CategoriesChad News and ViewsChad’s political landscape is heating up as the country prepares for legislative, provincial, and municipal elections set for December 29, 2024. While the Agence Nationale de Gestion des Election (ANGE) is moving forward with preparations, several opposition parties, including Les Transformateurs and those grouped under the Groupe de Concertation des Acteurs Politiques (GCAP), are raising […]
CategoriesChad News and ViewsAs the December 2024 legislatives, provincial and communal elections approach in Chad, and while the main opposition parties remain hesitant to engage in the electoral battle, citing unfavorable weather conditions and calling for a postponement, another battle is taking shape: the smaller political parties, which had previously aligned with the ruling Mouvement Patriotique du Salut […]
CategoriesNews and Views South Africa UncategorisedJustifiably, in the lead up to electoral processes, media coverage tends to focus on providing coverage to political parties and the issues at stake in the elections and in society – fairly, accurately, comprehensively, and equitably. While useful, focusing only on these issues, ignores the lived reality of people in society, and tends to ignore […]
CategoriesNews and Views South AfricaSouth Africa is definitively, an electoral democracy. The 2024 elections will be South Africa’s 7th National election since the 1990 transition. Its 5th set of democratic municipal elections was held in 2021. South Africa is also robust in the practices of democracy as a set of social norms – essential liberties are widely used, fundamental […]
CategoriesNews and Views South AfricaThe 2024 National and provincial elections in South Africa takes place under a slightly revised electoral system, following the Constitutional Courts ruling in the matter between New Nation Movement NPC and Others versus the President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (CCT110/19) . It was determined by that Court that parliament must devise […]
CategoriesChad News and ViewsOn May 9, 2024, the National Electoral Management Agency (ANGE) declared provisional results, announcing Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, MIDI, as the winner of the May 2024 elections with 61.03% of the votes, followed by Masra with 18.53%, and Pahimi Padacké with 16.91% of the votes. While Masra proclaimed himself as the winner and contested the […]
CategoriesNews and Views South AfricaThe 2024 elections will be South Africa’s 7th National and Provincial elections marks the year that South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy. While democracy as a set of social practices appear to be flourishing, the record on the performance of successive dominant party democratic governments with the African National Congress (ANC) at the helm, […]
CategoriesNews and Views South AfricaArtificial Intelligence, or AI, is the new buzz term. It is the new buzz term not just for the elections, but for how it is projected to change the way the world of work will change, how jobs will be done, and the changing ways in which humans interact with technology. So, what is meant […]
CategoriesNews and Views South AfricaThe 2024 national and provincial elections in South Africa takes place under a slightly revised electoral system, following the Constitutional Courts ruling of 2021 mandating that Parliament must devise a new electoral system, one that accommodates independent candidates. Following a process of consultations, including the establishment of a ministerial advisory committee on the electoral system, […]
CategoriesLiberia News and Views South AfricaAs we navigate the ever-evolving landscape of digital media and gear up for the 2024 South African General Elections, it is crucial to recognise the dangers that disinformation poses to the core of our democratic process. Disinformation polarises communities, misleads voters, and erodes trust in public institutions, and during election periods, electoral institutions, and processes, […]
