Opposition

As President Hakainde Hichilema lays his groundwork for Zambia’s 2026 election, a disputed outcome appears almost inevitable

South Africans have, in recent years, looked beyond the ANC in hope of finding new voices capable of holding the line on spending and corruption. Instead, what they have received…

Advanced democracies with coalition governments and strong committees understand the necessity of developing rules and institutions to mitigate executive unaccountability

Candidates vying for top positions in the DA will undergo rigorous vetting including audits of their financial records

Authoritarian regimes use spying to deter protest. But this can encourage people to stand up for what they believe in

Journalists Emsie Ferreira and Lizeka Tandwa chat to Mmusi Maimane, Paul Berkowitz and Narend Singh about the state of the opposition

COMMENT: The protests against the Ugandan president’s 35-year rule are being led by the youth. But they cannot do it alone

Citizens have for a year protested against the president seeking a third term in office despite a two-term limit. Many have been killed — and 90 more people died in this week’s…

Social media is driving a new – largely anonymous – form of protest in Zimbabwe and Zambia

The DA is stuck in classical liberalism when there are new ways of thinking about capitalism and the role of the state – and its denial of race as a concept is disingenuous

Activists in the Kingdom of eSwatini are routinely arrested on vague and flimsy charges

It took more than just a united front to unseat the governing party in the recent presidential elections in Malawi

Many Ugandans find Stella Nyanzi’s mode of protest, including vulgar insults and stripping to make a point, unsettling. But her challenge to the country’s patriarchy could bring…

The Ugandan opposition leader believes he is best-placed to lead an opposition coalition

In Tanzania today, political space has shrunk to the point where protests are suppressed before they emerge