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Parties warn Godongwana against tax hikes ahead of budget speech
Politics
/ 18 February 2025

Parties warn Godongwana against tax hikes ahead of budget speech

Last year, the finance minister hinted there would be tax increases in 2025

By Mandisa Nyathi
ActionSA warns rejigged Gauteng ANC not to include ‘racist’ DA in the coalition
National
/ 17 February 2025

ActionSA warns rejigged Gauteng ANC not to include ‘racist’ DA in the coalition

Party leader Herman Mashaba has played down his ambitions of being ActionSA president

By Lunga Mzangwe
Political parties split on Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address
Politics
/ 7 February 2025

Political parties split on Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address

The president was applauded for his stance on Trump’s backlash against South Africa, saying racial redress, equality and diversity would not be abandoned

By Mandisa Nyathi
Political parties slate defence department, Denel after SIU uncovers procurement irregularities
Politics
/ 29 January 2025

Political parties slate defence department, Denel after SIU uncovers procurement irregularities

In one Special Investigating Unit inquiry, Denel was paid more than R8 billion by Armscor for 264 Badger vehicles but only produced a fraction of those

By Busi Lethole
Tshwane and Johannesburg: Lessons from coalition governments
Article
/ 22 January 2025

Tshwane and Johannesburg: Lessons from coalition governments

It’s not about which party politicians represent, it’s about their willingness to embrace servant leadership and work together for the good of all the people

By Matthew Cook
The political transfer window is open, and Mashaba goes the full Motsepe
Columns
/ 17 January 2025

The political transfer window is open, and Mashaba goes the full Motsepe

ActionSA has signed up the Forum 4 Service Delivery, the ANC considers wooing Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and the MK party is fishing for the Abantu Batho Congress

By Paddy Harper
ActionSA forms alliance with F4SD for 2026 local government elections
Politics
/ 15 January 2025

ActionSA forms alliance with F4SD for 2026 local government elections

Herman Mashaba has created a deputy position for Forum 4 Service Delivery founder Mbahare Johannes Kekana as part of the agreement

By Mandisa Nyathi
ActionSA eyeing mayoral chains
Politics
/ 6 December 2024

ActionSA eyeing mayoral chains

The party wants to use its growing influence in Gauteng metros to consolidate its presence

By Mandisa Nyathi
The mayor-go-round must stop
Opinion
/ 10 November 2024

The mayor-go-round must stop

The government of national unity is working at a national level, but the same cannot be said about municipal coalition governments

By Ian Siebörger
It keeps me awake at night, Panyaza Lesufi says of dismal efforts to curb crime
Politics
/ 30 October 2024

It keeps me awake at night, Panyaza Lesufi says of dismal efforts to curb crime

However, the Gauteng premier praised the coalition government’s achievements in addressing socio-economic challenges

By Mandisa Nyathi
New Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya vows to expose corrupt city officials
Politics
/ 21 October 2024

New Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya vows to expose corrupt city officials

The capital’s new mayor will focus on resolving long-standing tensions with labour, coalition management, and service delivery

By Mandisa Nyathi
It’s bluff-calling week as Tshwane gets a new mayor…  again
Columns
/ 14 October 2024

It’s bluff-calling week as Tshwane gets a new mayor… again

Parties that swore to oust the ANC are keeping it in power – and JSC interviews went ahead

By Paddy Harper
It’s bluff-calling week as Tshwane gets a new mayor – again
Columns
/ 12 October 2024

It’s bluff-calling week as Tshwane gets a new mayor – again

Parties that swore to oust ANC are keeping it in power – and JSC interviews went ahead

By Paddy Harper
Zille vows DA payback in Ekurhuleni, eThekwini over Tshwane mayoral vote
Politics
/ 10 October 2024

Zille vows DA payback in Ekurhuleni, eThekwini over Tshwane mayoral vote

The ANC must ‘watch this space’ the DA federal chairperson says

By Mandisa Nyathi
ActionSA clinches its first mayor in Tshwane
Politics
/ 9 October 2024

ActionSA clinches its first mayor in Tshwane

The ANC endorsed Nasiphi Moya as the mayor in the metro

By Mandisa Nyathi
ANC-DA coalition negotiations over a new Ekurhuleni deal get under way
Politics
/ 2 October 2024

ANC-DA coalition negotiations over a new Ekurhuleni deal get under way

Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA

By Mandisa Nyathi
Nomvula Mokonyane: We are not here to canvas for the DA’s Cilliers Brink
Politics
/ 30 September 2024

Nomvula Mokonyane: We are not here to canvas for the DA’s Cilliers Brink

The ANC deputy secretary general has rebuffed Democratic Alliance chair Helen Zille’s demand that the ousted Tshwane mayor be reinstated

By Lunga Mzangwe and Mandisa Nyathi
Workers celebrate as Cilliers Brink is ousted as Tshwane mayor
Politics
/ 26 September 2024

Workers celebrate as Cilliers Brink is ousted as Tshwane mayor

The city has 14 days to elect a new mayor

By Lunga Mzangwe
ActionSA and DA both woo ANC as Tshwane coalition talks reach impasse
Politics
/ 20 September 2024

ActionSA and DA both woo ANC as Tshwane coalition talks reach impasse

ActionSA has ruled out future coalition agreements with the Democratic Alliance.

