Mntuwoxolo Ngudle also said ANC hard hitters, including former president Jacob Zuma, must be part of its 2024 elections campaign in KZN
A meeting of coalition parties this past week put the DA in the hot seat when its coalition partners made heavy demands
John Steenhuisen told party leaders that the 2024 elections would be a fight between the DA and EFF
The Democratic Alliance’s coalition agreement needs to reach its targeted 51% if it is to have any success in the 2024 elections
Seven opposition parties will agree on the rules of engagement to unseat the ANC
PA leader Gayton McKenzie said his party won the coveted Ward 7 in Johannesburg because voters “rejected nonsense” from the DA and ActionSA
Parties believe that they need the broadest possible coalition to unseat the ANC
The democratic revolution requires a collective effort that goes beyond the ambitions of individual parties or leaders
Parties want members to cough for their coming election campaign
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
Jonathan Ball Publishers was not aware of a funding agreement between the ActionSA president and the writer of the ‘unauthorised biography’, Prince Mashele
The ANC, IFP and DA managed to retain their wards
The Russian leader has more chance of being arrested at home than he does in Mzansi
Will the official opposition consider doing business with the ANC after the 2024 elections?
The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction
The party believes it has been able to ‘self-correct’ after alienating white voters in the previous national and provincial elections
Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022
The former ANC MP and activist had been ill since June
The mayor wants a forensic report on a R26-billion tender to turn two power stations into gas energy supply networks
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
eThekwini metro and KwaDukuza municipality are likely to face similar challenges as the Msunduzi municipality
If the ANC does not have an outright majority, the options are: a government of national unity, an opposition coalition, an ANC coalition and a grand coalition
Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans
A damning report terminating Khoza’s Action SA membership accuses her of aggressive and threatening behaviour, being prone to conspiracy theories and a careerist.
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will flex its power if it doesn’t get a key Johannesburg committee seat
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
The Makana Citizens Front won more votes than any other opposition party, giving residents a direct voice on the local council
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
Stigmatising the marginalised is driven by vested interests, both in the case of African foreign nationals subject to xenophobia and South Africans facing economic doom
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability