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 …
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Just days after being sworn in as a DA member of parliament (MP), several racially charged and homophobic videos of Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws have emerged. In it, the outspoken social …
ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected to serve a second term as president of the Republic of South Africa. Ramaphosa, who was nominated alongside the Economic Freedom Fighters leader …
Steenhuisen said the DA was now preparing to co-govern Africa’s most industrialised economy alongside the ANC, and the coalition deal was in place. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party has been …
“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 …