03 May 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe as the country moves towards inevitbale elections. As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark principles, ...

26 Apr 2012The Afrobarometer survey conducted in South Africa towards the end of 2011 provides interesting insights into the charachteristics of South African citizens and their percpetions of society and the country's democracy. ...

20 Apr 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Madagascar as the country moves towards inevitbale elections. As a member of SADC, Madagascar was a signatory to these benchmark principles, and therefore ...

16 Apr 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe as the country moves towards inevitbale elections.   As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark ...

29 Mar 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe as the country moves towards inevitbale elections. As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark principles, ...

28 Mar 2012Idasa releases a statement congratulating the people of Senegal with the recent election of Macky Sall. Please see the attached link for the full statement.  

27 Mar 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what's happening in Zimbabwe as it moves towards inevitable elections. Please download the full report below.

24 Nov 2011With elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo set to go ahead on 28 November 2011, Idasa’s States in Transition Observatory (SITO) measures the country’s electoral environment according to SADC ...

10 Oct 2011Idasa analyst Bryan Sims notes that, if successful, the 11 October 2011 elections will further entrench democracy in Liberia and the region. Download the full report here.

06 Sep 2011Idasa's States in Transition Observatory (SITO) keeps its eye on Zimbabwe as it heads towards inevitable elections. Download the full election watch for more information.

24 Aug 2011Idasa’s SITO project looks at what’s happening in Zimbabwe as it heads towards inevitable elections. Download the full report below.

07 Jul 2011Idasa’s SITO project keeps watch on developments in Zimbabwe, as it heads towards inevitable elections.

10 Jun 2011Now that the elections have come and gone, citizens throughout the country have a responsibility to make local government work for them. This can be effectively facilitated through sustained engagement ...

30 May 2011The DA has mopped up most non-ANC votes but now can it start to win significant numbers of votes from the majority? According to Idasa’s Richard Calland, if it doesn't ...

17 May 2011Country Synopsis         Swaziland is the last remaining absolute monarchy in Africa. The 1973 King’s Proclamation suspended the constitution, assuming all executive powers previously granted to the ...

15 May 2011Are voters tired of hearing politicians talking sh*t? Judith February of Idasa’s Political Information and Monitoring Service says candidates musn’t think that because people are poor they can be fooled ...

10 May 2011As SADC and the three signatories to the Global Political Agreement continue to seek consensus on a "road map" for fresh elections, it is worth noting that Zimbabwe does not ...

06 May 2011The survey by Idasa that showed that only 1 in 10 South Africans are satisfied with service delivery was featured in You magazine. Read here. And Jeremy Maggs raised it ...

05 May 2011By: Richard Calland and Nancy DubosseTHE dramatic recent events in North Africa have added further impetus to an emergent new narrative for Africa as a whole. Perhaps understandably, observers and ...

01 May 2011There are 17 presidential and legislative elections due to take place in Africa this year, and after the violent electoral standoff in Côte d’Ivoire the time has come for African ...

25 Mar 2011The current iteration of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for South Africa, initiated by the Department of Energy (DoE) after a first round of public participation in June 2010, led ...

19 Jan 2011The Zimbabwe GNU Watch provides an overview, month by month, of political developments under the terms set out in the Global Political Agreement (GPA). The sections profiled in monthly outputs ...

15 Jun 2010After 16 years of violence, Burundi now has a chance to install democracy. As the four-month poll process gets underway, with the last rebel group, FNL, having finally joined the ...

21 Apr 2009This year, the ‘youth’ of South Africa have elicited considerable attention because of their high rates of voter registration and the potential impact they may have on determining the outcome ...

20 Apr 2009By Christi van der Westhuizen The 2009 election has elicited more interest from pundits than the previous two polls because of its promise of greater political contestation. This is primarily ...

20 Apr 2009By: Christi van der Westhuizen All is not well in South Africa's heartland, the Free State. The golden plains of the province have become the site of intense hostility between ...

20 Apr 2009Events since our last report have confirmed our view that the most competitive election in South Africa’s history has been accompanied by much lower levels of political violence and intolerance ...

20 Apr 2009This brief discusses the landscape of opposition politics and explains some of the issues that may affect the opposition’s performance in election 2009, with regards to possible shifts of electoral ...

17 Apr 2009By Christi van der Westhuizen All is not well in South Africa’s heartland, the Free State.  The golden plains of the province have become the site of intense hostility between ...

17 Apr 2009Die Vrystaatse politieke toneel mag steeds ANC-gedomineer wees, maar die verskyning van Cope het die politieke temperatuur ernstig opgestoot in 'n paar gebiede, met intimidasie en onregmatige optrede tot gevolg, ...

17 Apr 2009By Kate Lefko-Everett Since the beginning of this year, municipal by-elections have been held in 72 wards across the country. In the current highly-charged political environment, by-elections are often used ...

15 Apr 2009By Christi van der Westhuizen It’s said that walls don’t speak but the wall of a political party’s constituency office can tell a whole story. Take for example the ANC ...

15 Apr 2009Deur Christi van der Westhuizen Die nimmereindigende vlaktes van die Noord-Kaap kan rustig voorkom, maar dit is bedrieglik. Die politieke temperature loop plek-plek hoog in hierdie provinsie met die groot ...

15 Apr 2009By Christi van der Westhuizen Distrust and disillusion. These are the dominant themes that emerge from conversations about the election with the residents of Cape Town’s hinterland. The continuing harsh ...

15 Apr 2009Deur Christi van der Westhuizen Dienslewering, of die gebrek daaraan, word as ‘n belangrike faktor in hierdie verkiesing beskou. Soos met die vorige verkiesing, probeer gemeenskappe die maghebbers se aandag op ...

15 Apr 2009By Christi van der Westhuizen Discuss this on the blog here. ‘‘I‘m going to make sure that if you advertise (sic) an article about my name on the newspaper I ...

15 Apr 2009- By Shameela Seedat - Media coverage leading up to next Wednesday's national elections would leave many of us convinced of a dramatic plunge over the past few years in the level ...

09 Apr 2009With the election date upon us all, it is perhaps useful to look at what the local media can do to assist voters. Although this election is about choosing men ...

08 Apr 2009By Kate Lefko-Everett   After last year’s historic US elections, much analysis has focused on international interest in now-President Barack Obama’s campaign, and it’s potential to impact on voting patterns ...

31 Mar 2009The Election Monitoring Network released their latest report on Monday, 30th March 2009, with a press statement. Download the report below. Also see the video of the statement made by ...