One-third of the R437-million in party donations declared to the IEC was made by Durban-born billionaire Martin Moshal and members of the Oppenheimer family.
Zimbabwe heads to the polls on 23 August to elect its president, members of parliament and local councillors. It’s the country’s 8th election since 1990
Nigera’s own statistics bureau says the country has one of Africa’s highest unemployment rates, but the UN’s labour agency says it is lower. Much lower. Here’s why
40% of the registered voters are between 18 and 34. Only five of the presidential candidates are under 50 years old.
Green hydrogen, fixing unreliable coal power plants, and a state of disaster to roll out emergency energy procurement – the president’s plans for the year ahead.
A change in leadership affects service delivery, but in an ideal scenario, there would be a clear distinction between the political and bureaucratic spheres.
2021 was a hard year for South Africa. We endured a second year of Covid-19 pandemic restriction and violent protests and looting. So how did President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address differ from the last 5 SONAs?
All the hung municipalities have formed councils, so now we can see who runs which municipality.
Small parties got more votes this election. Over 1,200 council seats were won by candidates from smaller parties, compared with 500 after the 2016 poll.
The number of municipalities that will be run by coalitions has more than doubled. Is this what the future of local government looks like?
We dug into the candidates list to find out how many are running in multiple wards and if young people are putting their names forward for election.
South Africa’s 20-somethings have been less than enthusiastic about registering to vote in this year’s local government elections.
“The political sands are shifting all across the world as citizens are losing faith in big political parties and seeking a new alternative.”
On 5 August 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his cabinet. The new cabinet is old: 20 of the 30 ministers are over the age of 60 and only one minister is younger than 40.