Roger Southall is professor of sociology and research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. His publications include Democracy in Africa: Moving Beyond a Difficult Legacy (Human Sciences Research Programme, 2005); (edited with Henning Melber) Legacies of Power: Leadership Change and Former Presidents in African Politics (IPG, 2006); (co-edited with John Daniel) Zunami! The 2009 South African Elections (Jacana, 2009); and, as co-editor, several editions of the annual "state of the nation" survey of South Africa.
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa's massacre: peeling the onionThe shooting dead of striking miners by armed police at Marikana exposes hard truths about post-apartheid South...
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa's political duel: Zuma vs Malema
South Africa's president has outgunned his young, ambitious rival and cleared the road to re-election. But the...
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa’s media: the Zimbabwe precedent
South Africa’s liberation from apartheid promised, as one of democracy’s essential supports, a climate of media...
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Published in: HomeJacob Zuma: a year of drift
The South African president’s achievement on his anniversary in power is to leave his country rudderless and his...
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