Democracy

Hundreds arrested as Turkey protesters defy crackdown

Istanbul – Almost 1,500 people have been detained – including an AFP photographer – as tens of thousands continued... Read more

26 Mar

Rosalind Dixon, UNSW Sydney and David Landau, Florida State University The purpose of presidential term limits is to protect... Read more

17 Jan

Lloyd Hill, Stellenbosch University When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans... Read more

16 Jan

Adem K Abebe, University of Pretoria The chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has congratulated the... Read more

7 Jan

Vishwas Satgar, University of the Witwatersrand It is hard to give an account of Pravin Gordhan’spolitical commitment in a... Read more

17 Sep, 2024

United States — Hollywood star George Clooney — one of the first high-profile Democratic activists to urge Joe Biden... Read more

23 Jul, 2024

Mbabane – A court in Eswatini sentenced two pro-democracy lawmakers to 25 and 18 years in jail on Monday... Read more

16 Jul, 2024

Cape Town — Retired Constitutional Court judge, Johann Kreigler, said all voters had a moment to reflect on their... Read more

30 May, 2024

Hong Kong – A Hong Kong court found 14 people guilty of subversion on Thursday in the biggest case... Read more

30 May, 2024

Washington – He still refuses to acknowledge his defeat four years ago, so it is no great surprise that... Read more

21 May, 2024