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A mixed response to Kasrils’s call to South African voters
JOHN HAYLETT examines the political reaction to the veteran anti-apartheid activist’s rejection of the African National Congress
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
Former intelligence services minister Ronnie Kasrils grabbed the headlines this week, telling South Africa’s voters not to back the ANC in next month’s general election.
Kasrils joined former deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, ex-Gauteng provincial Communist Party (SACP) leader Vishwas Satgar and ex-SACP spokesman Mazibuko Jara in launching their Vukani! Sidikiwe! (Wake up! We are fed up!) campaign at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
They called on voters to either spoil their ballot on May 7 or to vote “tactically” for a smaller opposition party, of which there is no shortage.
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