Outspoken secretary Bheki Mtolo has been kept on the books as the convenor of policy, planning and monitoring
Strain over the ANC coalition with the EFF in Ekurhuleni seems linked to leadership battles
The ANC must ‘watch this space’ the DA federal chairperson says
Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA
Zwane quit his post because he could not balance work for the party and his business
The ANC accuses the Democratic Alliance of bullying, while the latter in turn has criticised the ANC’s negotiation tactics
The president said the formation of a Government of National Unity was the beginning of a new era for South Africa
Following much pomp and ceremony, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will administer the Presidential Oath of Office, after which Ramaphosa will give an address
Unless South Africans see a direct improvement to their livelihoods, it will result in civil unrest
How the numbers could play out with various parties when the ANC is 42 parliamentary seats short
The politicians are haggling over our future but we citizens created the situation and so we need to fix it
The uncertainty created by the possibility of a coalition government
is putting people off big-price buys
If coalitions have been a key part of the country’s democracy then why is there such concern ahead of 2024?
The ANC leader said a recently agreed multi-party coalition was made up of ‘apartheid’ and ‘bantustan’ parties with an ‘evil intent’
The DA leader has said the pact was about dislodging the ruling party and stopping a coalition between the ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters
The onus is on us to increase the calibre of leadership we allow through the door
The instability of hung local governments is driving the ANC’s new-found need to get to grips with coalition politics
Despite the sultan of Istanbul being at the helm of power for 20 years and counting, he managed to come through in a heavily contested general election of 2023
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 Nelson Mandela Bay mayor has gone against the DA fray, advising against any coalition with the governing party, which ‘must be punished democratically’
At a council meeting, 140 councillors voted to remove Phalatse, while 129 supported her
What lessons can be learnt from the ongoing coalition instability in Nelson Mandela Bay and City of Johannesburg?
If the ANC does not have an outright majority, the options are: a government of national unity, an opposition coalition, an ANC coalition and a grand coalition
Mayor Randall Williams joined a blitz to switch off the lights of defaulting customers – including a luxury hotel opposite the Union Buildings that owes R23-million
The Economic Freedom Fighters are said to have made an attempt to convince Herman Mashaba to consider an ANC alliance in Gauteng
While no decision has been taken on whether it would go into a coalition with ActionSA in the city, DA leaders say the party is not opposed to Mashaba wearing the mayoral chain
The EFF is said to have indicated that it will be happy to give the ANC Johannesburg for Ekurhuleni and Scopa during preliminary negotiations
Although the ANC believes it has done okay in these elections, the numbers tell a different tale
The projections suggest that the two biggest parties — the ANC and the DA — will be eating a huge piece of humble pie as both the broad church and the blue party will see a significant drop
South Africa’s parties that run prosperous governments will be those that are successful in developing and nurturing coalitions
DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal
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