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South African poll shows ANC losing majority, gains for EFF
By: Bloomberg 7th February 2024 South Africa’s ruling party looks set to lose its outright majority in national elections for the first time since 1994, while support for the... →
Promises, promises: Following up on Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2023 state of the nation pledges
By: Africa Check 7th February 2024 “We gather here at a time of crisis,” said president Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2023 state of the nation address. Highlighting loadshedding,... →
DRC misses another opportunity to build a democracy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th February 2024 Following President Félix Tshisekedi’s contested victory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) December 2023 elections, democracy hangs... →
Three Senegal opposition lawmakers arrested after disputed vote delay
By: Reuters 7th February 2024 Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament's move to delay a presidential vote by 10 months... →
Kganyago roots for central bank independence
By: Bloomberg 7th February 2024 South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago defended the independence of the monetary authority, which has faced repeated calls for its... →
Lesufi misled residents that load-shedding would end in Gauteng by January 2024
6th February 2024 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has once again misled the residents of this province by promising that load-shedding will be a thing of the past by... →
DA launches 'Blueprint to Rescue SA', promises to fix Parly, end cadre deployment once in govt
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th February 2024 The Democratic Alliance has promised that it will fix Parliament and turn it into the engine room of reform, once the party is voted into... →
DA threatens legal action if Ramaphosa pushes through NHI Bill
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th February 2024 Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen promised on Tuesday that if President Cyril Ramaphosa rams through the National Health Insurance Bill,... →