South African Politics
Here is a list of accounts that comment on politics in South Africa. Please share and add - very incomplete but getting better.
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@davidjeffery.bsky.social
@wandilesihlobo.bsky.social
Agricultural economist from South Africa. Author, “The Uncomfortable Truth about South Africa's Agriculture (2025)”, “A Country of Two Agricultures (2023)”, + more. www.wandilesihlobo.com
@zackieachmat.bsky.social
Dog loving socialist. Free Palestine. Cape Town is my home. My “identities” are indivisible not intersectional.
@ukhanyisilemlambo.bsky.social
A social scientist with the skills of a five year old, I write, laugh & cry. Reads mainly foreign policy, & more recently agriculture & developmental studies.
@muzhunter.bsky.social
Digital rights and surveillance oversight. Underperforming in mischief-making. South Africa.
@mediamatterza.bsky.social
Cultivating a responsible, high-quality media sector that defends human rights, fortifies democracy, and fosters a just and equitable society.
@jeffwicks.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist at News24. Co-author of Eight Days in July. Projects: #Silenced #BloodBrothers #KillingKinnear
@nickhedley.bsky.social
Editor of The Progress Playbook: https://theprogressplaybook.com We focus on proven climate and sustainable development solutions. Email me for collaboration opportunities: nick.hedley@theprogressplaybook.com
@sundaytimesza.bsky.social
@sohinigowan.bsky.social
🇿🇦 Healthcare Communicator. Data-driven Storyteller. Strategist. Former Clinical Research professional. Media literacy advocate. Politics nerd. Joburg-to-the-core.
@hennievanvuuren.bsky.social
Open Secrets | Open Sesame Stop: graft/grift/greed. For secure messaging and tipoffs - pls contact me on Signal. www.opensecrets.org.za
@rownsterr.bsky.social
Education PhD candidate King's College London | Education activist | Policy nerd | Teacher at heart | Undercover journo | Astrant | Roné not Rone
@groundup.org.za
GroundUp brings you #NewsThatMatters. We report human rights stories across South Africa. Visit https://groundup.org.za/
@pierredevos.bsky.social
Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at UCT and author of the Blog, Constitutionally Speaking. I am not a journalist. Hopeful that everyone on this app will read before commenting.
@thandis.bsky.social
Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa www.mma.org.za ll @mediamattersza Media, media freedom, digital rights, internet governance and freedom of expression.
@oratilekekana.bsky.social
SMWX Podcast Producer • Digital & Social Media, PR & Marketing • Financial Science • Ngwana Pheli 🇿🇦 • Staunch Masandawana Supporter! 👆
@thesouthafrican.com
Latest news updates, from South Africa and the world. https://www.thesouthafrican.com/ https://linktr.ee/thesouthafrican.com
@johanlorenzen.bsky.social
At RSI, a small South African law firm, working on community land rights, mining, and workers' and consumer health. Aspiring occasional contributor to Africa is a Country.
@nickbudlender.bsky.social
Urban policy researcher working on housing, cities and urban development. Everyone deserves a safe and decent home! 🇿🇦
@benjaminfogel.bsky.social
Head of Publishing at Alameda, Contributing Editor at Jacobin. South African
@mbekezeli.bsky.social
Digital Comment Creator. Human Rights Lawyer. M&G 200 Young SA 2023. Allround good guy. Words in: @GroundUp_News, @mailandguardian, @SundayTimesZA & @BDliveSA
@pontsho.bsky.social
Writer. Author. Lurker. Voyeur. Author of Power and Faith: How evangelical churches are quietly shaping our democracy. Researcher of things often left unsaid.
@joshbudlender.bsky.social
Postdoc at SALDRU, University of Cape Town: Labour & Development Economics. Firms and wages and structural transformation; programme evaluation; a bit of econ history & social policy. And some 🇿🇦 politics :) https://www.joshbudlender.co.za
@cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social
President of the African National Congress. President of the Republic of South Africa. Chair of the African Union 2020. (not official, just reposts tweets from @CyrilRamaphosa on Twitter for Bluesky users)
@sabcnews.bsky.social
@carteblanche.co.za
📺 Watch #CarteBlanche every Sunday at 7pm on M-Net, DStv channel 101 ▶️ Watch it all at www.carteblanche.co.za 📢 Truth Brings Change 📧 Tell us your story - http://bit.ly/CBTipOffs
@thokozanicb.bsky.social
Lecturer | Researcher | Current Affairs 👩🏽🎓PhD Political Studies 📍Lecturer @University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 📚Researching decentralisation, governance, public admin. & policy 💍Living life with husbae, our daughter & Lisa rabbit 🐇
@nationalcogta.bsky.social
The official account for the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs departments ☎️ 012 334 0831/0641 📧 info@cogta.gov.za www.cogta.gov.za #cogta
@owlarcana.bsky.social
Editor at @carteblanche.co.za and relentless news junkie. Often staring at the ceiling at 3 in the morning. Owns two cats but wants to own them all. Perpetually playing catch-up on TV series from a decade ago. 🔖Substack: https://owlarcana.substack.com
@ilyaas.bsky.social
23 | A journalist from Cape Town, South Africa | Currently freelancing, former producer at Radio 786 | UCT Alumni | ilyaasbass.wordpress.com | Banner picture by Aziz Bakr
@marvincharles.bsky.social
Cape Town-based news reporter at News24 | ✉️Story+tip or secret burning to tell someone? marvin.charles@24.com
@jambeni.bsky.social
Producer of The Big Debate in South Africa. Work on access to knowledge, medicines.
@thecontinent.org
The Continent is an award-winning weekly newspaper produced by African journalists, photographers, illustrators and editors. Free on 👇 📱WhatsApp: bit.ly/4b2gpfI 💬 Signal: bit.ly/TCSignal 📲 Telegram: t.me/continentnews ✉️ Email: read@thecontinent.org
@dailymaverick.co.za
@ivovegter.bsky.social
South African. Columnist at The Daily Friend (http://dailyfriend.co.za/author/ivo/). I advocate classical liberalism, free markets, science and reason. I oppose authoritarianism, socialism, nationalism, and prejudice.
@davidjeffery.bsky.social
PhD candidate at King's College London. I study how people think about the law, morality, and the nation in South Africa. www.davidjeff.co.za