How does Zambia see its relationship with the US amid shifting global dynamics?
"Duduzane, like Zuma the elder, appeared to believe that he was actually above the commission"
A dictionary of African politics reveals the witty and insightful political terminology that people in different African countries use.
Gone were the days when the West’s push for democracy and sanctions really mattered.
Edited extract of the editors’ introduction in ‘Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa: Past and Present’ (Wits University Press).
The renewal process should not only be limited to the party’s NEC. It should cut across provincial, regional and branch levels.
His fate lies between whether his ANC political opponents can oust him or if economic pressure and public opinion will push the ruling party to act.
Despite gains, the overall picture is of an excruciatingly slow pace in increasing women’s participation in the African political space, surveys show.
Henry Banda of Zambia is staying put in
South Africa, citing prejudice against him.
<b>Shaun de Waal</b> assesses three views of the state of the continent and wonders whether radio can help to stop the ‘Big Men’ retarding progress.
ANC KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Zweli Mkhize has told members at a KZN election gathering that nobody is more important than the party.
The ANC has missed a perfect opportunity to revise its logo to Âreflect the recent past, its achievements and Âfuture aspirations.
A variety of writers ruminate on the challenges facing South Africa, offering insights and advice that the government is unlikely to heed.
Leading Africa scholar Stephen Chan speaks on election monitoring and martial arts.
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/ 11 February 2011
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> suggests terms for a working 21st-century dictionary of African politics.
Not even the ANC will survive a legacy of corroded systems, political purges and politically conferred "innocence". <b>Njabulo S Ndebele</b> reports.
Look no further than Nigeria, the DRC, Algeria, Sudan and our own backyard to get a glimpse of what’s to come. <b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> reports
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/ 21 December 2010
Can the poor and the middle classes open a path to change the country?
Political language, unbeknown to many of our politicians, betrays the state of our politics in stark, naked terms, argues <b>Eusebius McKaiser.</b>
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/ 2 February 2010
The AU wants Madagascar’s rival politicians to stick to the agreements meant to help the island out of a prolonged crisis.
There’s a new breed of woman in Kenya’s public life — meet Mama Moneybags, writes Ciugu Mwagiru.
If faith is the oxygen of a young state, faith in a viable future, there is very little oxygen in Kenya right now.
Sudanese authorities have released prominent Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after two months behind bars, his family said on Monday.
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/ 3 February 2009
First prime minister and key politician, Mamadou Dia, was at the centre of Senegal’s first major post-independence crisis in 1962.
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/ 23 January 2009
Antananarivo’s mayor upped his challenge to the Madagascan regime on Friday, charging it had imposed an iron-fisted dictatorship on the island.
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/ 20 November 2008
Binyavanga Wainaina: To win an election, our political classes released the beast. This beast is exactly as bestial as something out of Revelations.
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/ 5 November 2008
Recent elections to replace deceased Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa provided an interesting case of the workings of democracy.
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/ 12 October 2008
The question should not be whether Zuma is good for Nigeria, but rather, whether a president Zuma can afford to call the bluff of the Nigerian govt.
This whole year a new virus has been spreading to countries where elections are taking place. It is called "Doing a Kibaki".
We trust them, because in our schoolbooks, in our newspapers, in all media, more space is dedicated to their ideas and lives than to anything else.
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/ 2 September 2008
The spouses of Kenya’s vice-president and prime minister will be paid R44 800 a month for showcasing the "nation’s family values.
Even before the president, who died on August 19 in Paris, is buried and his mourning period is over, the search for his successor has started.