Peace monitors with Thabo Makgoba (on right), the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town. Photos courtesy of the authors. South Africa went through a tension‐filled election in May 2019. Threatening the young democracy, the specter of the apartheid era remained ever‐present during its fifth election, which was fraught with issues around land expropriation; accusations of Whites stealing Black land; and leadership corruption, including nationwide rolling blackouts three to four times a day.
