Tag: South Africa

In the days before South Africa’s May 29 election, there was a euphoric atmosphere in parts of the cosmopolitan but largely Zulu port city of Durban. People who would usually ...

South Africa’s 30-year-old democracy is in uncharted waters. The African National Congress (ANC)—the party that led South Africa to liberation from apartheid minority rule—has, for the first time since 1994, ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Egypt’s decision on reopening the Rafah crossing to Gaza, looming genocide in Sudan’s North Darfur region, and Nigeria’s not-so-new national anthem. If you would ...

South Africa’s next government will be a coalition between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and at least one opposition party, after the ANC’s collapse Wednesday’s election, as it failed ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at elections in South Africa and Madagascar, the world’s largest climate change case to date, and Brazil recalling its ambassador to Israel. ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Kenya’s William Ruto visits Washington, Burkina Faso’s military leaders extend their rule until 2029, and Ghana’s 1-year-old art prodigy. If you would like ...

In 2024, South Africa has firmly entered the era of uncertainty. The once-unassailable dominance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) government is now at risk. But in a democracy, ...

For the first time since the end of apartheid in South Africa, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is poised to lose its governing majority. While corruption and poverty ...

In late April, less than a month before the May 29 national election, Zackie Achmat, who is running to become one of the first-ever independent lawmakers in South Africa’s National ...

In the 30 years that South Africa has been a democracy, none of the country’s past national elections has felt quite as uncertain as this month’s vote. That’s because this ...