Helen Zille Is Running for Mayor of Johannesburg and Needling the ANC NYT - World By: John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane 4 November 2026 at 10:23 As South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday, Helen Zille, 75, is betting voters care less about race and more about public services in her bid to become mayor of Johannesburg. © Joao Silva/The New York TimesHelen Zille, the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, voting on Wednesday.
South Africa Deploys 500 Soldiers to Quell Anti-Immigration Violence NYT - World By: Zimasa Matiwane 27 October 2026 at 18:28 The deployment comes after a foreign national was beaten to death by a mob during an anti-immigrant protest last week. © Rajesh Jantilal/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA man ran for cover after clashes erupted between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban, South Africa, this month.
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