In Botswana women represent 54% of eligible voters, but about 10% of candidates. Political parties could change that.
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South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
It is not all democracies that struggle to deal with the coronavirus; it is those in which the people do not feel the system works for them.
By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to govern effectively.
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer (University of Botswana) and Research Associate - North West University. South Africa, University of Botswana