A growing axis of authoritarianism across the world threatens the democracies that remain, of which there are only a handful (24) that The Economist Intelligence Unit classifies as “full democracies”. In its 2023...
South African election
Reforming South South Africa’s civil service: A path to depoliticisation and professionalism
On 29 May 2024, roughly 16 million South Africans exercised one of their fundamental democratic rights by casting their vote in the seventh general election since 1994. The 2024 election was monumental, not just in...
Come elections, critical thinking skills are key to fighting fake news
Education and an openness to information play a key role in our ability to distinguish the truth from falsehoods in the complex world of misinformation (fake news) and disinformation (propaganda). In the context of an...
South Africa 2024 Elections Tracker
By 5 July 2024 By 22 June First inaugural sitting of Parliament: The inaugural sitting of the 7th democratic parliament took place on the 14 June 2024. During this first sitting, the new members of parliament were...
The Janus-faced nature of political campaigns
In the wild, the watering hole attracts both predator and prey. Prey come to quench their thirst, and predators to quench their thirst and hunt for vulnerable prey. In both illiberal and liberal democracies, elections...
Why political accountability matters for a fair electoral system
Political accountability, which concerns the relationship that citizens maintain with their elected officials and vice versa, is one of the fundamental building blocks of a democratic system. One subject that is...
