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Highly favoured: Patrice Motsepe represents the “ideal” independent leader, observes the writer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Let the people decide who becomes President

For decades, South Africans have longed for a deeper expression of popular agency, not just through protests but by choosing the person who occupies the country’s highest office

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Life president: NRM Presidential Candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, together with the First Lady Maama Janet Museveni, arrive at Buziga Islamic School grounds, Makindye Division, to kick off election campaigns. Photo: National Resistance Movement

Africa 2026: polls sans choice, jobs

In addition, some of the continent’s wars show little sign of resolution

  • Eyaaz
7 min read