United States elections

WorldReuters | 2016-11-11 00:00:00

Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Wednesday to protest against Donald Trump’s surprise election win, blasting his...

From aid to trade, turbulence awaits

WorldMatuma Letsoalo, David J Hornsby, Zachary Donnenfeld, Howard Schneider, Timothy Mclaughlin | 2016-11-11 00:00:00

Following president-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the United States elections, the world is scrabbling to predict what effect a Trump presidency will have in a local and global context....

Editorial: Not everyone in US is mad

EditorialsEditorial | 2016-11-11 00:00:00

The world of nonbigoted humanity, horrified as it is at the triumph of Donald Trump and his ugly populism in the United States elections, should...

Note from the pros: Grab them by the purse strings

PoliticsEditorial | 2016-11-11 00:00:00

Dear Donald,

Zakes Mda on Trump victory: Africans must take their own lead, not look to the US

NationalMatuma Letsoalo, Reuters | 2016-11-11 00:00:00

Be it a United States under Donald Trump or one under Barack Obama, the result is all the same for Africans, says renowned author and playwright...

As controversy around their candidate continues, Dump-Trump Republicans mull Clinton

WorldMichael Mathes | 2016-08-05 00:00:00

For United States Republicans, the taboo of voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election has been lifted, after party dignitaries...

Hiccup for Hillary as cracks show

WorldSuzanne Goldenberg | 2016-02-05 00:00:00

Here’s the line about Hillary Clinton I’ve heard umpteen times from Democratic women: “I really want a woman president. But …”...

Right-wing US states feel the Bern

WorldTom Dart | 2015-07-24 00:00:00

Ninety minutes before the scheduled start of Bernie Sanders's speech on the night of Sunday July 19, a 500-person-long line snaked around the arena,...