Politics

South Africa’s worsening relationship with the US is exposing cracks in the country’s long-promoted image as the Rainbow Nation. The latest example came this week...

South Africa’s push for a permanent African seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is not simply about feeling included at the diplomatic...

All roads lead to November 4. And one baritone hymn is making waves in the province of the rising sun: “Sinenkinga maComrade.” Perhaps not a...

Sibusiso Promise Dlamini says he will contest the November 4 local government elections under the banner of the Service Delivery Party (SDP) after alleging...

A former University of Johannesburg (UJ) senior employee ordered to pay R18.18-million in damages is challenging one of the foundations of the judgment against...

The EFF has hit back at AfriForum, which is sponsoring fresh criminal charges against its leader, Julius Malema, over a comment he made against...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has turned to the Electoral Court in a move that could affect the ability of ActionSA, the Economic Freedom Fighters...

The ANC has now taken its chances at the Constitutional Court in its battle to restore councillor candidates excluded from six municipal ballots, arguing...

African National Congress (ANC) Ekurhuleni mayoral hopeful Jongizizwe Dlabathi has his own nomination under dispute in one ward, while several other candidates who passed...

Conventional political science frequently interprets the rise of minoritarian governance, coalition fragmentation, and multi-party proliferation as hallmarks of a maturing, pluralistic democracy. This treatise,...