Elections can be used to build a movement that advances a democratic socialist alternative
The Australian Labour Party unexpectedly lost to incumbent leader Scott Morrison on May 18, despite leading in the polls running up to the election.
After four hours of counting the 600 million votes cast, Election Commission data showed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party clearly in the lead
Duterte has pitched constitutional reform to turn the country into a decentralised federal republic where regions would have the power to fix problems
Biden, a veteran Democrat who spent 36 year in the US Senate, boasts the thickest resume of any candidate seeking to deny Trump a second term
A new order of expression needs to be developed to improve democracy in South Africa
Based on projections, if the ANC continues on its 2016 trajectory, the party could have to go into coalitions in Johannesburg and in Tshwane
Residents in Zola have punished the ruling party, blaming it for all their service delivery woes
Ahead of polls, all major political parties in Malawi have said they will entrench the queerphobic landscape
‘The EFF is free to answer, or not answer, the M&G’s questions’
Malawi’s vice-president makes his case ahead of the presidential election
‘…and then the coffee ran out’: What it’s like to report South Africa’s election
We are a deeply unequal society and none of the parties on my ballot papers had convinced me they have a clear plan specifically to tackle inequality
Political mergers can enrich democracy and lead to more accountable government, but they can also lead to opportunism that undermine accountability
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Bringing the ANC below 50% in the province is an election target of the DA
‘We are a country where democracy extends beyond the ballot. We live politics. It is our national conversation topic of choice and our soapie’
A party divided, disappointed voters, ‘clever blacks’ and flawed polls; everything is in play in the prized province ahead of the May 8 election
Ramaphosa needs to lose the unity narrative if he is to dispel the stink of the Zuma years
Campaigning on issues rather than a broader agenda makes this church-affiliated party unique
‘At least Mbeki has returned from seclusion at his think-tank to do some actual work for the ANC at the hustings’
The parties should focus on winning seats in Parliament and at other levels of government
The current crisis in British politics is significant for countries like South Africa where a change in electoral systems is needed
Distrust is highest in established democracies like Kenya and Senegal
Although corruption was a factor in the party’s decline in support in the 2014 and 2016 elections, poor service delivery was also a key element.
Guineans hope the poll will mark the end of a long period of political crisis in the West African country
Support for the ANC in Gauteng in the last two elections declined significantly
Zukiswa Rantho has been left off the ANC’s post-election lists
Macky Sall has secured a solid majority of votes, winning a second term without the need for a run-off vote
The lead-up to the election has been characterised by disturbing developments in Cabo Delgado province in the north
The two main challengers to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming polls announced an electoral alliance on Thursday in a bid to defeat him
Museveni, who seized power at the head of a rebel army in 1986, once said leaders who ‘overstayed’ were the root of Africa’s problems