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DA leader John Steenhuisen was appointed Minister of agriculture. | Photo Credit: Reuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new Cabinet late Sunday night (June 30) after his African National Congress (ANC), the former main Opposition party and nine other parties agreed on the makeup of a coalition government following weeks of haggling. Mr….
South African Président Cyril Ramaphosa, right, greets opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, John Steenhuisen, left, at the first sitting of Parliament since elections, in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, June 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP In a country where racial segregation was once brutally enforced, South Africa’s new coalition government has brought a Black…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was reelected by lawmakers for a second term on June 14, after his party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with a former political foe just hours before the vote. Mr. Ramaphosa, the leader of the African National Congress, won convincingly in Parliament against a surprise candidate who was also…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa . File | Photo Credit: REuters The leader of South Africa’s second biggest party says it will back Cyril Ramaphosa for president, almost guaranteeing he will be re-elected for a second term in Parliament later on June 14. Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen says his party has formally signed a…
MK Party supporters dance in the middle of the street in Mahlbnathini village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on May 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since…
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A child plays with her teddy bear as people cast their votes at a polling station on the Cape Flats during South African elections in Cape Town, South Africa, May 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial…
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South Africans voted on Wednesday at schools, community centres, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years. It could put the young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South…
Even as elections in India are drawing to a close, the citizens of yet another BRICS country and emerging economy are going to the polls on May 29. The largest country in GDP (nominal) terms in Africa, South Africa has been ruled for three decades by the party that was most associated with the anti-Apartheid…
Residents of the Blairgowrie neighbourhood of Johannesburg, South Africa, demonstrate against the lack of water on March 12. | Photo Credit: AP Anger is mounting in some Johannesburg districts left without water for more than a week, fewer than three months before general elections marked by voter discontent with South Africa’s failing infrastructure. With power…
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People walk past a residential building damaged as a result of shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on February 24, 2024, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. | Photo Credit: AFP Indian ‘helper’ dies in Russian war zone Hemil Ashvinbhai Mangukiya, a 23-year-old man from Gujarat who was hired as a security helper by the Russian Army,…