It’s all systems go as parties consolidate their campaigns ahead of next week’s election
A party divided, disappointed voters, ‘clever blacks’ and flawed polls; everything is in play in the prized province ahead of the May 8 election
Opposition parties are eager to pick on this blot on the ruling party’s copy book
The poll comes amid a News24 report that the DA’s research showed a decline in support for the ANC in Gauteng and a surge in support for the DA
More than half of 18-30 year olds not registered to vote
‘Whether LGBTIQ people vote for the DA or the Kiss Party or whoever, we need to see LGBTIQ people involved in political spaces’
The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win
Is the ANC going to release Buyelekhaya so that it can garner votes in the province?
South Africans need to be taught that our democracy is thanks to our neighbours
To claim that protests are being organised suggests sinister motives. But all protest is organised. So are cake sales and shopping expeditions
A 2018 survey found that 51% of Gauteng residents don’t know which sphere is responsible for water and sanitation services
Counting Every Person: The M&G Data Desk has analysed voting results across SA for the past 20 years
Opposition parties are locked in the past
but don’t learn from it and have failed to develop policies for a current and future new world
Women who have lived in the township for decades have no access to proper housing, services and politicians
Despite being tagged ‘relatively unknown’, the Western Cape politician says his track record speaks for itself
There have been suggestions that Helen Zille has been sidelined from party activities, but the DA say that is not the case
As the DA and ANC bicker over who failed Alex, Malema gets a warning in
There are more women registered to vote than men. In response, political party manifestos have increased their attention to gender issues.
‘Ramaphoria’ is not dead just yet despite a few bumps on the road to the elections
The IEC announced on Tuesday that only one of the 52 objections it received was upheld
If you live in Alexandra, Khayelitsha or a thousand other communities where the government has failed to deliver services, you are ignored
Xenophobic violence condemned by both the ANC and DA as the May 8 elections moves closer
Our readers write about the CSIR, the upcoming elections and Ace Magashule
Smaller parties in the Western Cape say the most pressing issue of unemployment is not being addressed
Although corruption was a factor in the party’s decline in support in the 2014 and 2016 elections, poor service delivery was also a key element.
Mentor says it is her Christian faith which attracted her to the party, after becoming disenchanted with the ANC.
The opposition is being extra vigilant over ballot boxes in the 2019 polls
Our readers write in about Azapo, Islamophobia, the elections in the wake of Eskom’s woes and failing state-owned enterprises
Ramaphosa’s slogan promised change, but it never came
The Western Cape is a successful seeding ground for the DA’s approach to grow small businesses
The Democratic Alliance will either splinter or it will unite and reflect South Africa’s diversity
Magashule said candidates who had been convicted of an offence for which the penalty was more than 12 months in jail had been removed from the list