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‘We want to occupy the land,’ says EFF’s Malema at Senekal farm murder protest

Politics Tshegofatso Mathe - 16 Oct 2020

The party and AfriForum staged protests outside the magistrate’s court during the bail application by two men accused of killing a farm manager in the eastern Free State

South Africa requires a different vision than the ANC’s

Opinion Dean Macpherson - 15 Oct 2020

In response to Ryno Geldenhuys’s piece Under Mbali Ntuli the DA would offer South Africans a new political home, published in the Mail & Guardian on 13 October

Steenhuisen remains simply the best

Opinion Ashor Sarupen MP - 29 Sep 2020

With reference to Eusebius McKaiser “The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit” (Mail&Guardian, September 23)

Calling South African conservatives…

Opinion Angelo Ryan - 26 Sep 2020

We’ve tried leftism for long enough and what we have to show for it is corruption and mismanagement, when what we need is jobs and education. Is it time to try out a Mashaba-esque version of right-wing politics?

Eusebius McKaiser: The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 23 Sep 2020

But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option

Mmusi Maimane doesn’t want DA’s political ‘superstars’

Politics Lester Kiewit - 16 Sep 2020

The leader of the new One South Africa Movement says his former party has set itself on a course away from multiracialism after its recent policy conference

DA moves to a ‘colour-blind’ future

Politics Lester Kiewit - 8 Sep 2020

The official opposition said current ANC policies to undo historic economic injustices have only benefited an elite few

DA claims Moodey jumped ship before he was pushed

Politics Lester Kiewit - 3 Sep 2020

The DA says former Gauteng leader John Moodey resigned from the party amid allegations that he was conspiring against fellow party members ahead of crucial party meetings

DA’s policy proposals are counter-transformative

Opinion Siyabulela Tsengiwe - 2 Sep 2020

The DA is stuck in classical liberalism when there are new ways of thinking about capitalism and the role of the state - and its denial of race as a concept is disingenuous

Coalition politics and law: The fight over Tshwane

Politics Franny Rabkin - 27 May 2020

With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common

ANC, DA discuss trading Scopa positions

Article Lester Kiewit - 31 May 2019

The DA, the governing party in the Western Cape, has offered the chairpersonship of Scopa in the provincial legislature to the ANC

2021: ANC, DA could lose metros

Article Natasha Marrian & M&G Data Desk - 17 May 2019

Based on projections, if the ANC continues on its 2016 trajectory, the party could have to go into coalitions in Johannesburg and in Tshwane

Almost 3 million votes counted before 9am

Article Natasha Marrian - 9 May 2019

South Africans went to the polls on Wednesday in a day marred by bad weather, protests and worrying potential irregularities

Ramaphosa, Maimane, Malema put their best foot forward at final rallies

Article Natasha Marrian - 6 May 2019

The leaders of South Africa's parties saved their best campaigning for their final rallies

We want a stable SABC — ANC

Article Sarah Smit - 7 Dec 2018

The ANC has rejected insinuations that it was involved in attempts to sabotage the SABC board

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Transport Month

[email protected] - 23 Oct 2020

An infrastructure-led recovery will help to stimulate demand in the South African economy, which is vital post the Covid-19 pandemic

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Limpopo’s Economic Recovery Plan to fight Covid-19 impact

special reports - 23 Oct 2020

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Disrupt the corrupt

special reports - 22 Oct 2020

Whistle-blowers should be seen as real heroes in the fight against corruption and we need a change in culture for this to happen

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special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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special reports - 19 Oct 2020

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