South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the formation of a broad coalition government as the “beginning of a new era” on Wednesday as he was sworn in for a second …
“We have therefore agreed that we will invite political parties to form a government of national unity as the best option to move our country forward,” Ramaphosa said at a …
The changing youth vote is a familiar headache for many political parties, including in the West. Ahead of Poland’s election last year, which unseated the Law and Justice (PiS) party …
Philippe Burger, University of the Free State South Africans do not have a deep culture of coalitions. There have been a few coalitions at provincial and municipal levels but most …
The electoral shake-up has pushed Africa’s most-industrialised nation into uncharted territory. After 30 years of dominance since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the milestone 1994 elections that marked …
South Africa announced its final election results on Sunday that confirmed no party won a majority, and unprecedented coalitions talks were starting to find a way forward for Africa’s most …
South Africans angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages have slashed support for the African National Congress (ANC) to 40 per cent in this week’s election, ending three decades of …
On Friday afternoon, with 60 per cent of the votes counted, Zuma’s MK was leading the ANC by 43 per cent to 18 in the electoral battle ground province of …
The final results are not expected to be known before the weekend. “The broad church of the ANC has taken a substantial knock. This is a shock to the system …
Africa’s most advanced economy has some of the world’s deepest socio-economic problems, including one of the worst unemployment rates at 32 per cent. Some groups say that is an undercount. …