For democracies to function well, citizens have to trust their institutions. Every incidence of bad service delivery or corruption will influence how much citizens trust institutions. The latest ...

At a time when there is a rapid digital uptake in Africa, women in particular are singled out for hate crimes perpetrated ...

South Africa's democracy faces a critical impasse: voters continue supporting the ANC despite its failures, while opposition ...

South Africa’s stagnation stems from weak institutions and elite capturePakistan’s “ungovernable” institutions mirror South ...

Thirty-three candidates from 11 political parties and one independent are contesting by-elections across the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape. Wards became vacant due to ...

South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Mosotho Moepya’s call to his Indian counterpart ahead of the Bihar polls, an exercise involving 75 million voters, quietly signalled ...

With all its flaws, the GNU has revealed that corruption in this country extends far beyond the ANC. Arrogance, incompetence ...

South Africa, a normally vocal presence in global climate and environment forums, has eroded its influence because of a political fight that led to the firing of its environment minister. The country, ...

The 2025 South African Reconciliation Barometer reveals that public confidence in the GNU remains relatively low, with many South Africans feeling unheard by their leaders.

President Donald Trump showed an image of violence in Congo, not South Africa. Trump played a video that featured a political party leader chanting a song which is generally translated in English as ...

Once dreaded as implacably fraught, the transition of power in post-apartheid South Africa was incredibly democratic and ...