Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022
The opposition, insatiably desperate for attention, are as much to blame for our faulty system as those who drive it
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The presidency has described the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to challenge the declaration of a national state of disaster over Eskom as “confusing” given that the party had been asking the president to do so since last year. DA leader John Steenhuisen confirmed on Friday that the party had already briefed its legal […]
Political parties and NGOs will be taking Nersa and Eskom to court for granting the utility an 18.65% tariff hike
Candidates vying for top positions in the DA will undergo rigorous vetting including audits of their financial records
Party seeks to interdict Eskom from implementing 18.65% hike, pending the outcome of an application to have it set aside as unconstitutional
Opportunity for honest, hardworking South Africans to take their pain and frustrations to the seat of the organisation that orchestrated them
The Patriotic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters ditch the Democratic Alliance during the election of council chairpersons
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Drunk on hubris, the UK’s Tory party has followed a populist path to instability. The ANC and its opposition peers follow a similar path
What lessons can be learnt from the ongoing coalition instability in Nelson Mandela Bay and City of Johannesburg?
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The power utility says it plans to switch off power to the city after it breached a payment agreement
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
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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
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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
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The EFF has a stronger online presence than the ANC and Democratic Alliance
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The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
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