Zohran Mamdani’s Election Hailed as a Victory for Youth and Marginalised Communities

Newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has received warm congratulations from South Africans and Capetonians alike. The 34-year-old, who made history as the city’s first Muslim mayor and the first of Indian descent, spent part of his childhood in Cape Town. Mamdani moved to Cape Town in 1996 when his father, Professor Mahmood Mamdani, took up the AC Jordan Chair in African Studies and became director of the […]