It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices
The Multi-Party Charter’s funders are said to be looking for a new figurehead for the coalition’s election campaign
The Democratic Alliance elections in the province will see Bonginkosi Madikizela go up against the current acting leader, Tertius Simmers
While the motion to remove them was valid, the process of bringing it was flawed
But party says Ronnie Pillay failed to back up his allegations with any evidence that councillors collected bribes
The former Eastern Cape party leader claimed ZIlle had kept dossiers on black DA leaders
Funders are concerned about the fragmented opposition but party leaders are adamant that they and not donors are driving the process
Herman Mashaba lasted longer in the Jozi mayor’s parlour than his book did on the shelves
While the pact is a clear outlining of political strategy by the opposition party, whether it is successful can only be determined as we get closer to 2024
Re-elected leader calls for ‘moonshot pact’ with other political parties to oust the ANC and keep the EFF out by securing a 51% coalition in next year’s election
The Nelson Mandela Bay mayor has gone against the DA fray, advising against any coalition with the governing party, which ‘must be punished democratically’
Nearly 2 000 delegates will vote in a new leadership to take the party into the 2024 elections
Will the official opposition consider doing business with the ANC after the 2024 elections?
Party insiders worry that Democratic Alliance federal council chair Helen Zille has centralised powers as the party has not had a chief executive for two years
Incumbent DA leader takes legal steps after former Johannesburg mayor’s campaign manager allegedly reported that he used donor funding for his benefit
The DA can’t shake off the question of race if it aspires to grow
The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction
The party releases list of candidates vying for leadership positions, with Phenyane nominated for all six posts with Zille expected to be re-elected as matriarch
Three former party members have filed an application challenging the DA cessation laws that were used to give them the boot
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
The party believes it has been able to ‘self-correct’ after alienating white voters in the previous national and provincial elections
An internal report implicates Maimane as the mastermind in a plan to rid the party of its white leaders, thereby alienating white voters
Internal report finds former youth leader Luyolo Mphithi not to blame for party’s response to Schweizer-Reneke school ‘racist’ incident
Messages between ActionSA and DA federal council chair Helen Zille suggest that the blue party has made attempts for an alliance with the EFF since January
The brutal fact is the world we live in is profoundly racist. It’s structured around racism. It’s like we are all Capetonians, and racism is Table Mountain
The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community
The Western Cape head of community safety was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct.
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will flex its power if it doesn’t get a key Johannesburg committee seat
If South Africa is moving from being a dominant-party system to a more vibrant, multiparty democracy, as these elections indicate, then coalitions are going to have to become the norm
Talks between the two parties have resumed, but it is unclear if any agreement will be reached any time soon
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability
South Africa’s 66 hung municipalities have to constitute councils or face a rerun of elections