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
Citizens want a meaningful say in how they are governed, not local government that foists on them what it has decided the people need.
They will most likely punch above their weight in municipalities to gain leverage from the ANC and DA in next month’s local government elections.
Scientists say the country needs to significantly improve vaccination rates
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.
The DA launched its 37-page manifesto on a virtual platform under the banner “The DA gets things done”.
If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
The apex court’s dismissal of the Democratic Alliance’s application to declare reopening candidate registration unlawful came as no surprise
Local government is about cutting the grass and filling potholes, not about the death penalty and prayer in schools
A new book, Marriages of Inconvenience: The Politics of Coalitions in South Africa, takes a forward-looking view of the country politics but also a historical one
Ugandan opposition leader’s popularity frightened Museveni into even greater autocracy
The DA announces it will approach the high court, and the Helen Suzman Foundation has also threatened action
The governing party faces legal hurdles thrown up by the Democratic Alliance — and its own members