South African electoral trends: prospects for coalition governance at national and provincial spheres in 2024The 2021 local government elections (LGE) in the Republic of South Africa once again delivered hung metropolitan municipalities a phenomenon that became common following the 2016 LGE results. The...
Supporters of the South Africa's main opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) wave flags during an election rally in Benoni of Gauteng, South Africa, May 26, 2024. South Africa is scheduled to hold national and local government elections on May 29. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong) Leader of South Afr...
21, No. 3. Part II of the article describes the democratisation of South African local government in the 1990s. The country's first non-racial local government elections took place on a nationwide basis in November 1995, with the exception of KwaZulu-Natal province and portions of the Western...
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...
South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.
CAPE TOWN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Thursday that it is confident of winning a decisive victory in the upcoming local government elections. The party said it will win all municipalities that it currently governs as well as winning new...
elections includeCongress of the People(COPE),Agang SA, the AfricanChristian Democratic Party, the African Independent Congress,Build One South Africa(BOSA), GOOD, Action SA, the United Christian Democratic Party, the African People’s Convention, the Azanian People’s Organization, and the Minority...
Do Parties Hold Politicians Accountable (and for What)? Evidence from South African Local Government ElectionsDemocracyaccountabilityservice provisionpolitical partiesSouthern AfricaIn this paper, we examine the extent to which political parties in a strong-party system hold individual politicians to account...
Supporters of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party cheer at a rally ahead of the November 1 local government elections in Cape Town, South Africa, October 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings As South Africa’s official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) gears up for what i...
elections 60 days prior to the end of the transitional period. The incumbent president remained in place and appointed a first vice president, selected from the rebel group, in accordance with the terms of the peace agreement. After the creation of the transitional government, the administration ...