According to reports submitted to the court, Lekota, who died at the age of 77, suffered from chronic cerebrovascular which had significantly impaired his ability to make decisions
It is still not clear exactly who ActionSA will field as its preferred candidate
Independents will need budgets to match their egos if they are to contest the elections
The time for sod-turning and ribbon-cutting is nearly upon us
Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party
Parties want members to cough for their coming election campaign
At the 2021 local government elections, neither of the two biggest parties got a mandate to govern alone in Johannesburg
The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction
The Patriotic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters ditch the Democratic Alliance during the election of council chairpersons
The Cope president should have bailed long ago and saved himself an embarrassing end
Both factions have issued each other with letters of suspension
There has been a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse
We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished
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
The EFF has decided to close all talks with the ANC; meanwhile, the DA has not made any headway in talks with ActionSA as time runs out for councils to elect leaders
The former president failed to file papers or indicate whether he intended to proceed with the matter after his lawyers withdrew
Ace Magashule has thrown the ANC secretary general’s office, once occupied by stalwarts Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, into disarray
Lulama Ngcukayitobi warns that the RET group is not a faction, suggesting it has ‘grown into a formidable organisation that will contest the ANC’
Kgalema Motlanthe paid tribute to ANC struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, who died on Tuesday, at his 95th birthday celebrations last month
Smaller parties are threatening court action. But this does not automatically suspend the results of the election
South Africans headed the polls on Wednesday to elect the country’s sixth democratic administration
Over the past four elections the smaller political parties have been losing votes hand over fist
The party leader jumps in to add some pace to the party’s underwhelming manifesto launch
Dennis Bloem was the chairperson of Parliament’s correctional services oversight committee
Like Lekota, Agrizzi has revealed a dreadful truth — we gave away the state for measly trinkets
The Electoral Laws Amendment Bill will seek to amend the Electoral Commission Act, 1996, to provide for and to regulate independent candidacy
The ANC’s alliance partner the SACP has applauded Malusi Gigaba for his decision
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota will join AfriForum in asking other countries to put pressure on South Africa not to amend the Constitution
This follows revelations made by former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at the state capture inquiry on Friday
Steven Friedman argues that the constitutional amendment is likely to clarify the Constitution’s current provisions on land expropriation
The Tshwane metro’s DA speaker believes agriculture will stimulate the province’s economy and generate jobs
Lekota endured a difficult day, getting stick from members of the public for his opposition to proposed amendments to Section 25 of the Constitution