Ethiopia will organise the continent’s most farcical poll in 2026. South Africa and Zambia offer some hope, but Uganda and ...

When people are jobless and hungry, when politicians enrich themselves while services collapse, democracy begins to look ...

Explore how South Africa, thirty years post-democracy, grapples with global scrutiny and the need for coherent communication ...

Civil society organisation Defend our Democracy on Thursday rejected efforts to “advance right-wing and populist politics” ...

As SA prepares to host the G20, veteran journalist Ferial Haffajee offers a penetrating assessment of the country’s global ...

Released in 1997, Vulindlela reflects the optimism of a democratic South Africa – but Fassie’s ‘bad girl’ image also asks who is really welcome in this new society.

To reach audiences susceptible to authoritarian messaging, defenders of democracy must adapt – creating authentic, locally rooted, emotionally resonant content that can compete on the same terrain.

The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation has withdrawn from hosting World Movement for Democracy’s 12th Global Assembly, organised by the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED), in Johannesburg.

Distributed in the United States by Axis Gallery, and sondela. sondela is a project of the South Africa Development Fund, Inc. Summary A Decade of Democracy: Witnessing South Africa articulates the ...

Over the past decade, there has been an average drop of 11 percentage points in satisfaction with democracy across Africa. Among the least satisfied nations are Gabon (7%), Congo-Brazzaville (15%), ...

South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool returned home to a hero’s welcome Sunday after being expelled from Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently declared Rasool to be “persona non grata” ...

But as South Africa marks the 20th anniversary of multiracial democracy on Sunday, the achievements and soaring expectations of what was dubbed a "rainbow nation" have been tempered by a different ...