Posts by Steven Friedman
#BookClub: Why South Africans are Prisoners of the Past
South African democracy is limited not because its governing elite has changed too much but because it has been unwilling or unable...
Why liberalism in South Africa is not only for white people
Stephen Friedman discusses the interaction between political ideology and race in South Africa, where prominent figures within the Democratic Alliance have labelled to remove leader...
Why new South African law won’t end the toxic mix of...
Can the Political Party Funding Act end South Africa’s ‘captured’ politics? Steven Friedman gives a candid analysis of the murky links between politicians and...
The problem of leadership in Africa
Is the biggest problem facing democracy in Africa leadership? And is so, why? In this exclusive blog for Democracy in Africa, Steven Friedman, one...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?