As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
The biggest challenge for the next leader of the Democratic Alliance will be to get politicians like Mbali Ntuli onside
Sabotage and infighting threaten the water supply of 750000 South Coast residents
One man is pushing for a change to labour legislation that will allow workers to take paid time off to look after their parents
The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again
The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the challenge
With 7.9-million young South Africans out of work or with very little education or training opportunities, who looks out for their aspirations?
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi addressed concerns about the beleaguered fund, which compensates workers injured on the job
She has the political experience and spirit to lead the Democratic Alliance along a new path
The fund chairperson says while they may consider Cosatu’s plan to use state pensions to bail out Eskom, the deal has to be within its ambit
The head of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng says he wants to take his experience to the national level
Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi shows the value of competent young leaders who prioritise accountability and challenge the status quo
In his Sona response, the president apologised for the weaponising of gender-based violence, saying the attack on the red beret leader was “uncalled for”
‘If you want a guarantee buy a toaster. This is politics’
ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply
‘Thrown away like rubbish’ — Residents of what was once a rich mining town have survived the seven years since the mine closed
The official opposition says the president’s state of the nation speech will not detail anything new or productive. Meanwhile, the EFF is threatening more disruption
The former DA leader says his new political movement can bring change to South Africa
The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim provincial leadership committee meeting last weekend, the party said it is willing to discuss the matter, and raise it with the party’s national leadership. […]
KZN MPL’s letter to members says the DA is in ‘permanent damage control’ and she won’t watch as the party ‘disappears into oblivion’
Everyone has different solutions, but they all agree that time is running out — and Eskom is the priority
The public protector has labelled her possible impeachment as unconstitutional and unlawful
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Two bits of law need to be approved before a court can decide if land owners will be compensated
Helen Zille’s favourite cartoonist is a case study of a right-wing con artist inspired by Donald Trump
Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself
The minister’s selection of an interim estate agency board was allegedly unlawful
Despite fielding a candidate tainted by a R30-million scandal, the ANC managed to take over from the former DA-led alliance running Jo’burg
The ruling party hopes to woo the Inkatha Freedom Party and win back the city from the Democratic Alliance coalition
Rules on the removal of a chapter 9 leader came after adverse judicial findings against Mkhwebane
The white liberal establishment, both inside and outside the DA, holds onto its race-blindness by distorting the South African idea of “non-racialism”
People who know John Steenhuisen, the DA’s interim leader, say he has what it takes to lead