Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has won a sixth term in office, according to an official tally from Thursday’s election, as his main rival, Bobi Wine, alleged widespread fraud and rejected the result. After one of the most turbulent election campaigns in Ugandan history, the electoral commission said Museveni had taken 59 […]
Ugandans go to the polls on Thursday after one of the most keenly-watched and violent election campaigns in a generation, as the pop star politician Bobi Wine tries to unseat Yoweri Museveni from his 34-year rule. Wine is one of nine opposition challengers, and has won the support of many young people […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has found himself in another dilemma after Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF spokesperson, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, threatened to reveal “a bombshell” regarding a recent visit by an ANC delegation to Zimbabwe. According to sources within Zanu-PF, there is a growing belief inside the party that Ramaphosa has been secretly funding opposition […]
Bobi Wine, the Ugandan reggae singer turned presidential candidate, has urged Pretoria and others to speak out about Yoweri Museveni’s electoral violence, and has pinned some hopes on a US resolution. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, the embattled reggae singer who is presenting the greatest challenge so […]
Former president Jacob Zuma’s conduct towards the state capture inquiry was “a deliberate stratagem” to run out the lifespan of the inquiry and thereby avoid accounting for his alleged criminal behaviour, the Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. The court was hearing an urgent application by the inquiry to order the […]
The speaker of South Africa’s lower house of parliament has authorised a vote on a motion of no-confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa, a parliamentary official said on Thursday. The request for the vote was made by a small political party, the African Transformation Movement (ATM), which has only two seats […]