We expect the new government to work. Ramaphosa has promised that a list of principles will advance “the building of a united, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous nation”
The responsibility is on party leaders to move beyond their ideological positions and find each other — swiftly — and deliver on the mandate they received from their voters.
Our last election demand must now be to the politicians who will decide the country’s future in the coming 14 days
The majority of South Africans have, for the fifth time, given the ANC a mandate to govern nationally
We can’t tell you who to vote for — or even any party to vote against. Arriving at a considered decision is your democratic duty
An editorial from the M&G’s coverage of the 2009 elections
We issue a plea to incumbent leaders and the loud opposition: for once, let’s put our country and its people first.
We struggle to be convinced that the winter outlook Eskom released, which anticipates stage two load-shedding, will come through
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
The editors called on citizens to vote for unity and reconstruction