Ahead of South Africa’s elections, parties’ take on the Gaza war is proving to be a deciding factor for many voters.
![Palestinian footballer Bashar al-Shobaki and fans display flags after a friendly match in Cape Town, South Africa [Esa Alexander/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02-18T172812Z_629500326_UP1EK2I1CIYT2_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-ZAF-PSE-REPORT-1709116803.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Ahead of South Africa’s elections, parties’ take on the Gaza war is proving to be a deciding factor for many voters.
![Palestinian footballer Bashar al-Shobaki and fans display flags after a friendly match in Cape Town, South Africa [Esa Alexander/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02-18T172812Z_629500326_UP1EK2I1CIYT2_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-ZAF-PSE-REPORT-1709116803.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The AU has stood by as Mozambique violently represses journalists covering the violence in the north.
![People displaced by the violence in Cabo Delgado gather for a community meeting in the Tara Tara district of Matuge, northern Mozambique on February 24, 2021 [AFP/Alfredo Zuniga]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_93Q6CW.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The extractive gas industry in Mozambique has done more damage than good for Mozambicans.

Women miners in South Africa say they are often subjected to sexual harassment – and worse – while on the job.

Doom and gloom for aquaculture industry as marine-drilled gas exports boom and bloom.

Miners who contracted lung diseases working underground seek damages by filing country’s biggest class action lawsuit.
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Overcrowding, poor healthcare blamed for TB that killed 78 prisoners across country’s ‘breeding ground’ jails last year.
