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Elections

14 March 2025
Digital Editions
/ 14 March 2025

14 March 2025

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By Staff Reporter
Budget deadlock threatens governance stability, small parties warn
Politics
/ 12 March 2025

Budget deadlock threatens governance stability, small parties warn

Members of the government of national unity and opposition parties have raised concerns that the ongoing impasse between the ANC and DA could trigger the need for fresh elections

By Mandisa Nyathi
7 March 2025
Digital Editions
/ 7 March 2025

7 March 2025

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By Staff Reporter
When art breaks the frame
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

When art breaks the frame

What happens when artists challenge beauty, publishing and politics? A fair like no other

By Kibo Ngowi
28 February 2025
Digital Editions
/ 28 February 2025

28 February 2025

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By Staff Reporter
Malawi electorate’s only option is to recycle a president
Thought Leader
/ 22 February 2025

Malawi electorate’s only option is to recycle a president

The untimely death of vice-president Saulos Chilima has resulted in many considering ousting Lazarus Chakwera and voting for former president Peter Mutharika

By Nyasha Mcbride Mpani and Tamanda P Liabunya
21 February 2025
Digital Editions
/ 21 February 2025

21 February 2025

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By Staff Reporter
14 February 2025
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/ 14 February 2025

14 February 2025

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By Staff Reporter
7 February 2025
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/ 7 February 2025

7 February 2025

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By Staff Reporter
31 January 2025
Digital Editions
/ 31 January 2025

31 January 2025

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By Staff Reporter
24 January 2025
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/ 24 January 2025

24 January 2025

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By Staff Reporter
17 January 2025
Digital Editions
/ 17 January 2025

17 January 2025

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By Staff Reporter
10 January 2025
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/ 10 January 2025

10 January 2025

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By Staff Reporter
Forecasting Africa’s 2025: Sound of change echoes Fela’s rebellion and Masekela’s vision
Opinion
/ 31 December 2024

Forecasting Africa’s 2025: Sound of change echoes Fela’s rebellion and Masekela’s vision

Africa cannot afford leaders disconnected from the demands of its people, the global political economy and the continent’s emerging role in world affairs

By Dumoluhle Mazwemzini G Moyo
2024: The year democracy was tested in Africa
Opinion
/ 24 December 2024

2024: The year democracy was tested in Africa

Coming on the heels of seven coups since 2020, 19 countries held elections but with mixed outcomes

By Tendai Murisa
Shock election results hit governing parties globally
Opinion
/ 21 December 2024

Shock election results hit governing parties globally

‘A kind of electoral long Covid’ has left its mark on countries around the world that went to the polls

By Richard Calland
20 December 2024
Digital Editions
/ 19 December 2024

20 December 2024

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By Staff Reporter
Namibia’s 2024 elections a mirror of progress and peril
Opinion
/ 14 December 2024

Namibia’s 2024 elections a mirror of progress and peril

The elections showed the resilience of its people and the potential for growth. But they also exposed flaws that must be addressed

By Gerson Shikukumwa
The EFF is not in a dead spiral, Dan Corder
Opinion
/ 12 December 2024

The EFF is not in a dead spiral, Dan Corder

The ANC, and not the Economic Freedom Fighters, are the ‘true victims’ of the uMkhonto weSizwe party

By Khothalang Moseli
Ghanaians go to the polls hoping for change
Opinion
/ 5 December 2024

Ghanaians go to the polls hoping for change

The country is beset with problems of high inflation and a debt of 70.6% of GDP

By Vhahangwele Tsotetsi
Namibia faces its toughest election yet and could trigger a runoff
Opinion
/ 26 November 2024

Namibia faces its toughest election yet and could trigger a runoff

Swapo, which has been in power since the country gained independence from South Africa in 1990, is likely to retain parliamentary dominance but the presidential race is uncertain

By Nnaemeka Ohamadike
Bring back the UN human rights commission before Uganda’s 2026 elections
Opinion
/ 29 October 2024

Bring back the UN human rights commission before Uganda’s 2026 elections

Violations of people’s human rights continue unabated in the country

By Robert Kigongo
With the rise in right-wing populism, democracy around the world is weakened
Opinion
/ 15 September 2024

With the rise in right-wing populism, democracy around the world is weakened

South Africa stands out as a country that strongly defends democracy

By Ursula van Beek
EFF on alert against infiltration by MK party
Politics
/ 30 August 2024

EFF on alert against infiltration by MK party

The Economic Freedom Fighters once used the same tactic against the ANC after Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu left the party

By Mandisa Nyathi
Showdown for EFF secretary general post as supporters lobby for Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
Politics
/ 8 August 2024

Showdown for EFF secretary general post as supporters lobby for Mbuyiseni Ndlozi

Supporters are backing Ndlozi to challenge incumbent Marshall Dlamini as the battle hots up

By Mandisa Nyathi
ANC to deploy NEC members to local government to boost dwindling support
Politics
/ 5 August 2024

ANC to deploy NEC members to local government to boost dwindling support

The party is establishing a task team led by Minister Parks Tau, a former mayor of Johannesbur, to tackle service delivery issues

By Mandisa Nyathi
Ramaphosa: Failures in metros contributed to ANC’s electoral decline
Politics
/ 4 August 2024

Ramaphosa: Failures in metros contributed to ANC’s electoral decline

The president said the party had entered uncharted territory following its failure to secure an outright majority in the 29 May general elections

By Lunga Mzangwe
David Makhura: renewal is do or die for the ANC, otherwise it will perish
Politics
/ 3 August 2024

David Makhura: renewal is do or die for the ANC, otherwise it will perish

Makhura, who heads the party’s political school, said the loss of its majority in the 29 May general elections was a strategic set back

By Lunga Mzangwe
US politics is the theatre of the absurd
Opinion
/ 3 August 2024

US politics is the theatre of the absurd

Worse, the presidential elections don’t matter because Big Business has captured the state

By Donovan E Williams
Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris
Opinion
/ 3 August 2024

Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris

The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election

By Aaron Ng’ambi
Mokonyane: Last-minute initiatives like Nasi Ispan were behind ANC’s electoral decline
Politics
/ 2 August 2024

Mokonyane: Last-minute initiatives like Nasi Ispan were behind ANC’s electoral decline

The party’s first deputy secretary general said such interventions should be initiated ‘four years and nine months before the next elections’

By Mandisa Nyathi
Freedom of choice in Rwanda’s presidential elections is an illusion
Opinion
/ 30 July 2024

Freedom of choice in Rwanda’s presidential elections is an illusion

President Paul Kagame may have revived the country after the 1994 genocide but his actions have prevented any meaningful opposition and accusations of intimidation, torture and assassination

By Nyasha Mcbride Mpani and Tendai Murisa
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