Articles about African National Congress Anc
Women making a difference in local government
14 August 06
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Women and men in local government often have different concerns and interests, making women?s participation in local government very important. Yet in many Southern African countries, the number of women in local government remains very low. When they met in Gaborone last August, heads of state of the Southern... [read more]
South African women make big gains in local elections
13 March 06
Regional relevance: South Africa
South African women have made history in the just ended local government elections, with representation up from 29 percent in 2000 to 40 percent in the 1 March polls. The steady increase in the proportion of women in local government (that began at 19 percent in the first local elections in 1995) now places women in... [read more]
South Africa?s local government elections: women still far from ?holding up half the sky?
15 February 06
Regional relevance: South Africa
The local government elections taking place in South Africa in March are one of the first test cases for the often glaring gap between the grandstanding of leaders at regional events and what actually happens on the ground. As leader of the African National Congress (ANC) President Thabo Mbeki will not have to hang... [read more]
South Africa searches its soul
28 November 05
Regional relevance: South Africa
The bruising political row over the rape charge being investigated by police against former deputy president Jacob Zuma has become a barometer of where South Africa stands on gender violence as the Sixteen Days of Activism campaign gets under way. [read more]
South Africa: Time for an emergency plan to end gender violence
23 November 05
Regional relevance: South Africa
The man who would be president is accused of rape. A soccer star admits to having sex with an under age girl but claims it was consensual and he did not know her age. His wife is charged with assaulting an alleged lover. A young woman in her prime is kidnapped from college and brutally murdered. A jealous lover is... [read more]
Media advisory: Deputy President officiates at Gender and Local Government Ceremony
10 October 05
Regional relevance: South Africa
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will deliver the key note address at the awarding of certificates for the groundbreaking Gender, Communications and Local Government partnership between civil society, an academic institution and a municipality at the Westcliff hotel, Johannesburg, from 12.00-15.00 on Tuesday... [read more]
The beginning of complacency? Gender and the 2004 elections
22 April 04
Regional relevance: South Africa
Women's increase in South Africa's Parliament during the last elections may not be as good as it looks. [read more]
The "beginning of complacency"? Gender and the 2004 elections
19 April 04
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
The 2004 elections, which witnessed an increase in the representation of women in national and provincial assemblies to almost exactly one-third, affirmed South Africa's global reputation for steady performance in getting the gender balance right. [read more]