By Mandisa Nyathi and Lunga Mzangwe
Use state power and deliver services in Gauteng to regain votes: former president Thabo Mbeki
Politics
/ 15 September 2024

Use state power and deliver services in Gauteng to regain votes: former president Thabo Mbeki

ANC chair Panyaza Lesufi says the party has to respond to its electoral losses

By Lunga Mzangwe
ANC may sink ActionSA bid to take Tshwane
Politics
/ 13 September 2024

ANC may sink ActionSA bid to take Tshwane

ActionSA has promised positions to the ANC and EFF but the former ruling party is cautious of the city’s poor finances and service delivery failures

By Mandisa Nyathi and Lunga Mzangwe
ANC national leadership to decide whether its worth toppling DA in ‘broke’ Tshwane metro 
Politics
/ 10 September 2024

ANC national leadership to decide whether its worth toppling DA in ‘broke’ Tshwane metro 

The ANC chief whip believes the party might be punished in the local government elections over failed services in the capital if it takes power now

By Lunga Mzangwe
Justice Minister Thembi Simelane to stay put, despite pressure to resign
Politics
/ 9 September 2024

Justice Minister Thembi Simelane to stay put, despite pressure to resign

The ANC’s integrity commission will review her involvement in a R575 600 loan from a fixer for the now-defunct VBS Mutual Bank

By Mandisa Nyathi
Voters will make ActionSA pay for working with ANC, EFF, says mayor Cilliers Brink
Politics
/ 6 September 2024

Voters will make ActionSA pay for working with ANC, EFF, says mayor Cilliers Brink

The embattled DA mayor of Tshwane said coalition partner ActionSA is also responsible for service failures in the metro.

By Lunga Mzangwe
Tshwane power shift: ActionSA poised for mayoral position, ANC gets speaker in deal to oust DA
Politics
/ 3 September 2024

Tshwane power shift: ActionSA poised for mayoral position, ANC gets speaker in deal to oust DA

It is still not clear exactly who ActionSA will field as its preferred candidate

By Lunga Mzangwe
Ramaphosa asks justice minister for report on VBS allegations
Politics
/ 28 August 2024

Ramaphosa asks justice minister for report on VBS allegations

Thembi Simelane has come under scrutiny for taking a loan from a company embroiled in the scandal that triggered the bank’s collapse

By Emsie Ferreira and Aarti Bhana
ANC sets its eyes on Tshwane as ActionSA targets speaker positions
Politics
/ 20 August 2024

ANC sets its eyes on Tshwane as ActionSA targets speaker positions

The ANC wants to unseat the Democratic Alliance, which has run Tshwane for more than a year with help from ActionSA, the African Christian Democratic Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party

By Mandisa Nyathi
Gayton must go if GNU is to be credible
Opinion
/ 7 August 2024

Gayton must go if GNU is to be credible

The toxic xenophobic politics pushed by Gayton McKenzie and the Patriotic Alliance debases us all

By Richard Pithouse
Ramaphosa: Failures in metros contributed to ANC’s electoral decline
Politics
/ 4 August 2024

Ramaphosa: Failures in metros contributed to ANC’s electoral decline

The president said the party had entered uncharted territory following its failure to secure an outright majority in the 29 May general elections

By Lunga Mzangwe
Mashaba’s ActionSA guns for speaker positions in Gauteng metros
Politics
/ 22 July 2024

Mashaba’s ActionSA guns for speaker positions in Gauteng metros

The green mambas’ leader says the ANC is not the only party that has been involved in corruption

By Lunga Mzangwe
ANC’s Dada Morero to replace Kabelo Gwamanda as Johannesburg mayor
Politics
/ 19 July 2024

ANC’s Dada Morero to replace Kabelo Gwamanda as Johannesburg mayor

ActionSA is set to get the council speaker position and chair of chairs in the new coalition arrangement

By Lunga Mzangwe
ActionSA considers backing ANC in Joburg metro over R2.5bn capital expenditure loan
Politics
/ 17 July 2024

ActionSA considers backing ANC in Joburg metro over R2.5bn capital expenditure loan

Mashaba’s party may vote in favour of the loan if the R200 prepaid electricity service charge is scrapped

By Lunga Mzangwe
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