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New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s recent primary victory provides South Africa’s progressives with a stark, universal lesson: sometimes, facing a flawed political party head-on rather than giving up is the only way to change it. (@ZohranKMamdani/X)

What South Africa’s progressives can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City

The ANC is no longer, by default, a people’s movement, much like the Democratic Party in the United States. It is not, however, irredeemable

In a bid to secure another term, Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema is controlling the judiciary, tampering with legislation and limiting activities by the opposition ahead of next year’s elections. Photo: Supplied

Zambia’s 2026 election: How Hichilema is tilting the playing field against opponents

As President Hakainde Hichilema lays his groundwork for Zambia’s 2026 election, a disputed outcome appears almost inevitable

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at the Resch Expo Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 17, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

Harris’s inability to secure strong lead an indictment on Democratic Party

It has alienated voters with its stance on Israel and its message does not resonate with crucial blocs such as the youth and black men

Obama cannot salvage Michigan for US presidential candidate Kamala Harris

People would be better off voting for Green Party candidate Jill Stein if they want the war in Gaza to stop

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris

The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election

Were there age limits for presidents as there are for other jobs, Biden and the Democrats would not have faced the dilemma that seemed poised to divide and derail the Democratic Party’s run for the White House. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The exit of Joe Biden: Age and competence in presidential politics

It is not old leaders that trouble society, but the failure to ensure that the younger generation is groomed to take over when the time comes

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

GNU: Will we work together this time?

When a unity government was being formed in the 1990s there was suspicion and mistrust

Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates ever are trying to remedy that by bashing each other.  (Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

US elections: Deja-vu as Biden and Trump square up

Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates ever are trying to remedy that by bashing each other