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New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference, following his first cabinet meeting at Downing Street. (Photo by Claudia Greco-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Labour landslide: But Keir Starmer’s UK win is overshadowed by huge challenges

Labour faces the electorate’s expectations of transformative change amid economic hardship, with the populist Reform Party snapping at its heels

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has promised a “decade of national renewal” (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

If predictions are accurate, Rishi Sunak will on Friday visit head of state King Charles III to tender his resignation as prime minister

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, greets Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, during his state visit to 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

What the ANC can learn from the Tory meltdown

If South Africa’s governing party does end up losing its majority in future elections, it might never get it back

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Futile: Palestinians live among the wreck and rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images

South African lawyers seek ‘blood money’ to compensate Gaza victims

They want the UK and US to pay for damages for their alleged role in assisting the Israeli military to commit war crimes and genocide

  • Eyaaz
8 min read