A coalition government is now a fact of life in South Africa. The events of 2025 and the upcoming 2026 local elections show ...

A potpourri of 48 political parties will contest South Africa's general election on Wednesday -- a record number. The African National Congress rose from a liberation movement to govern Africa's most ...

This year was marked by the intricate political landscape surrounding the G20 Summit hosted by South Africa, the challenges ...

For democracies to function well, citizens have to trust their institutions. Every incidence of bad service delivery or ...

This survey was conducted less than a year after the 2024 election in which the African National Congress (ANC) lost a majority of seats for the first time since the end of apartheid. At the time of ...

South Africa, a normally vocal presence in global climate and environment forums, has eroded its influence because of a political fight that led to the firing of its environment minister. The country, ...

Ellon Musk's Starlink is currently being pushed by the DA through its own Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies ...

South Africa's African National Congress, the liberation movement that brought Nelson Mandela to power, said it was facing a crisis over corruption, poor governance, and persistent racial inequality, ...

Patrice Motsepe’s persistent refusal to be drawn into the African National Congress (ANC) succession drama is not an act of ...

Elite capture, institutional weakness and cycles of reversal explain the situation in several post-colonial countries.