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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 24, 2019
South Africa
Leader of South Africa’s Opposition Quits Party and Parliament
On October 23, Mmusi Maimane resigned as the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). His resignation was preceded by that of the DA mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba on October 21, and immediately followed by that of the party’s federal chairperson, Athol Trollip.
May 9, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa Moving Away From A One-Party State
While much international attention has been focused on the Boko Haram kidnapping of up to three hundred schoolgirls in northern Nigeria, an episode that re-enforces an Africa negative narrative, Sout…
September 28, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa: Opposition Makes Unemployment a Political Issue
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille is welcomed by her supporters during an election campaign in Soweto May 6, 2011. South Africans will vote in municipal elections on May 18, 2011. (Siphiwe …
May 19, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
A New Generation of South African Politics?
The African National Congress’s (ANC) electoral support is slowly eroding. Its share of the national vote has declined to 62.2 percent in 2014 from its high water mark of 69.7 percent in 2004. Its le…
April 23, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s May National Elections a Watershed? Not Yet
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is in decline, but it will most likely win the upcoming elections on May 7. Many voters are angry over its corruption, symbolized by public money…
