South African Election: A New Beginning: Indians Hopeful but WarySidhartha Bhatia
South African Election: A New Beginning: Over 110 Indians ContestSidharth Bhatia
The upcoming 29 May general elections will be the most tightly contested polls that South Africa has seen since the advent of democracy in 1994. While the ruling African National Congress (ANC) – which has been in power since 1994 – will remain in government, the elections are also lik...
Emmanuel Makenga. A Congo-born member of the Mugogwe sub-group of the Tutsi, Makenga helped bring Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power in the DRC in 1997 before Tutsis were ordered to leave the Congo during a general expulsion of “foreign” troops the next year (New African, February 15,...
JOHANNESBURG, May 11 -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has won the national election by winning 57.51 percent of the votes, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced on Saturday evening. The official results showed that opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) ...
elections: National Council of Provinces and National Assembly - last held on 8 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)election results: National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANC 29, DA 13, EFF 9, FF+ 2, IFP 1; note - 36 appointed seats ...
In a speech the following year, he said he was lifting a ban on the African National Congress (ANC). He also ruled that Nelson Mandela would be released from prison, after being held for 27 years. When the ANC won a landslide victory in t...
This issue has garnered considerable discussion among South African commentators. While many welcome the introduction of DPAs as a much-needed reform, a number of commentators have raised concerns, most prominently the concern that introducing DPAs in South Africa will enable prosecutors and corporation...
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South Africans go to the polls on May 29 for what will likely be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid. Polls show the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led the party to ...