Markets and the humbling of democracy

How will historians remember 2011, the year that, according to satirists, has already used up the next decade's entire supply of news?

Policy of peaceful protest divides Swazi activists

Swaziland's trade unions have vowed to continue peaceful protest aimed at pressuring the government to step down.

'People are the real wealth of nations'

UNDP director for democratic governance Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi speaks to the M&G about democracy in Africa.

It’s time for new left politics

Can the poor and the middle classes open a path to change the country?

Newly freed Suu Kyi gets down to work

Burma's newly freed democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, returned to work for the first time in years on Monday.

Archbishop pays tribute to Van Zyl Slabbert

The Aglican Archbishop of Cape Town has praised the late Frederik Van Zyl Slabber for his role in South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy.

Cry, two beloved, troubled countries

Sweet 16 and already showing signs of strain; that is the mood that hangs over South Africa in the month we celebrate the first democratic elections.

Adolescent angst mars our sweet 16

Freedom is not a six-year-old with a flag, or a passive recipient of "delivery". It is a joyous, anxious, endless battle, writes Nic Dawes.

SA celebrates 20 years of freedom for Mandela

SA on Thursday marks the moment that Nelson Mandela emerged after 27 years behind bars, ushering in a transition from apartheid to democracy.

Gorbachev: Democracy in Russia 'a mockery'

Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday launched a bitter attack on the state of democracy in Russia, saying elections had turned into a mockery.

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