The government will predictably object that taxpayers are sabotaging transformation, the same old argument whenever they face accountability
The province’s ANC has expelled eight of its members, including five municipal councillors who voted for an EFF member as Speaker
At the 2021 local government elections, neither of the two biggest parties got a mandate to govern alone in Johannesburg
But the opposition coalition led by the DA can’t stop fighting about who is boss for long enough to agree on a Jozi mayoral candidate
The sugar industry’s struggle tells a bigger story of the risks of South Africa’s deindustrialisation
South Africa is in the dire position of possessing a weak leader and no potential replacements
When macroeconomic policy has so clearly failed workers, and us all, why is a complete overhaul still out of the question?
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?
When the president merged the mining and energy departments under his most powerful lieutenants he made a decision that would come back to bite him
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?
The former Eskom boss has alleged that two senior ANC leaders are involved in corruption at the mismanaged, looted and sabotaged power utility
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula warns Ramaphosa to ‘run his cabinet and not have his cabinet run him’ or they will take action
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned of stage 8 load-shedding for up to 152 consecutive days
Gauteng’s musical chairs in its economic cluster is a microcosm of South Africa’s biggest problem
The social housing investigation was handed to eThekwini municipal manager and the presidency last year
ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha seems to be off the hook but the jury is still out on his deputy
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
The Limpopo premier has been given a six-month reprieve to clean house as President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for more accountability in government
The president has been burned before by his administration setting expectations too high. The past five years has put the country’s real prospects into focus
National executive committee members are at odds over a coalition with the EFF, with some vowing to lobby party leaders against the arrangement
A proposal to move some of energy minister Gwede Mantashe’s powers to the electricity ministry could result in a battle between him and the president
The party is also dealing with an internal revolt by its councillors over its coalition with the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters
‘The ANC government is doing to black people what the apartheid government did’
The party’s top six leaders agreed with the former president’s letter at a meeting, saying they had not received a proper brief on Phala Phala from Cyril Ramaphosa
Low voter turnout and the rise of youth activism could limit the party’s ability to win the 2024 provincial and national government elections
The ANC’s top seven officials are expected to meet former president Thabo Mbeki after he wrote a scathing letter to deputy president Paul Mashatile
Union questions dubious R41 million investment at a time when workers are being retrenched and others have not been paid
A footballing three days and three nights in a cave don’t appear to have affected the striker’s performance
The country is hyper religious but has prided itself on not talking politics at the church table
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 anonymous message called the incumbent opposition leader a liar who was unable to increase voter share to beat the ANC in next year’s national 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’