05 March at 05:45 AM, via News24
DA strongwoman Helen Zille rejected pleas to go back to Parliament, but one of the party’s tainted leaders, Bonginkosi Madikizela, decided to put his name high up for a seat in the National Assembly.
27 January at 08:07 AM, via The Conversation
The ANC tied itself in knots defending Zuma’s destructive bad behaviour in the past. Acting against him now would require it to own up to its sins.
18 June 2023 at 11:03 AM, via The Conversation
Dissatisfied ANC voters were much more likely to switch their votes if they held positive views of an opposition party. However, the problem for the opposition is that few people held these views.
10 May 2023 at 15:24 PM, via The Conversation
How Swapo and the ANC respond to any further decline in electoral support will define the future of democracy in both countries.
26 April 2023 at 18:51 PM, via The Conversation
A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
28 March 2023 at 17:28 PM, via The Conversation
Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
28 February 2023 at 15:57 PM, via The Conversation
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
19 February 2023 at 08:41 AM, via The Conversation
The veteran liberation struggle activist brings gravitas to every position he occupies.
19 February 2023 at 08:41 AM, via The Conversation
The veteran liberation struggle activist brings gravitas to every position he occupies.
24 January 2023 at 14:16 PM, via The Conversation
Mzala’s distinctive intellectual contribution combined a sophisticated grasp of revolutionary theory with the reality of ethnic nationalism.
15 December 2022 at 08:43 AM, via The Conversation
The country’s long-dominant party has been losing support in elections.
01 December 2022 at 14:22 PM, via The Conversation
The impeachment process could derail Ramaphosa’s political career and seriously hurt the governing ANC’s electoral prospects in 2024.
30 November 2022 at 17:57 PM, via The Conversation
The decision is likely to be relied on by courts to order the Department of Correctional Services to grant offenders parole.
25 November 2022 at 23:26 PM, via The Conversation
The new process of impeachment requires an objective test to be met.
06 November 2022 at 12:52 PM, via The Conversation
Stable coalitions will depend on strong democratic values being embedded among political elites.
27 October 2022 at 16:40 PM, via The Conversation
In South Africa coalitions are weaponised as extensions of elections.
11 July 2022 at 16:32 PM, via The Conversation
Referenda may well have a place in the country’s democracy, but if the form of an electoral system can be referred to a referendum, why not capital punishment, abortion or LGBT rights?
24 June 2022 at 13:16 PM, via The Conversation
The ANC has been using multiple tactics to fend off the looming calamity of not having Ramaphosa as its president, and that of the country, in the clear absence of a credible candidate to replace him.
09 June 2022 at 15:55 PM, via The Conversation
Lesotho has done a good job of curbing the powers of its monarch and making its electoral system inclusive.
04 May 2022 at 16:31 PM, via The Conversation
Any ruling party in South Africa has found it hard to maintain internal coherence and unity over an extended time span amid wide national diversity.
25 April 2022 at 15:07 PM, via The Conversation
South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.