosa is a relatively acceptable leader of the A.N.C. in the eyes of some opposition parties, his economic stance will put him in tension with the populist left Economic Freedom Fighters and many trade unions.