insert_link South Africa ANC Announces Coalition Government with Five Parties On Monday, the African National Congress announced that South Africa's new government currently includes five parties, collectively holding more than two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly. The ANC, which failed to secure a parliamentary majority in last month's election for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, is continuing discussions with additional parties to further strengthen its coalition. todayJune 18, 2024 30
insert_link Oshiwambo Omupresitend goshilongo,nomupopi gopaalamende ya South Africa otaa hogololwa metitano Chief Justice gwa South Africa Raymond Zondo okwa tseyitha kutya omupresitend goshilongo nomupopi gopaalamende otaya hogololwa metitano. Zondo otaka talela omutumba gotango go National Assembly moka iilyo tayi ka ganithilwa miilonga,noku hogolola omupopi gopalamende. Shiikwatelela kekotampango lya SA,omupresitend okuna oku hogololwa meni lyomasiku 14 konima ngele iizemo yomahogololo ya kolekwa. todayJune 11, 2024 19
insert_link World Snap elections in France: a political scientist lays out what’s at stake By Julien Robin, Université de Montréal Speaking at a surprise address to the nation on Sunday evening, French president Emmanuel Macron told French citizens he had “decided to give [them] back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote”. These words, pronounced in reaction to the historic surge of the far-right National Rally at the European elections, triggered the dissolution of France’s […] todayJune 11, 2024 12
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 […] todayJune 10, 2024 46
insert_link World Macron urges French to make ‘right choice’ in poll gamble By Alice Hackman and Stuart Williams President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he was confident the French would make the "right choice" in snap elections he called after the far right crushed his centrist alliance in Sunday's EU ballot. His surprise move came after mainstream centrist parties kept an overall majority in the European Parliament in Sunday's poll, but the far right notched up a string of […] todayJune 10, 2024 14
insert_link 4 Namibia “We are undisturbed & undeterred with Seibeb’s resignation,” says Swartbooi https://youtu.be/aHz-wBccvH4 By Josia Shigwedha, via News on One Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, stated that the party remains undisturbed and completely at ease following the resignation of the party’s second-in-command, Henny Seibeb, and secretary-general, Edson Isaacks. In addition to Swartbooi's remarks, the party issued a statement on Wednesday morning indicating that they are celebrating the departure of the two members from the National Assembly as well as the party. When NewsOnOne asked how the departure would […] todayJune 6, 2024 19 4
insert_link Namibia LPM calls departures of Seibeb and Isaacks “street resignation” By Maggie Forceledo Paz The Landless People's Movement (LPM) has acknowledged the resignations of party members Henny Seibeb and Edson Isaacks from both the party and the National Assembly. However, LPM National Spokesperson Lifalaza Simataa, in an exclusive interview with Future Media News, said that the party acknowledged receiving no formal communication regarding the resignations. Despite this, Simataa stated the LPM "will however accept what the party calls 'street resignation' […] todayJune 5, 2024 35
insert_link South Africa South Africans go to the polls to choose a new government: what’s different this time By Dirk Kotze, University of South Africa South Africa’s seventh general election since democracy in 1994, set for 29 May 2024, takes place under circumstances different from any other election in the history of the nation. Some view the hotly contested national and provincial elections as a watershed moment for the country. We asked political scientist Dirk Kotze to explain the changed circumstances. There’s […] todayMay 28, 2024 27
insert_link 2 Oshiwambo Zuma iindikwa natango oku kutha ombinga momahogololo gopashigwana gonuumvo Ompangu yopakotampango mo South Africa nena oya ekelehi etokolo lyokomisi yomahogololo,noku tokola kutya omupresitend omukulu Jacob Zuma, ita vulu oku kutha ombinga momahogololo gonuumvo. Okomisi oya tulamo eindilo lyeendelela oku pataneka ekwatelemo lya Zuma momusholondondo gopaalamende mongundu yo uMkhoto we Sizwe. Okomisi oya pititha omusholondondo gwaaulikwa hogololwa yoongundu,ngaashi shili moveta,noku pula omatindo. Noya yakula etindo lili ompinge na Zuma,sha landula egeelo lyoomwedhi 15 mondjedhililo ya Estourt mo 2021,sho a dhini […] todayMay 20, 2024 18 2