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South Africa’s department of international relations and cooperation announced its ascension to the African Union Peace and Security Council for a two-year term beginning in April 2026. (GCIS)

Peace in the ruins: South Africa, the African Union and the end of diplomatic illusion

Wars unfold in full view of the world with little consequence for the powerful and overwhelming punishment for the weak. To describe this order as functional requires a suspension of reality. The system is not reforming. It is decomposing

  • Eyaaz
10 min read
As part of Minister Nzimande’s extensive official visit to the Republic of Tunisia, earlier, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) signed a partnership to scale up science, technology and innovation cooperation with Tunisia.

Tunisia: A democratic dream destroyed

Fourteen years ago, Tunisia was the very emblem of hope

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
A ballot is stamped at a Johannesburg voting station, during South Africa’s national and provincial elections on 29 May, 2024. (Delwyn Verasamy, Mail & Guardian)

Democracy in Africa: digital voting technology and social media can be a force for good – and bad

Many African countries have weak election management systems, and citizens are rightly worried about human interference in electoral processes

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read