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In for a penny: South African musician and politician Papa Penny and Zuma, founder of uMkhonto weSizwe, at the party’s rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto last weekend. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

DJ Mahoota: The rise of ‘Come Duze’ and the intersection of music and politics in South Africa

Artists’ alignment has evolved since 1994, reflecting changing dynamics in politics

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Presidential candidate Thabo Mbeki waves to supporters while campaigning near Cape Town, South Africa. | Location: near Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by © Louise Gubb/CORBIS SABA/Corbis via Getty Images)

FROM THE ARCHIVES | 1999 elections: Weighty win a comfort or a threat?

The size of the ANC’s electoral victory need not be an issue of burning concern

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Knife edge: Voters sing while they wait to make their crosses at a voting station on 27 April 1994 in Lindelani, in what was then Natal. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Image)

30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: The 1994 elections had no mapping, no voters roll, but lots of goodwill

The first democratic election was touch and go until six days before the 27 April 1994 poll

  • Eyaaz
6 min read