South Africa in 2025: 8 key factors that will shape the future and test the government
Poor governance and incompetence plague South Africa’s public administration, particularly at the local level.
Will South Sudan hold elections? Ronald Lamola leads AU’s mission paving way for polls in Africa’s newest nation
South Sudan once again postponed its scheduled elections which were planned for December 2024, shifting them to 2026. South ...
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Africa’s 2024 elections: Disputed results and graceful exits, historical shifts and new beginnings
Regional Editor Reyhana Masters takes a deep dive into the issues that dominated the electoral landscape in some of the ...
South Africa’s ANC Pledges to Rebuild After Election Setback
The African National Congress, which lost its three-decade stranglehold on South African politics in last year’s elections, ...
The Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation
Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My ...
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South Africa: New opposition umbrella hopes to emulate Botswana success
Two political parties outside South Africa’s governing coalition have amalgamated under one umbrella ahead of the 2026 local ...
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Around twenty elections shaped Africa in 2024
In 2024, over twenty African countries, including around ten French-speaking ones, were set to hold presidential, legislative ...