Over 4 million more South Africans now have a Smart ID, with Home Affairs confident its aggressive and accelerated rollout ...

In the 1924 election the NP gained 63 of 135 seats against the SAP's 52 and Labour's 18. It was not its apartheid platform that enabled the NP to win the 1948 election; but rather the acute discontent ...

Yoweri Museveni, Paul Biya, and other leaders use tactics including elections to cement their long rule, experts say.

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For the average African citizen, the term "election" no longer evokes the promise of democratic renewal; instead, it triggers a profound existential ...

The ANC faces a challenging path ahead in the 2026 local government elections, with experts highlighting service delivery failures and disillusioned young voters as key factors in its potential ...

South Africa’s rural health crisis is both a moral indictment and a governance failure that successive local government ...

Burkina Faso Junta Dissolves All Political PartiesBurkina Faso's military-led government dissolved all political parties by ...

“Turn right after the first big tree; my house is the one with the yellow door.” In parts of South Africa, where settlements have grown without formal urban planning due to rapid urbanisation, that ...

Corruption, exposed time and again, drains resources meant for schools, clinics, housing, and infrastructure.

On January 15, 2026, during the polling day for Uganda’s general elections, biometric voter verification—introduced to ...

In 2024, about 27% of those who voted in the national election supported a party which, in full or in part, sought the repeal ...