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Reforming a broken system: Can Electoral Act amendments revive faith in SA’s democracy?

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Pure politics: Incoming Electoral Act changes could revolutionise our political landscape. Or not
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Progress in rolling out of national power grids has stalled across Africa

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There has been no progress in expanding national electricity grids in most African countries since 2016
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Africa’s climate is getting worse for farming, survey reports

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New Afrobarometer poll samples Africans’ perceptions of climate change
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Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

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In a surprising change in trends, citizens in many African countries increasingly support government restrictions of press freedom
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Editorial: The not-so-secret ballot

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'A genuinely secret ballot helps to prevent intimidation, blackmail and voter fraud'
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Afrobarometer: ‘68% of Africans don’t think their vote is secret’

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Distrust is highest in established democracies like Kenya and Senegal
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Taking Africa’s democratic temperature as a dozen countries prepare for polls

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Surveys shows that the majority of Africans prefer democracy, despite its flaws, to the alternatives
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Stats reveal South Africans’ hopes and despair

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An Afrobarometer survey shows most South Africans are dissatisfied with the state of our democracy and believe Cosatu is hungry for political power.
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Afrobarometer: Bribery still rife in Africa

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Afrobarometer has found that nearly one-third of Africans in 34 countries have been forced to pay bribes, including for medical treatment.
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Poverty report indicates Africa is stagnating

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An Afrobarometer survey has found that despite economic growth, there has been virtually no change in poverty levels in Africa over the last decade.
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Poverty levels slightly up in SA, down in Zim

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SA's poverty levels have risen slightly, while Zim has seen the greatest reduction in poverty among the 35 African states surveyed by Afrobarometer.
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Zuma won’t appear before Zondo commission on Monday, say his lawyers

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Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers say they won’t honour it

Molefe blames Ramaphosa for Eskom’s woes in statement to Zondo commission

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Brian Molefe guns for Cyril Ramaphosa, alleging that the president’s relationship with Glencore was only a ploy to siphon money out of Eskom

Zondo commission: Lynne Brown reportedly says ‘eish’ when told of Zuma’s alleged Eskom meddling

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More allegations against Jacob Zuma put before the state capture commission, as the questions the former president will have to answer when he appears next week continue to stack up

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