Messages between ActionSA and DA federal council chair Helen Zille suggest that the blue party has made attempts for an alliance with the EFF since January
Known as a formidable opponent, she has never shied away from keeping the ANC in check.
Flooding in KZN has shown that walls aren’t high enough in the end to protect migrating middle and upper classes from our shared reality
Disrupting corruption with a data-driven approach is possible
Good party sees political advantage after the suspension of a ‘low-profile’ figure in local government
Solly Msimanga, the official opposition’s leader in Gauteng, says the provincial leadership is surprised by the former Midvaal mayor’s resignation
Cases against the police date back to 2006, and include wrongful arrests and assaults
Talks between the two parties have resumed, but it is unclear if any agreement will be reached any time soon
What do the outcomes of the local government polls portend for the general elections in 2024?
The Democratic Alliance tabled its ‘alternative’ medium-term budget with its own projections, ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwane’s maiden budget on Thursday
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
With at least 66 hung councils so far, coalitions are on the agenda as ANC and DA majorities tumble
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba holds all the cards in the coming coalition talks
With such a low voter turnout, government legitimacy is stretched to breaking point
Although the ANC believes it has done okay in these elections, the numbers tell a different tale
ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba says he is ready to negotiate for a coalition in good faith
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
Cape Town emerged as the leader on overall citizen satisfaction for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Ekurhuleni
The EFF has a stronger online presence than the ANC and Democratic Alliance
The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
The party will remove the ‘racially inciting’ posters and ‘discipline’ its KwaZulu-Natal chairperson
At the ANC’s manifesto launch, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to reduce unemployment, increase social security, and stamp out corruption in the party
The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.
Branding itself as a corruption busting party, ActionSA said it will establish dedicated independent forensics units in each of its municipalities, with the mandate to investigate all potential corrupt activities
The DA announces its mayoral candidates for this years local government elections while the ANC and EFF hold their cards close to the chest
The ANC and the DA have blamed the Electoral Commission of South Africa for ‘waking up late’ to request a postponement of the local government elections
The fight against racial classification during apartheid is not the same as race-based redress required now
A 827-page register compels members of parliament publicly to declare anything worth more than R500, and it makes for interesting reading
The speaker of City of Cape Town says no sanctions are considered against City’s ward councillor, as yet
Nora Grose is being investigated for alleged fraud and money laundering despite the Hawks incorrectly implicating her in a joint investigation
In a short media statement, the Democratic Alliance says it has received and accepted Phumzile van Damme’s resignation from the party and as a member of parliament