Who is Leopoldo López, the newly pardoned opposition leader behind Venezuela's uprising?
May 02, 2019 17:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Venezuelas crisis has escalated to new levels. In the early morning hours of April 30, Juan Guaidó the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly, who swore himself in as interim president in January called for...
South Africa's black middle class is battling to find a political home
May 02, 2019 17:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South Africas black middle class is growing numerically and growing politically restive. But does it see the world differently from others? Does this translate into voting behaviour? These questions require close...
Why Florida's new voting rights amendment may not be as sweeping as it looks
May 02, 2019 17:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Florida used to have the nations strictest disenfranchisement law for people convicted of crimes classified as felonies. In most states, voting rights are automatically restored after a person is released from prison,...
Local elections: 'disaster for local democracy' as hundreds of seats go uncontested
May 02, 2019 16:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Between the chaos of Brexit, the upcoming European elections and the prospect of a general election this year, the local elections on May 2, 2019 seem to have crept up largely unnoticed. Yet the results are just as...
May 02, 2019 16:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This years election will be the first in Australia where the parties will be advertising more on social and digital platforms than traditional media (TV, radio, newspapers and magazines). There are a few key reasons for...
Apr 30, 2019 09:21 am UTC| Politics
Melania Trump, the first lady of the United States, just celebrated her 49th birthday on Friday. But netizens and a body language expert find some details in the White House official greeting and their private birthday...
Apr 29, 2019 09:11 am UTC| Politics
President Donald Trump skipped the White House Correspondents Dinner for the third consecutive year that took place on Saturday with Ron Chernow as the keynote speaker. The historian and biographer managed to pay tribute...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects