The Farce of Electoral Reform in South Africa

The History of an Image of Hanging

This is a podcast which was produced under another name is of the history of an image of a hanging that took place in Rhodesia in 1896 at the time of the First Chimurenga (or Matabele Uprising). The image appeared in a book by Olive Scheiner, 'Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland' and in a court case against Cecil Rhodes. It comprises interviews with Prof Paul Walters and Brian Willan. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Farce of Electoral Reform in South Africa

An Electoral Amendment Bill is currently in South Africa's parliament. But is it going to change our democracy for the better? With the help of Prof Roger Southall, Prof William Gumede, Prof Dirk Kotze and Ebrahim Fakir we look at the history of our system, its failings and the hope for a better more accountable system. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Angola is Going to the Polls

To many it might seem bizarre that Angola’s UNITA party, under the leadership of Adalberto Costa Junior, could win the upcoming election on 24 August. UNITA is often seen outside of Angola as simply the organization that was supported by South Africa’s apartheid regime during Angola’s 27-year civil war. A war that ended in 2002 with the killing of UNITA’s Jonas Savimbi. But a poll in July run by the Mudei Civic Movement, a citizen-based election monitoring group, found that UNITA and its United Patriotic Alliance had 50.3% support across the country. Trailing well behind was the governing MPLA with only 27.9%. Matthew Blackman interviews Prof Justin Pearce and Claudio Silva about the upcoming Angolan Elections ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.