insert_link Africa Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town Activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi leads a protest in the documentary Mother City. Screengrab/Mother City By Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk, University of Cape Town A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor. Two women talk in a room, while one […] today19 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa South Africa’s unity government: 4 crucial factors for it to work By Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State Governments of national unity built on power-sharing arrangements are common in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Now South Africa also has a unity government, following the 2024 general election in which no party won a majority. These governments foster stability through collaboration in grand coalitions. The premise is that in divided societies, stability can be achieved […] today19 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa South African parliament meets as ANC nears coalition deal By Julie BOURDIN, with Zama LUTHULI in Johannesburg South Africa's newly elected parliament met Friday and was expected to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form an unprecedented coalition government as his humbled ANC raced to cobble together a deal. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo opened the first sitting of South Africa's seventh parliament since the advent of post-apartheid democracy in 1994, swearing in MPs in batches […] today14 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa South Africa’s unity government: 5 parties that need to find common ground By Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State Following South Africa’s historic 2024 general election, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has started a process to establish a government of national unity. This, after it lost its parliamentary majority. As a political scientist, I believe that five political parties, including those with the highest shares of votes, are key to constituting a unity government. […] today11 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa South Africa’s election results present 3 options for government: all are fraught with danger By 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 of these were quite unstable. The outcome of the 2024 national election up-ended 30 years of electoral dominance by the African National Congress. The party garnered only 40.18% of the vote while the […] today6 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa South African voters shifted support in 2024 but that’s nothing new – surveys after previous elections showed party loyalty was fluid By Carin Runciman, The University of Edinburgh and Marcel Paret, University of Utah To the casual observer, the outcome of South Africa’s 2024 national and provincial elections, which herald a new era of national coalition governance, may appear to represent new electoral trends. But that is not the case. While the shift in voting patterns is certainly the largest the country has seen since democratic elections […] today6 June, 2024
insert_link Oshiwambo Ova pombada mongudu yoANC onghee veli mee nghundafana nee ngudu di kwao oku tala ko mafaneko epangelo lo pamuhanga Ova nambelewa vo pombada me wiliko lo ngudu yo ANC mo South Africa, okwa lo potwa va hovela nee nghundafana dili pamwe no va wiliki vee ngudu 5 do pa politika moshilongo, oku tala kee nghendabala okwee tapo epangelo lo pamuhanga. Nande ongaho oshikundaneki sho Africa news, oshati ongudu yo ANC oyati fiyo opapa ka pena etokolo lasha la ningwapo. South Africa ota ku lopotwa ataalela onghalo yo ku kwa […] today6 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa DA reportedly exploring two options for a coalition government The DA is reportedly exploring two options as coalition talks con-tinue. With the ANC only managing to get 40-percent of the vote and the DA 21.76-percent, the parties could establish a coalition for a joint 60-percent majority. The DA has formed a coalition negotiat-ing team, which includes former party leaders Helen Zille and Tony Leon. According to News24, several sources in the DA say the party is exploring forming […] today4 June, 2024
insert_link Namibia Namibian Leaders Praise South Africa’s Peaceful Elections as ANC Loses Majority President, Nangolo Mbumba congratulated South Africa for the peaceful conduct of their recent national elections, highlighting the importance of maintaining order during such processes. Despite the ruling African National Congress losing its parliamentary majority with only 40% of the vote, Mbumba emphasized elections should renew mandates without causing harm. Elsie Nghikembua, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, also lauded South Africa's electoral process and noted valuable lessons for Namibia's upcoming elections, […] today4 June, 2024
