Candidate? Errr, what candidate?

The African National Congress may have handed Potchefstroom on a platter to the Democratic Alliance through registration errors.

DA posters: progressive or naïve?

Is the absence of men in the DA election posters alienating? Verashni Pillay and City Press editor Ferial Haffajee go head-to-head on the issue.

DA: Many local govts fail to live up to their obligations

The DA on Monday again held up its management of Cape Town's finances as a benchmark for voters, ahead of the May 18 local government elections.

Zille campaigns in ANC stronghold

DA leader Helen Zille on Monday cited the party's success in running Cape Town in her bid to garner votes in East London.

Malema: Zille dances like a monkey

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has likened opposition leader Helen Zille to a monkey, reports said on Monday.

Midvaal prepares for bitter election battle

The ANC is vowing to win back Gauteng's top performing Democratic Alliance-run Midvaal municipality, but the party faces a tough task.

De Lille: 'We need to take the politics out of poverty'

The greatest challenge the city of Cape Town still faced was poverty, Democratic Alliance mayoral candidate Patricia de Lille said on Saturday.

DA: Lights on Jo'burg highway out, Eskom not paid

Lights on the M1 highway have been out for more than eight months because Gauteng has not paid Eskom, the DA said on Thursday.

DA: Jo'burg crime unit to investigate Shaik

The commercial crimes unit will investigate fraud convict Schabir Shaik's alleged breach of the Companies Act.

DA lays charges against Shaik

The DA on Monday laid charges against convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik after reports that he is still listed as a director of a company.

DA: New York summit was gross misuse of public funds

Sending a 49-member delegation to a United Nations gender summit in New York was a gross misuse of public funds, the DA said on Monday.

DA targets Jo'burg in May elections

The people of Johannesburg deserve Democratic Alliance governance, the party's leader, Helen Zille, said in the city on Monday.

Zille says service delivery, not race, is key issue

The 2011 local government elections were not a contest between race groups, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said in Kliptown on Saturday.

Letters to the Editor: March 25

M&G readers share their thoughts on Jimmy Manyi, Patricia de Lille, Japan's nuclear crisis and more.

Democratic Alliance calls for Rajbansi's head

The Democratic Alliance on Friday called on Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi to be expelled from the KwaZulu-Natal legislature.

Breathing life into the ANC abroad

Reviving the party’s once powerful branch in the United Kingdom was never going to be easy. Rob Boffard reports from London.

Is the DA the new black?

The Democratic Alliance is on a mission to change its colours. But is the transformation only skin deep?

DA urges ANC to support anti-corruption bill

The DA has urged the ANC to show it is serious about fighting corruption by supporting a DA private member's bill in Parliament.

Zuma: No ethnic group or race will be dominant

Jacob Zuma on Monday called for a society free of ethnic dominance amidst division in the ANC over Jimmy Manyi's comments on coloured people.

De Lille booed during speech

Western Cape acting premier Patricia de Lille was booed and shown "hand signals" while making a Human Rights Day speech in Cape Town on Monday.

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