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Morocco’s First Woman Head of Government Adds Momentum to Women’s Leadership in Africa

Fatima Ezzahra El-Mansouri has made history as Morocco's first female Head of Government, joining a growing wave of women taking executive leadership across Africa.

We’re buying a future we’ll never own

As private developers dominate housing and estate levies soar, South Africans risk trading true property ownership and generational wealth for a costly illusion.

Woman power: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s movements were limited 
. . . she was prohibited from attending gatherings, which prevented her from being quoted in the press

More than Mandela’s wife: Nomzamo’s own fight

An exploration of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s life and resistance against apartheid, highlighting how black women's domestic, social, and political labour shaped South African…

Axed from party lists, Joburg councillors threaten to skip final council sitting

Several City of Johannesburg councillors excluded from candidate lists ahead of the local government elections are planning to boycott the final council sitting.

When crime starts calling the shots

Elections and constitutional structures can remain intact even as organised crime quietly infiltrates institutions. Insights from Colombia and South Africa reveal the growing…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC heads to ConCourt in bid to get 181 councillors on ballot

The ANC has approached the Constitutional Court to overturn an Electoral Court ruling and compel the IEC to include 181 candidate councillors on the ballot after missing the…

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

More woes for Mchunu as police seize cellphone at his KZN family home for the second time

Police have executed a search and seizure warrant at the KwaZulu-Natal residence of on-leave Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, confiscating a cellphone amid escalating investigations.

President Cyril Ramaphosa

An Open Letter to His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa

An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for critical reforms in South Africa's criminal justice system, stricter criteria for public office, and a constitutional review…

The ANC is powerful

Electoral Court dismisses ANC case over councillor candidate submissions

The Electoral Court has dismissed the ANC's challenge regarding the submission of councillor candidate lists to the IEC, leaving the party unable to field 181 councillors unless…

Voters queue at a voting station in Maseru

Technology must serve democracy, not stand between the people and their choice

As South Africa approaches local government elections, electoral modernisation and digital tools must prioritise democratic access, institutional integrity, and the…

ANC-SACP rift spills over into chaotic Cosatu congress

Tensions between the ANC and the SACP have spilled into the Cosatu congress, resulting in heated disputes, leadership stalemates, and the eventual postponement of the conference.

The ANC is powerful

This is bigger than the ANC

Beyond the headlines focused on the ANC, the ongoing candidate registration dispute affects 45 political parties and raises critical democratic questions for the Electoral Court…

Black Consciousness: Bantu Stephen Biko understood that oppression was maintained through political force, economic domination and the destruction of the confidence of the oppressed.

Biko and the undone liberation of Blacks

Decades after Steve Biko was killed in apartheid police custody, the reopened inquest highlights not only the state-sanctioned violence of Room 619, but also democratic South…

Not buying it: The trade restrictions, framed publicly as economic protectionism for Kenyan small-scale traders, has triggered diplomatic friction in the East African Community. Photo: Photo meaduva / Flikr

Ruto's election gamble turns toxic in Kenya

Facing intense political pressure ahead of the general election, President William Ruto's restriction on foreign small-scale traders has triggered EAC diplomatic tensions,…

Perfect example: Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa at Eskom Rotek Industries as part of the national energy crisis committee's. Necom is the model to copy, having successfully ended load-shedding. Photo: Department of electricity and energy

Building a state beside a state

As presidential committees multiply and citizens take public services into their own hands, parallel structures risk bypassing South Africa's core governance systems instead of…