The Economic Freedom Fighters can now take control of the Phokwane local municipality through an opposition coalition
Disrupting corruption with a data-driven approach is possible
Members of the public have until 15 April to comment on the proposed draft regulations.
The DA youth leader says he wants to focus on groundwork as the Democratic Alliance looks towards the 2024 general elections
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The former DA leader hopeful, Mbali Ntuli, says she is leaving the party on her own terms
The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community
The motions of no confidence were tabled by the African Transformation Movement and the Democratic Alliance
The Western Cape head of community safety was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct.
The finance minister’s reduction in corporate income tax and allocations to education, health, social development, justice and police have been welcomed
Political parties and trade unions are asking the finance minister to address the growing national debt crisis and to extend the R350 grant
‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen
In his State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said improvement of the business environment would now sit within the presidency and former Exxaro chief executive Sipho Nkosi will lead the ‘red tape team’.
Opposition parties say the need for private-sector involvement in state affairs is proof of a ‘failing dummy cabinet’
As the president spoke about state capture, opposition MPs murmured disparagingly in a manner previously reserved for his predecessor Jacob Zuma
Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address
Mayor Randall Williams joined a blitz to switch off the lights of defaulting customers – including a luxury hotel opposite the Union Buildings that owes R23-million
The issue is going to be the political battleground of 2022, and not just for the Western Cape
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will flex its power if it doesn’t get a key Johannesburg committee seat
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An independent legal counsel will investigate allegations made against the Democratic Alliance’s Fritz, and criminal charges are not out of the question
The minister in the presidency said there was a need for the government to do more to protect the judiciary
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The Makana Citizens Front won more votes than any other opposition party, giving residents a direct voice on the local council
Solly Msimanga, the official opposition’s leader in Gauteng, says the provincial leadership is surprised by the former Midvaal mayor’s resignation
The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational
As a man with a great sense of occasion, it is an apt coincidence that Selfe retired during the week that we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our democracy’s founding document.
With an average of 1 600 new daily cases, the province is not recording the same rapid increases in hospital admissions and deaths as previous waves
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 speaker of parliament intervened when the DA demanded the deputy president comment on rumours he had been poisoned, saying health information was confidential
If South Africa is moving from being a dominant-party system to a more vibrant, multiparty democracy, as these elections indicate, then coalitions are going to have to become the norm
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability
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No clear winners after weeks of jostling for 160 hung municipalities
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Three days and three nights of skulduggery keep the Son of Man out of Durban’s mayoral parlour
We will all bear the brunt of a political landscape that is less about governing and more about the satisfaction of personal interests and vindictive opposition