How to handle political regalia in the workplace
May 15, 2024
In South Africa, the wearing of political regalia in the workplace can be a sensitive issue, especially in diverse environments where employees may hold different
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South Africans are fed up with their prospects and democracy: Survey
May 3, 2023
The mood among South Africans has soured. The latest findings from the representative survey that’s done every year by the country’s Human Sciences Research Council
Paul Mashatile set to become Deputy president: what he brings to the table
February 22, 2023
South Africa is set to have a new deputy president in Paul Shipokosa Mashatile, the deputy president of the governing African National Congress (ANC). He’ll
South Africa and Russia: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s foreign policy explained
February 6, 2023
January was a busy diplomatic month for South Africa. The country hosted Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US treasury secretary Janet Yellen. Josep Borrell,
A stable national coalition government in South Africa? Possible, but only if elites put country’s interests first
November 7, 2022
South Africa’s municipal government elections in 2021 produced a number of largely unstable local government coalitions. There’s now a strong possibility that the next government
Marriages of inconvenience: the fraught politics of coalitions in South Africa
September 15, 2021
The popularity of the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994, has slipped in successive elections
Why cabinet reshuffles in South Africa are bound to disappoint
August 18, 2021
These days, there are two types of cabinet reshuffles in South Africa – those which disappoint immediately and those which keep the disappointment for later.
Precarious power tilts towards Cyril Ramaphosa in battle inside the ANC
April 19, 2021
It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African