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THE 20th five-yearly Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), held in Beijing from October 16 to 22, was dominated completely by its general secretary Xi Jinping, who was able to pack its highest ruling organs with his loyalists and get his agenda approved. Xi not only got a third term for hi
Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese-Canadian billionaire who vanished from his hotel room in Hong Kong in 2017, is scheduled to go on trial in mainland China on Monday.
The 2021 municipal election revealed that the ANC's political base is now in rural Eastern Cape and Limpopo, followed by Mpumalanga and North West. The party only saw 26% of its support coming from metros, writes Philip Harrison.
In at least five of South Africa’s six largest metros, the challenges of governing are compounded by political fragmentation and uncertainties of governing as a minority or through a coalition.
Metros may be a graveyard for political ambition. But if parties or individuals succeed, the rewards are considerable.