/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-11/a-south-africa-where-the-anc-doesn-t-rule-alone

After 30 years of rule by the African National Congress, South Africa is ripe for political change in next month’s elections.

The party of Nelson Mandela that led the fight against apartheid made initial strides in dismantling racist laws, firing up the economy and increasing access to health and education.

But the ANC’s performance over the past decade has been dismal: The economy barely grew as power cuts and logistical snarlups stifled output; the unemployment rate stands at 32%; crime and corruption are endemic.

So it may seem counter-intuitive that the rand tanked when a shock poll showed ANC support falling to 37%, down some 20 percentage points from five years ago — itself the worst result since the end of White minority rule.

The poll’s methodology has been questioned, but most other surveys show the party losing its parliamentary majority on May 29, albeit by a smaller margin.

If these snapshots are accurate, then coalition government looms. That doesn’t bode well if the municipal experience is anything to go by, with several coalition-governed cities suffering halts to water delivery, refuse collection and other basic services as partners wrangle over power.

More worrying for investors is the prospect, however distant, of the ANC allying with the Economic Freedom Fighters party, which proposes nationalizing mines and placing all land in state custodianship. In an interview yesterday, EFF leader Julius Malema indicated that he’s open to joining a government including the ANC.

There are also concerns that the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party backed by discredited former President Jacob Zuma may join any coalition.

Zuma’s time in office was marred by the looting of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds and the systematic hollowing out of state institutions.

If political change is indeed coming for South Africa, then all those clamoring for it need to brace for the turbulence ahead.

>>1831767
https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/A5-EFF-2024-Manifesto-full-version.pdf

Since everyone on leftypol is always most curious on LGBTQIA+ positions:

The EFF affirms and celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) persons and all people of diverse sexual orientations.
The EFF also acknowledges the existence of other evolving acronyms and terms which people use to describe their gender, sexuality, and sex characteristics. Although there has been some progress on LGBTQIA+ equality in South Africa, there is much more to be done as LGBTQIA+ people face a number of challenges in accessing their rights and are vulnerable to discrimination and hate-motivated violence.
The intersection of gender, race, and social class makes LGBTQIA+ persons even more vulnerable to discrimination and hate-motivated violence. With black lesbian women being the most vulnerable to sexual violence, and more specifically to what is called 'corrective rape,' which is a gruesome act of violence against lesbians and queers. LGBTQIA+ persons are often discriminated against in the labour market, in schools, hospitals, and churches, and they are at-risk group for poor mental health.
They experience depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide at a higher level than the general population. Therefore, more aggressive public awareness campaigns aimed at positively changing social norms which declare LGBTQIA+ sexual preferences as abnormal are needed.
The EFF works tirelessly to eliminate the inequalities that LGBTQIA+ people face due to sexual orientation and trans status. In relation to LGBTQIA+, the EFF government will ensure that the following key interventions are made: The EFF government will raise awareness of the specific
needs of LGBTQIA+ people by developing programmes on gender and sexual diversity.
The EFF government will monitor & address homophobic hate crimes and introduce harsher sentences for such crimes.
The EFF government will introduce ‘X’ gender markers in official documents to enable non-binary people to be legally recognized.
The EFF government will provide training to health and social professional staff on LGBTQIA+ identities that address barriers faced due to sexual orientation, trans status; this will extend to the amendment of sex description laws that will empower the Home Affairs department to expedite ID alterations for all applications of transgender people.
The EFF government will ensure LGBTQIA+ people have equal access to public services.
The EFF government will ensure that LGBTQIA+ people have fair and equal access to reproductive and fertility services.
The EFF government will provide necessary funding for LGBTQIA+ inclusive education.
The EFF government will ensure all learners leave school with a thorough understanding of gender & sexual diversity
through age-appropriate teaching at all levels, embedding learning within the curriculum.
The EFF government will ensure better access to services by addressing homophobia, biphobia, & transphobia within public services, and ensure access to free gender-affirming treatment in all healthcare facilities.
The EFF government will provide gender-neutral toilets and changing facilities in all public spaces.
The EFF government will ensure that frontline police officers receive training on LGBTQIA+ issues so that they can accurately record cases of anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes.
The EFF government will ensure that gender-based violence services are adequately funded so that they have enough resources to support LGBTQIA+ survivors.
The EFF government will establish LGBTQIA+ support services across the country, including in rural and township areas.
The EFF government will work with sporting codes to end LGBTQIA+ discrimination in sports, to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people can fully participate in grassroots and community
sports.
The EFF government will amend the Facilities Regulations Act and related regulations to enable the implementation of gender-neutral toilet facilities in schools, public facilities, and workplaces to benefit transgender populations and people outside of the gender binary.
The EFF government will amend the Child Care Act and related legislation to impose penalties for unfair discrimination against LGBTQIA+ individuals in relation to adoption processes.

Can someone tell me about Zimbabwe. What was it and what happened?

>>1831831
I think they meant about Mugabe.
>Having dominated Zimbabwe's politics for nearly four decades, Mugabe was a controversial figure. He was praised as a revolutionary hero of the African liberation struggle who helped free Zimbabwe from British colonialism, imperialism, and white minority rule. Critics accused Mugabe of being a dictator responsible for economic mismanagement and widespread corruption and human rights abuses, including anti-white racism, crimes against humanity and genocide.

kill the settler, kill the boer (gigabased)

>>1831827
mugabe was very average as far as 20th century postcolonial leaders go. anyone telling you he was a principled anticolonial communist is lying, anyone telling you he was an evil genocider of whites who personally ran the country into the ground is lying

>>1831907
>>1831758
obligatory

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC80P4gsPr-YMK2_FcsBhJf0PtVJotN1C&si=vWOGyh2J4ItU_4tR

It'd be really cool if Senegal ended up joining the Alliance of Sahel States (so they aren't landlocked anymore) but I'm not sure if they want to invite the hostility from ECOWAS

Besides South Africa, which other countries currently have socialist or left wing parties gaining popularity?

El Sissy will liberate Palestine in two more weeks comrades