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Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump, greets supporters during a campaign rally at The Expo, World Market Centre, in Las Vegas, on September 13. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How Trump’s demagoguery fuels the global rise of xenophobia and political intolerance

The US presidential candidate’s blatant racism and conspiracy theories help drive right-wing politics globally

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Elections prove that the left needs renewed vision

If we don’t have a credible left party on the ballot in the next elections, it will put our democracy in danger and we will not be able to solve our social crisis

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read