CategoriesNews and Views South AfricaAs South Africa prepares for what is set to be a competitive local Government Election (LGE) in 2026, the pervasive instability in municipal coalitions warrants urgent attention. Recent election result data indicates a rapidly fragmenting electorate. As the once hegemonic African National Congress (ANC) loses voters to opposition parties such as the Economic Freedom Fighters […]
CategoriesElections News and ViewsWhere we stand, and why this matters nowWomen’s political participation in Africa is, by the headline numbers, in better shape now than at any prior point in the continent’s democratic history. Women held roughly 27 per cent of seats in Sub-Saharan African parliaments as of early 2025, which makes the region the strongest performer outside […]
CategoriesNews and ViewsThis week, EISA joined Malawi’s political parties represented in parliament, including Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), United Democratic Front (UDF), Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), People’s Party (PP) and United Transformation Movement (UTM), to validate and review their Gender Audit assessments findings. The process supports political parties in integrating gender perspectives into their […]
CategoriesChad News and ViewsIn Chad, as in many African countries, democracy is being built step by step. In a context marked by political transitions coupled with high citizen expectations and a thirst for participation, one educational tool is attracting growing interest: the BRIDGE programme (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections). In countries seeking to consolidate democracy, BRIDGE […]
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 […]
CategoriesElections News and Views South AfricaJustifiably, 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 […]
