South Africa's finance minister has said that failing to raise the value-added tax rate from May would cause severe harm to ...

Setting up a unity government highlights that a positive turnaround is possible for South Africa, though it is far from ...

The commission recently held an e-voting conference where it looked at the feasibility of moving from paper-based elections ...

Eighteen African cardinals are among the 135 prelates eligible to vote for the next Pope, following the death of Pope Francis. While the College of Cardinals currently numbers 252 members, only ...

South Africa's Freedom Day quotes are a great way to remember South Africa's first post-apartheid elections. The day will ...

The pro-business DA rejects the budget leaving the ANC to rely on other parties to get it passed in parliament.

Since 1995, Ethiopia has held elections every five years, except for the 2021 election, delayed by COVID-19. The incumbent ...

Deon Warnick’s three chest freezers stood silently in his living room, lids open. Without any fish to keep frozen, he was ...

Reverend Frank Chikane has been a vocal activist against social injustice in South Africa since apartheid. Learn about the ...

Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

Electoral Commission of South Africa has declared that electronic voting is unlikely for the 2026 local government elections, ...