Nicole Beardsworth

Africa Nicole Beardsworth & Nic Cheeseman - 12 Aug 2020

The rumour mill can shape politics — and reveal uncomfortable truths

Africa Nicole Beardsworth - 12 Oct 2018

In the face of spiralling debt, the Patriotic Front will struggle to take the next election

Africa Nicole Beardsworth - 10 Aug 2018

Mnangagwa’s slim election victory, followed by violence, has observers asking why he would do this when all he needed was international credibility

Africa Nicole Beardsworth - 19 Jul 2018

In a shock new change, the ZEC is to adjust the electoral protocol in the ZEC elections handbook to reposition the country’s voting booths

Africa Nicole Beardsworth - 12 Jun 2018

The 2018 election is the last hurdle that President Emmerson Mnangagwa needs to clear before his government will get the global stamp of approval.

Article Nicole Beardsworth - 22 May 2018

In recent years, several countries have introduced a ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA) option on the ballot in general elections.

Africa Nicole Beardsworth - 16 Apr 2018

By disconnecting presidential terms from electoral cycles, ruling parties in Botswana and South Africa preserve the ‘incumbency effect’

Africa Nicole Beardsworth - 19 Feb 2018

With the possibility of a election and presidents stepping down at the end of 2018, what is certain is that the region will look very different

Article Nicole Beardsworth - 12 Jul 2012

Africa's young people suffer from political apathy, but a group in Senegal bucks the trend. Nicole Beardsworth reports.

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