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Dec 10, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Dannie Verity |Nic Cheeseman |Tsoloane Mohlomi
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Dannie Verity |Tsoloane Mohlomi
As Mauritius prepares to go the polls on Sunday 10 November, it is important to shed light on three key issues that if not fully addressed can weaken the quality of the process and prevent the outcome from reflecting the will of the people: the Electoral Management Bodies, the fairness and credibility of elections and lastly the adjudication of electoral challenges.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Dannie Verity |Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
🚨 Calling all writers … 🚨Democracy in Africa and the award winning The Continent magazine are looking for authors living in Africa for a NEW series on social movements and youth/popular mobilization from below. The winning pieces will be published in the Continent and then collected together in a standalone booklet.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Dannie Verity |Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
Lesotho, a small country landlocked by South Africa, has been struggling to make constitutional reforms since the advent of coalition politics in 2012. It needs the reforms to address political instability which has been a feature of the country for more than five decades. The judiciary, security agencies and civil service have been politicised, resulting in the institutions being abused for political ends, stoking recurrent instability. The reform project has encountered many headwinds.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Des Erasmus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
In late July, popular radio journalist Pulane Macheli died in a hail of bullets in Lesotho’s capital Maseru while mediating between rival groups of musicians called the famo gangs. She died in the company of famo star Lisuoa (Khopolo Kholue), who was probably the assailants’ target. The tragedy is the latest in the musical turf wars that escalated into one of the biggest threats to personal safety in Lesotho.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Craig Bailie |Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
Is there a biblical case for democracy? Do Churches prepare their congregations effectively to engage in everyday politics? And if not, should they? These questions are as important to day as they have ever been. In Zimbabwe, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa regularly signs his tweets off with the line #GodIsInIt, but many of his supporters have grown frustrated that he mentions god more than practical efforts to strengthen the country’s democracy.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Micha Wiebusch |Gabrielle Lynch |Tsoloane Mohlomi |Dannie Verity
Have you ever felt frustrated when you are working on something and someone comes along and tells you, “you should do it this way”? Or, they even say “you should do it my way”. Or worse, they just push you aside and do it themselves, or they threaten or even apply physical force if you do not do it their way. That sense of annoyance, when receiving the “advice”, and in its extreme variation, the loss of dignity when being physically coerced, is at the core of this book.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Marisa Lourenço |Tsoloane Mohlomi |Mikhail Nyamweya
SWAZILAND RURAL WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY (SRWA) STATEMENTThe Swaziland News online platform on the 16 of July 2024 revealed shocking details of rape allegedly done by the country’s head of state, article written by Mr Zweli Martin Dlamini. SRWA does not take kindly such acts / news and unapologetically call for redress in the form of publicly distancing through any means by the head of state named to be a perpetrator of rape or face the arm of the law.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Tsoloane Mohlomi |Gabrielle Lynch |Tessa Diphoorn |Naomi van Stapele
Lesotho Member of Parliament (MP) Tšepo Lipholo’s recent proposal to have Lesotho’s former army commander Tlali Kamoli released from prison after arguably spending the last 7 years undeservedly behind bars is again most likely to be shot down just like several other previous attempts in Lesotho’s past administration.
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Jun 7, 2023 | 
informativenews.co.ls | Tsoloane Mohlomi
By: Tšoloane MohlomiIn continuation and under the auspices of the recent celebrations of Europe Day, the European Union Delegation to Lesotho has revealed a blueprint of essential projects earmarked for future implementation. With the symbolic day held every year, not only celebrating peace and unity in the European continent, but also signifying an extension of patronage to the rest of the world, the delegation hopes this will be the beginning of a new era in their bilateral relations.
