How much more time does the ANC have before losing the country? It’s the question of the next decade, or for the next two years, as the 2024 general election looms.
The disgraced former health minister is spotted on posters punting him as the next leader after his R150m corruption scandal
Ignoring the voices of the people they claim to represent, the ANC has veered far from its guiding principles in pursuit of its own financial interest
While Danny Msiza’s faction is gaining ground in Limpopo, those close to him say it does not necessarily mean Ramaphosa will be affected
Solly Msimanga, the official opposition’s leader in Gauteng, says the provincial leadership is surprised by the former Midvaal mayor’s resignation
The ANC’s corruption-accused suspended secretary general decries use of ‘state organs’ to ‘persecute party leaders’
Conference delegates resolved that Babalo Madikizela should be considered for chair with Terris Ntuthu as secretary.
Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences
Despite our dalliances with the “end of the world” narratives, we are still here.
The NPA has insisted in an affidavit in response to Ace Magashule’s application for a raft of declaratory orders that he has a prima facie case to answer
The 2021 local government elections are a clear demonstration of the failure to manage internal disagreements, where many of the parties, civic movements and independent candidates that contested these local government elections are direct offshoots of the ANC
When the ANC introduced the Amendment Bill, it must have been apparent it would lose, having failed to secure an agreement with any other party beforehand
From submitting parallel lists to misleading the court, list committee chair Lorna Maloney makes serious claims against the North West ANC’s interim provincial committee
The ANC chair in the Eastern Cape, Oscar Mabuyane, urges PEC members to accept election outcomes and not devolve into the violence of the “festival of chairs”
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
The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot
The regional conferences in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal will test the muscle of Cyril Ramaphosa and his faction in the build-up to 2022 congress
As the increasingly less relevant ANC vacates the middle ground and the centre-left, a void opens, which will urgently need to be filled
Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others
Current legislation mainly protects employees and those who make allegations anonymously and offers too little protection for witnesses
Former speaker Thandi Modise’s refusal to allow MPs to vote in secret on a motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa was not rational, the SCA held
We can’t bury our heads in the sand: there is no way to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic other than vaccination. South Africa — and the rest of Africa — still has a long way to go
The party’s provincial secretary says the appointment of new mayors will wait until dispute investigations are completed
Former Free State premier asks the court to declare that the state’s case against him contains no evidence that would lead to a successful conviction
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability
What do the outcomes of the local government polls portend for the general elections in 2024?
The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals
Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipalities go to the Democratic Alliance, with eThekwini set to follow.
Those haggling over the keys to Durban city hall can’t smell the shit in the harbour
SAPS top brass in sights for R100m security equipment corruption while spying on ANC and students
Deals with the Inkatha Freedom Party deliver small towns, but metros remain beyond the ruling party’s reach
Mashaba’s one-year-old party comes in second behind the ANC’s income, but ahead of the DA