The coming year is likely to see further loosening of President Cyril Ramaphosa's grip on his divided ruling party and reduce his ability to progress economic reforms.

Pre-election buzz will energise discussions about Zimbabwe's future ahead of general elections set to be held in July or August. But any sense of optimism will be short-lived...

Lithium was the break-out commodity of 2022, with the price of this key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries soaring by 1,000% since 2020 to US$82,000 per tonne in...

The African National Congress's long-awaited 55th elective conference kicks off on 16 December after a week of political turmoil and crippling rolling blackouts. Cyril Ramaphosa will be encouraged...

Despite calls for party unity the re-election of SWAPO Vice-President and Namibian president in waiting Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah continues to widen divisions with the previously dominant faction supporting current...

South Africa has just ended a government subsidy set up by President Jacob Zuma for Central African Republic to run an embassy in Pretoria. Until November, South Africa...

Until the afternoon of 30 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa had all but ensured a second five-year term as African National Congress leader and as presidential candidate in the...

SWAPO Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has retained her party post and is lined up to become its first-ever female presidential candidate in November 2024. She won re-election at the...

Seven hundred delegates attend the seventh elective congress of the SWAPO Party in Windhoek on 25-27 November to elect the party's next vice-president and successor to President Hage...

Nobody was surprised to see President Lazarus Chakwera's motorcade loudly booed as it swooped past motorists languishing in long queues for scarce petrol on the weekend of 3-4...