Its founder has done a runner, but the cash-strapped party still wants to stay in the game – assuming it isn’t sunk for good by its factional battles.
An opposition motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be debated in the National Assembly on February 24.
The Agang SA leader says she has decided to leave party politics and return to civil society "to pursue the idealism that has driven" her.
Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele struggled to draw the crowds or inspire much confidence in the younger residents of Khayelitsha on Youth Day.
Agang’s Eastern Cape branch has thrown its weight behind Mamphela Ramphele following factionalism over an account opened up to receive an IEC refund.
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Mamphela Ramphele has opened a case with the police to investigate who opened an account that would receive an IEC refund on behalf of the party.
Preliminary results indicate the ANC has retained its power by winning the fifth national elections, but with a reduced majority of just over 62%.
The relatively unknown AIC, a party with a name and logo "reminiscent" to the ANC, has leapt ahead of Agang SA to gain two seats in Parliament.
Mamphela Ramphele’s party will oppose hydraulic fracturing, a first for a South African political party.
The youth wage subsidy is a shameless populist attempt at grabbing the youth vote, writes Agang SA’s Philip Machanick.
Complaints by the Democratic Alliance and Agang SA allege that the ANC is using state resources to hand out food parcels at election rallies.
Agang SA has made public its list of party candidates for upcoming polls, with leader Mamphele Ramphele listed as the party’s presidential candidate.
Economic power and social discontent are setting the stage for the mother of all electoral battles.
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In the first in a series of profiles, Mamphela Ramphele explains Agang SA is ready for the upcoming elections – despite the problems it faces.
Agang SA and Cope both presented election manifestos over the weekend, envisaging active governance and oversight by individual citizens.
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From the SABC chairperson’s response to the public protector’s findings to herbal sex drugs raising the bar, here are this week’s letters.
Eastern Cape MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane warns voters to watch out for "Johnny-come-lately" opposition parties and rather to stick with the ANC.
Vanessa Hani has defected from Agang SA to the Congress of the People, says Cope.
Mamphela Ramphele’s party sees the elections as an opportunity for citizens to tell the ANC they are tired of its empty promises and corruption.
Readers share their thoughts on the recent headline-grabbing kerfuffle between DA leader Helen Zille and Agang SA’s Mamphela Ramphele.
The political year has started with a flop. With elections looming, Richard Calland asks what else could go wrong.
It matters a great deal that the partnership between Helen Zille and Mampela Ramphele dissolved so quickly, writes Sisonke Msimang.
DA leader Helen Zille is insisting that there was not just one funder who had "secretly" brokered the merger between her party and Agang SA.
From crippling impatience to invoking Nelson Mandela’s name: the failed Agang SA-DA merger was a lesson in how not to do things in SA politics.
In the spirit of a mixtape to signify the parting of ways, let’s take a look at nine break-up songs for what used to be known as DAgang.
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The DA leader admits it was a risk trying to bring Agang into the party, but says Mamphela Ramphele reneged on their agreement.
Join Kwanele Sosibo and Deshnee Subramany as they give you the latest breaking news and analysis of the biggest stories this week.
Mamphela Ramphele has offered little explaination on why her decision to run as the DA’s presidential candidate was not discussed with Agang members.
Jackson Mthembu says both parties have lost credibility after Agang SA’s leader backtracked on standing as the DA’s presidential candidate.
DA leader Helen Zille says Agang SA’s Mamphela Ramphele has "reneged" on their agreement that Ramphele stand as the DA’s presidential candidate.
It remains to be seen whether Agang leader Mamphela Ramphele will in fact stand as the Democratic Alliance’s presidential candidate.
Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele has rejected a joint statement issued by the DA in which it claims Ramphele will accept DA membership on Monday.