Coalition Government – The Mail & Guardian

/ 6 December 2024

ActionSA eyeing mayoral chains

The party wants to use its growing influence in Gauteng metros to consolidate its presence

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By Mandisa Nyathi

Politics

/ 25 October 2024

Minor parties back Mashatile for post-Ramaphosa GNU leadership

They believe the deputy president has the political acumen and experience to maintain the fragile alliance

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By Mandisa Nyathi

Politics

/ 21 October 2024

New Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya vows to expose corrupt city officials

The capital’s new mayor will focus on resolving long-standing tensions with labour, coalition management, and service delivery

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By Mandisa Nyathi

Thought Leader

/ 20 October 2024

100 Days of GNU: South Africa’s ‘forced marriage’ is working for the country

Ministers from various parties at national level are taking their portfolios seriously and working together

By Noluthando Dlamini and Enzokuhle Sabela

Politics

/ 18 October 2024

ANC infighting threatens GNU more than tensions with DA

Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes

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By Emsie Ferreira, Paddy Harper, Lunga Mzangwe and Mandisa Nyathi

Thought Leader

/ 16 October 2024

GNU must go on despite theatrics and threats

The Democratic Alliance must appreciate that there are concessions, defeats and mature ways to advance objectives

By Gugu Ndima

Opinion

/ 2 October 2024

Will the complexities of coalition governments undermine local governance in South Africa?

The success of coalition governments hinges on the ability of coalitions to rise above political differences and prioritise the needs of the people they serve

By Otshepeng Mazibuko

Politics

/ 18 July 2024

MK party takes legal action against KZN legislature over defeat in portfolio committees

The party also wants to be given the position of chief whip

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 18 July 2024

Ramaphosa achieves a semblance of unity ahead of Thursday’s Opening of Parliament Address

There was a conciliation among political parties at the cabinet lekgotla on policies that have seen them at loggerheads

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 10 July 2024

ANC and minority parties to remove EFF mayoral committee members in Johannesburg ‘this week’

Despite the ANC, Economic Freedom Fighters and the minority parties being in government together in the city, the Red Berets voted against a R2.5 billion loan proposed by the coalition

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By Lunga Mzangwe

Politics

/ 9 July 2024

MK Party walks out as KwaZulu-Natal Legislature elects committee chairs

Influential committee posts are shared among the members of the province’s governing coalition

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By Paddy Harper

National

/ 8 July 2024

Cabinet ministers can’t fire directors general, says Public Service Commission

Civil servants need to be ‘insulated’ from politics and allowed to do their work

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 30 June 2024

Ramaphosa to announce cabinet at 9pm on Sunday

The president has made plain his impatience to lock down a deal and name his new executive

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 29 June 2024

Ramaphosa may make space in cabinet for smaller parties

The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.

By Emsie Ferreira

Columns

/ 28 June 2024

It’s take it or leave it time at the GNU

Step-aside be damned; instead it’s a quickstep up to parliament for Zizi Kodwa and others

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By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 28 June 2024

GNU talks down to the wire as parties deadlock on key portfolio

Negotiations have involved who will get what, and how many portfolios, in the new cabinet

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By Emsie Ferreira and Lunga Mzangwe

Politics

/ 27 June 2024

EFF scrambles to retain some power in Gauteng

The Red Berets are trying to convince the ANC to keep their local government arrangements intact

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By Mandisa Nyathi

Politics

/ 19 June 2024

Ramaphosa’s cabinet deliberations will not be quick or painless

The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 13 June 2024

Breakthrough in GNU talks ahead of presidential vote, Mbalula says

The ‘majority’ of 17 parties in parliament had expressed support for the government of national unity, the ANC secretary general said on Thursday night

By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 13 June 2024

South Africa needs a ‘no-alition’ confidence-and-supply arrangement for government stability

The loss of an outright majority for the ANC should not be considered a panacea which promises to alleviate all our political and economic woes

By Morné Malan

Opinion

/ 13 June 2024

A new GNU: South Africa’s first democratic election and the evolution of power sharing in the ANC

The majority of 1994’s voters recognised the GNU script because they co-authored it, and were assured of explanations if deviations were unavoidable

By Mzwandile Manto kaB. Wapi

Opinion

/ 12 June 2024

Challenges, strategies and the will of the people in forming political coalitions in South Africa

As we enter a new era of coalition politics, there are key considerations for democracy, accountability and political rights

By Joel Bregman

Opinion

/ 11 June 2024

What various coalition scenarios could mean for broad-based BEE

As the political horse trading begins, the fate of the controversial policy is uncertain

By Siseko Maposa

Politics

/ 6 June 2024

ANC: ‘We are talking to everybody’

The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday

By Paddy Harper

Business

/ 5 June 2024

Fitch raises red flags over ANC coalition with MK party, EFF

Earlier this year, the ratings agency warned that a significant increase in the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio could knock its credit rating

By Sarah Smit

Opinion

/ 5 June 2024

Arresting the decline of South Africa’s democracy: Lessons from the 2024 elections

We need to face up to the realities required to achieve a country in which the dignity of citizens is restored through jobs and crime-free communities

By Donovan E Williams

Politics

/ 31 May 2024

Zuma is back to haunt the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal as MK party secures parly seats

The former president’s political resurrection has thrown the other parties’ pre-election coalition plans into disarray

By Lizeka Tandwa, Khaya Koko and Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 29 May 2024

Lessons from the Mont Fleur Scenarios: Moving beyond stone-throwing politics in South Africa

Stone-throwing politics is futile. In the absence of a single miraculous fix for the country, we need courageous leaders to see things anew and collaborate with allies — and foes

By Akanimo Andrew Akpan