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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

World

Coalition talks collapse in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, talks to form a new coalition government after recent elections have collapsed. That's after the New Social Contract party - which had been holding talks with far-right politician Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom - pulled out.

today7 February, 2024