insert_link South Africa New S.Africa parliament meets Friday to elect president South Africa's newly elected parliament will convene for the first time on Friday, authorities said, as political parties scramble to form a coalition after the election produced no outright winner. "The first sitting of the National Assembly shall be on Friday, 14 June 2024," Chief Justice Raymond Zondo wrote in an order released on Monday to the media by the justice ministry. Electing a speaker and South Africa's […] today10 June, 2024
insert_link World Belgium Prime Minister resigns after election loss Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced he's resigning after Sunday's election defeat. The county looks set for tough coalition talks after a strong performance from Flemish nationalist groups. today10 June, 2024
insert_link World Emmanuel Macron calls French Election Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in France in response to a victory for the right in European polls. President Macron's dissolved Parliament and called national elections for 30th June and 7th July, as Ross Cullen reports from Paris. today10 June, 2024
insert_link World India praises vote conduct with Modi tipped to win By Abhaya SRIVASTAVA India's election commission said Monday a staggering 642 million people voted in just-concluded six-week-long polls, a day ahead of the results which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win. Nearly all observers believe Modi's appeals to Hindu nationalist sentiment will give him a third term in power, a decade after he first took office. Exit polls show 73-year-old Modi is well […] today3 June, 2024
insert_link South Africa Mayibuye! The 100-year-old slogan that’s stirred up divisions in South Africa’s elections By Corinne Sandwith, University of Pretoria Political parties the world over use slogans, icons, colours, names and flags to establish their political and historical credentials. What happens when two political parties lay claim to the same history and the same symbolic capital? In South Africa, a conflict of this kind is being played out between the governing African National Congress (ANC) party led by […] today28 May, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China? By Priestley Habru, University of Adelaide and Claudina Habru, University of Adelaide Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party. The party won just 15 of 50 seats in last month’s […] today3 May, 2024
insert_link Opinion Pieces What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa? A new podcast series marks 30 years of post-apartheid democracy By Thabo Leshilo, The Conversation When Nelson Mandela stood in front of the Union Buildings in Pretoria in May 1994 as South Africa’s first democratically elected president, my country was brimming with optimism for its post-apartheid future. I was there and relieved at the prospect of an end to bloodshed. I had seen far too much violence and death in my five-year career as a journalist, covering the […] today11 April, 2024
insert_link World With nominations decided, Trump leads Biden in US polls; UK Labour far ahead as election approaches By Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both secured their parties’ nominations for the November 5 United States general election by winning a majority of all delegates to their parties’ conventions, including delegates not yet allocated. Both Biden and Trump won their nominations easily, with Biden taking 86.4% of the national Democratic primary vote in contests so far, far ahead of […] today19 March, 2024
insert_link World Donald Trump’s third presidential nomination has never been in doubt. He’s made an art of political survival By Jared Mondschein, University of Sydney Donald Trump’s political obituary has been written many times. His dominant performance in the Super Tuesday Republican primaries marks one more instance of him outlasting those who counted him out. While Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential contest, his near-sweep of the Super Tuesday primaries indicates there’s no further electoral pathway for Nikki […] today7 March, 2024
