Old liberation movements in Southern Africa suffered serious electoral declines this year as millions of people made their ...

In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of ...

South Africa and Nigeria, the continent's two economic heavyweights, have a long-held rivalry, with tensions spilling over ...

South Africa's political scene, as the country lost a few prominent politicians including two former Finance Ministers.

South Africa finds itself in a politically intriguing space, where political parties who had previously chanted for change from opposition benches, have had to knuckle down to the task at hand under a ...

South Africans are gatvol of whiny, daft, disruptive and doomsday politicians. We have begun to win the battle over the ...

A disturbing clamour for Western Cape independence has emerged, gaining traction among a vocal few, including some in the ...

In South Africa, the oldest of the lot, the African National Congress (ANC), fell from dizzy heights of political domination in a lightning bolt of voter disillusionment in a jaded Rainbow Nation.

Unemployment and a lack of economic development have been key drivers that likely persuaded many to join the opposition protests, according to Dirk Kotze, a South African political science ...

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Enforced rotation, poor results, and logistical and political issues have raised questions over the viability of South ...

The government of Chad, considered France’s most stable and loyal partner in Africa, announced on its Independence Day it was ...