The energy crisis has worsened SA’s existing economic challenges, prompting ratings agencies, the IMF and SARB to flag load-shedding as a significant barrier to recovery
Dube-Ncube says province will have 1 000 social crime wardens on the beat
The lawyers demanded that the DA give Kgosi Maepa documents on its ‘fit for purpose policy’ from September 2016 to January 2024
The Democratic Alliance said key provincial departments such as health and education do not have the funds to meet the wage increases
The opposition’s constitutional challenge on the ANC’s cadre deployment was spun out of conjecture and speculation, a full bench found
The elections offer us the choice between the liberal/conservative group that offers no real benefits for the poor and working-class, and a populist, authoritarian form of kleptocratic nationalism
The election comes at a time when the governing ANC is at its weakest since 1994
A precedent has already been set by former president Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court order, opposition MP Siviwe Gwarube said
One of the party’s core proposals is to replace broad-based black economic empowerment, which it says has only enriched ‘a tiny, connected elite’
The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance
The debate on the State of the Nation address, predictably, became a campaign stump for all parties
Some believe the Red Berets could pull the government too far to the left, but its lack of ideological clarity suggests otherwise
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said the allegations against Mashatile would have come to light had the president instituted lifestyle audits of his cabinet as promised
The court’s decision means the ruling party remains compelled to hand over its deployment records to the Democratic Alliance
The poll also suggest the ANC could drop below 50%, requiring it to form a coalition to govern the country
But the Democratic Alliance’s Gauteng leader said John Steenhuisen’s comments had not harmed the charter
It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices
In trying to provide an alternative to the ANC, the new political grouping has fallen into old traps
It is time the DA leader reprised his Christiane Amanpour routine first unleashed in Ukraine
The parties say a delay in announcing the date prejudices their preparation efforts
The biggest opposition parties are intent on usurping the ANC’s power by forming alliances with smaller left and right wing parties
The ActionSA leader also said he would not be standing as the party’s Gauteng premier candidate
The DA is confident of an easy win, but newcomer Patriotic Alliance is likely to make an impact as the ANC continues to battle for a foothold in the province
South Africans love the ruling party – they just don’t like it at the moment – and the opposition parties appear to have learnt nothing in 30 years
For all those who would raise their hands for power, they need to ask themselves why and whether they will stand for anything meaningful
National executive committee members may thwart plans by the ANC top brass to bring former ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang back
ANC stonewalling on ridding its election list of people named in the state capture commission was the last straw for Msimang, who then quit the party
The Multi-Party Charter’s funders are said to be looking for a new figurehead for the coalition’s election campaign
The MK veteran said on Friday, however, that he would not join any political party
Fikile Mbalula and the Luthuli House crew may find themselves working from home in the next elections
The municipality has offered a R100 000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu’s killers
The MPC has reacted to news reports that the businessman is in talks to lead it ahead of the 2024 elections