Burning a city and asking its residents to vote for you appears to have been a bit of a stretch for Durban’s electorate
Hung municipal councils, most crucially in several metros, mean the ANC will have to find partners to be able to govern
The prosecution in Magashule’s corruption trial said Moroadi Cholota refused to cooperate with detectives sent to the US to interview her and she now faces extradition
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The Inkatha Freedom Party is on track to take control of five of the province’s 11 district municipalities
It’s the economy, stupid — but also service delivery and corruption. The ANC asks voters to forgive past sins, while the EFF tries to consolidate itself with wild promises of a socialist utopia
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Flashbacks of nicotine deprivation and not poor service delivery may see a run on the polls on Monday
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National Freedom Party candidates in the Zululand town have gone into hiding amid fears that they will be targeted next
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Malibongwe Dubazane is contesting all 14 of the IFP-run Nkandla local municipality’s wards
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The DA appears to have abandoned its ambitions of 2016 and is set to lose further ground in the upcoming elections
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One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds
An ANC member has accused the Free State speaker of flouting the Electoral Act after the ANC list was changed twice, resulting in Mxolisi Dukwana being sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature
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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a more rigorous mayoral selection process, which will involve the party’s top six
At a time when unemployment and poverty must be tackled head on, our country appears rudderless
If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
The former president and the ‘RET’ faction will not bring the changes South Africa sorely needs
The apex court’s dismissal of the Democratic Alliance’s application to declare reopening candidate registration unlawful came as no surprise
The court dismissed Magashule’s claim that its scathing July judgment showed little sound reasoning, but rather a bias towards the Ramaphosa faction
The governing party faces legal hurdles thrown up by the Democratic Alliance — and its own members
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ANC gives Zuma-backer Niehaus the chop over ‘divisive’ statements and behaviour. On Wednesday he threatened to lay criminal charges over the party’s failure to pay salaries
The full impact of the former president’s health status on his trial remains unclear
There is a huge difference between holding a governing party to account and making it an excuse for failing to face deep-rooted problems. Fixating on the ANC has given the one-third an excuse not to face difficult realities
DA threatens court action over the reopening of the candidate nomination process
President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to be looking for someone who can bridge the gap between his office and the media.
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Political analyst Ralph Mathekga’s new book, The ANC’s Last Decade: how the decline of the party will transform South Africa, is one of the few researched publications bold enough to offer specific timelines for the end of the ANC’s dominance
Branches in several provinces will go to court to challenge the ruling party’s final choice of councillor candidates for the local government elections
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The party is in danger of losing five KwaZulu-Natal municipalities over a registration flop, but counts the absence of political murders as a win
Only a handful of attempts to blockade roads took place in response to Monday’s shutdown call
Water and housing entities are likely to see political appointments reversed after the cabinet reshuffle
For six weeks Ramaphosa has told us he is following process and Mkhize continues to get a fat ministerial salary as he relaxes on special leave.
The blame for our current crisis must be laid at the door of the ANC — but it can still redeem itself
We want to hear about steps taken, people arrested, people charged and sentenced in courts of law
Deputy secretary Jessie Duarte says party will act against any of its members found fanning the flames of violence