For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives
Is Zuma trying to rain on Cyril’s January 8 parade, or is uBaba feeling politically homesick?
The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.
The party said its deputy president had been taken in Cape Town on Tuesday while driving to the airport
UDM founder appears ready to hand over control of the party
Leader Bantu Holomisa launched the party manifesto on Saturday, also promising zero tolerance for corruption
The disgraced former SABC boss also has ambitions of becoming premier of the Free State
State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper
Several small opposition parties protested, but the ANC’s might carried the vote
Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party
National executive committee members are at odds over a coalition with the EFF, with some vowing to lobby party leaders against the arrangement
The suspended public protector suggested she would take the impeachment committee to court if it continued, despite her not having state funding
Only the government — not Eskom or municipalities — can address load-shedding by building more capacity and ensuring sufficient supply, the parties said
The maligned former Eskom CEO challenged the notion that it was foolish to shut ageing power stations and focus on procuring more renewable capacity
Nineteen interest groups are seeking urgent relief from ongoing load-shedding to ensure the provision of basic services
Opposition parties, union will be heading to the Pretoria high court court on February 28
Parliament has agreed to an extension for the report by the Ngcobo panel on whether Cyril Ramaphosa should
face impeachment
There was a reasonable apprehension that the president was biased and his decision made in retaliation for her Phala Phala probe
The president may not have the support of the entire ANC caucus should a vote of no confidence in him take place
If properly structured, the committee could introduce an era of accountability that is desperately needed in the governing party
We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished
Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address
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
A new book, Marriages of Inconvenience: The Politics of Coalitions in South Africa, takes a forward-looking view of the country politics but also a historical one
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the organisation is seeking an urgent application to set aside the sale of SAA to Takatso
Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again
This decision is despite the finance minister and the bank’s chief executive dismissing the UDM leader’s allegations as unfounded
Ace Magashule has thrown the ANC secretary general’s office, once occupied by stalwarts Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, into disarray
The official opposition’s leader John Steenhuisen has called its mission to slash the ANC voter share unrealistic during a parliamentary meeting, as the party deals with financial challenges
and a fresh round of staff retrenchments
The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus
Current ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has been cleared of allegations that he misled the Free State provincial legislature when he was premier of that province. It follows a complaint by the Democratic Alliance’s Roy Jankielsohn, who asked the public protector to investigate whether Magashule lied about payments made for the funeral of health MEC Fundiswa […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce the government’s long-awaited economic stimulus plan to deal with the effects of Covid-19. The key will be getting loans for a stimulus without ‘selling’ the country.