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Zille’s effective campaign in Johannesburg

Helen Zille, the DA's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, has launched an unconventional campaign exposing the ANC-led metro's failure to provide basic services. She has lodged a…

Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)

ANC: Zuma's Nkandla scandal cost us votes in 2016 but Phala Phala won't

The ANC in Johannesburg attributes its 2016 local government election loss to Jacob Zuma's Nkandla scandal. However, the party believes President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala…

Human dignity: As Africa reflects on unity and solidarity, migration continues to expose the continent’s unresolved struggles around governance,
opportunity, sovereignty and economic survival. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy Picture: Delwyn Verasamy

When economic participation outpaces social pressure

For much of the past decade, governments across the globe have found themselves locked in a familiar cycle. Economic growth lags behind population expansion. Youth unemployment…

ANC factions to blame for collapse of North West municipality

The reappointment of a senior official to a struggling North West municipality is met with skepticism, given his controversial past. This municipality is one of 12 in the…

Ratanda water protest deaths a tragic result of poor governance

Two tragic deaths in Ratanda, a township south of Heidelburg, during a service delivery protest over water supply have sparked outrage and calls for reflection on South Africa's…

Development-Linked Financial Architecture (DLFA): Financing stability in an age of migration

Migration is a defining policy challenge for South Africa and the African continent, often viewed through the lens of border management. This article argues that migration is…

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (Photo: David Harrison)

Treasury cuts Johannesburg's July transfer over compliance failures

The National Treasury has withheld a portion of the City of Johannesburg's July 2026 equitable share, citing serious concerns over the metro's financial management, governance,…

The solar panels are going up. The wind farms are being commissioned. The investment is flowing. The problem? The wires to carry all that electricity don't exist yet and the unit deciding who gets access to them still sits inside the organisation most conflicted by the answer

Africa's clean energy future is stuck in grid traffic

South Africa, rich in solar and wind resources with billions ready for investment, faces a critical bottleneck: a severe lack of power lines and an opaque grid access queue. This…