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ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.

‘Mammoth task’ ahead, says Mbalula of reconfigured ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

Outspoken secretary Bheki Mtolo has been kept on the books as the convenor of policy, planning and monitoring

Premier Panyaza Lesufi at the release of the quality of life survey by the  Gauteng City-Region Observatory  (GCRO) at Radisson Blu on October 22, 2024 in Sandton. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Succession fuels Gauteng coalition woes

Strain over the ANC coalition with the EFF in Ekurhuleni seems linked to leadership battles

Democratic Alliance federal council chairperson Helen Zille. (Marco Longari/AFP)

Zille vows DA payback in Ekurhuleni, eThekwini over Tshwane mayoral vote

The ANC must ‘watch this space’ the DA federal chairperson says

Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza. (Papi Morake/Gallo Images)

ANC-DA coalition negotiations over a new Ekurhuleni deal get under way

Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA

Zwane was charged and arrested in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, for allegedly shooting a security guard who tried to compel him to use hand sanitiser. File photo

MK party reinstates Arthur Zwane a week after his ‘resignation’

Zwane quit his post because he could not balance work for the party and his business

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.  (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Gauteng Premier Lesufi delays executive council announcement amid DA-ANC standoff

The ANC accuses the Democratic Alliance of bullying, while the latter in turn has criticised the ANC’s negotiation tactics This content is restricted to registered users and…

President Cyril Ramaphosa with Chief Justice Raymond Zondo after taking the presidential oath. (Pool)

FULL COVERAGE | Cyril Ramaphosa is inaugurated

The president said the formation of a Government of National Unity was the beginning of a new era for South Africa

President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa gestures after he was announced South African president after members of parliament voted during the first sitting of the country’s new  parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024. (Photo by WIKUS DE WET / AFP)

FULL COVERAGE | Inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa

Following much pomp and ceremony, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will administer the Presidential Oath of Office, after which Ramaphosa will give an address

The EFF at their manifesto launch earlier this year. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Will socialism work in South Africa?

Unless South Africans see a direct improvement to their livelihoods, it will result in civil unrest

An ANC volunteer carries a poster of Cyril Ramaphosa as she prepares to erect a party station at the Msholozi Informal Settlement near Brakpan, Johannesburg. (File photo by Delwyn Verasamy/MG)

Why ‘Confidence and Supply’ is the best option for South Africa’s ANC in a divided political landscape 

How the numbers could play out with various parties when the ANC is 42 parliamentary seats short

How will a coalition transform our society

Coalition country: Time for South Africans to talk about our shared future

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

Property sales slow ahead of poll

The uncertainty created by the possibility of a coalition government is putting people off big-price buys

Political parties (Isanco, DA, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, UIM, ADCP and SNP) Multi-Party Charter at Birchwood Hotel on November 28, 2023 in Boksburg, South Africa. (Photo by Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Understanding South Africa’s coalition landscape

If coalitions have been a key part of the country’s democracy then why is there such concern ahead of 2024?

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

Mantashe: Don’t rely on government to get you out of poverty

The ANC leader said a recently agreed multi-party coalition was made up of ‘apartheid’ and ‘bantustan’ parties with an ‘evil intent’

DA leader John Steenhuisen. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Steenhuisen: Moonshot pact is not anti-ANC

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