WHAT IS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY? BY GODSON AZU A campaign strategy can be defined as the “Science or Art of political command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of political campaign; the Manoeuvring designed to frustrate, surprise or overcome an opponent in order to secure a victory in an election. The development of a Continue Reading...

Cape Town — Zambia’s vice president Guy Scott launched an astonishing attack on President Jacob Zuma when he reportedly compared him to South Africa’s last apartheid leader, FW de Klerk. Speaking to the UK Guardian newspaper after Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, Scott hinted at Zuma’s arrogance on handling the political conflict in Zimbabwe. He described Zuma Continue Reading...

Multi-party elections were a prominent feature of Africa’s political landscape in 2012, with twenty-three countries conducting polls – whether presidential, legislative or municipal. News coverage in the mainstream media has, at times, been framed in cliches and stereotypes. On the eve of the Sierra Leonean elections, the BBC published an article which opened: “Sierra Leone Continue Reading...