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...
SOUTH AFRICA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS OPEN OLD WOUNDSAlan Morris
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 likel...
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.
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 ...
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...
Votes, Money and Violence: Political Parties and Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa (review) 176 African Studies Review POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND GLOBALIzATION Matthias Basedau, Gero Erdmann, and Andreas Mehler, eds. Votes, Money and V... P Quantin - 《African Studies Review》 被引量...
The first sitting of the National Assembly, lower house of parliament, is being held on Friday to elect the speaker, deputy speaker and president for the next five years. This follows the country's 2024 general elections on May 29 where members of the national and provincial legislatures were...
In response, South Africa’s ruling circles sought to smooth over their internal differences; their efforts were facilitated to some extent by the Statute of Westminster of 1931, which broadened the competence of the South African government, as well as the governments of the other British ...
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...