When President Jacob Zuma fired his finance minister earlier this year, strengthening the patronage faction in his cabinet, many expected that the balance of power in government would change sharply. But, writes Steven Friedman, this didn’t happen because the power struggle in South Africa extends beyond personalities. Strong resistance from within the governing party and from unions, business and civil society groups is, for the moment, holding the patronage network at bay. And as the country absorbs a flood of articles based on a massive batch of leaked emails, Franz Krüger sets out what ethical questions journalists should be asking.

Philosopher, revolutionary and author Frantz Fanon was known as one of the most influential thinkers on decolonisation. But he was also a lucid theorist on sport. Nigel Gibson argues that his views can still give us insight when it comes to the hyper-capitalist world of international soccer.