Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018
Electoral body says this year’s local government vote got off to a fairly good start
A poor election result, on top of concerns over his leadership style, may see John Steenhuisen follow in Mmusi Maimane’s footsteps
The ANC has reportedly received assurances from smaller parties about continuing existing coalitions, but its top leaders are hesitant to work with Julius Malema
Creating an investor sales pitch for Mossel Bay is not a difficult task
It’s the economy, stupid — but also service delivery and corruption. The ANC asks voters to forgive past sins, while the EFF tries to consolidate itself with wild promises of a socialist utopia
South African youths are as disengaged politically as their international siblings. To change this, youth need to be represented as party candidates and employed in local municipalities
Residents and local business owners have long begged the transport department to fix the severely potholed R600 that runs into the valley to resorts and smaller tourism businesses on which more than 1 500 local jobs depend
South Africa already faces numerous crises including hunger, poverty, unemployment, inequality — all of which are being worsened by the climate crisis.
Trust in big political parties is dwindling but that’s not necessarily a win for everybody else
Voting tactically may seem like a realistic, mature option, but it compromises the integrity of your vote and is corrosive to the long-term health of democracy
The Democratic Alliance leader rebuking cricketer Quinton de Kock would be this election season’s greatest triumph
No money for posters means fewer politicians leering from the light poles, six months after the polls
With many job losses caused by the looting and arson of July, the Midlands town faces an uncertain future
As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos
Both the podcast host and the leader of the Democratic Alliance believe in a toothless non-racialism that ignores the historical foundation of racism and the pain it inflicts in the present
Malibongwe Dubazane is contesting all 14 of the IFP-run Nkandla local municipality’s wards
A song about Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane preventing looting was way off the mark in a province riddled with corruption and theft
Independent candidates look set to play a greater role in the metro municipality after 1 November
The law was challenged in response to raids in inner Johannesburg seemingly targeting illegal immigrants and the highest court has pronounced itself 10 days before an election in which then mayor Herman Mashaba has campaigned on an anti-foreigner ticket
The EFF has a stronger online presence than the ANC and Democratic Alliance
The party is accused of protecting a councillor, who’s also implicated in R1.2m graft
An examination of the language the party uses shows that it is echoing right-wing voices the world over in its insistence that those who point out its racism are, in fact, the real racists
The DA appears to have abandoned its ambitions of 2016 and is set to lose further ground in the upcoming elections
Addressing climate change is largely absent in the three major parties’ election manifestos
Corporate South Africa is rolling out the big guns to spike momentum towards a universal basic income grant that threatens to expose their sick graveyard economy
Paddy Harper finally got his second Covid-19 jab, but he feels that it’s pity there’s no vaccine for stupidity — or arrogance
The party will remove the ‘racially inciting’ posters and ‘discipline’ its KwaZulu-Natal chairperson
It would be refreshing if South Africans encountered political parties that actually walked the talk of embracing the ideals of nonracialism
The party’s regional leadership, concerned at the impact the controversial posters will have on voters in the 1 November elections, insist they must be removed
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
ANC says the opposition party is using the racial tensions in Phoenix to garner votes