Tony Ehrenreich has one dominant concern in Cape Town: putting social justice first.
The public protector is apparently close to releasing a report about alleged irregularities in the Midvaal council involving two local DA strongmen.
The municipal election campaign is in the toilet, literally — the delivery of the most basic service of all has come to dominate the polls.
A small ANC-led district municipality in the Western Cape has many satisfied residents, writes <b>Lynley Donnelly</b>.
The open toilet debacle, dirty as it is, creates an opportunity for voters. The <i>M&G</i> weighs in.
Planning Minister Trevor Manuel is seething with anger about the distribution of a pamphlet that claims he has urged voters not to vote ANC.
The DA has undertaken not to distribute a pamphlet saying Trevor Manuel wants people not to vote for the ANC, the ANC said on Thursday.
The ANC was confident that the Cape Town metro was winnable in the local government elections, its head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said.
The DA has dismissed allegations that it is behind a pamphlet quoting Trevor Manuel as urging South Africans not to vote for the ANC.
The day of reckoning for the leaders of SA’s two biggest political parties is close and whatever happens will be a reflection of their capabilities.
The ANC will lay charges against the DA after a pamphlet was distributed quoting Trevor Manuel urging South Africans not to vote for the ANC.
Despite the matter being the ANC’s major electioneering weapon against the DA, the City of CT has not yet moved to comply with a court judgement.
Smuts Ngonyama hits the campaign trail in a bid to return from the political wilderness.
Dihatshwane village just outside Mafikeng in the North West is arguably one of the most neglected villages in the province.
Helen Zille took the DA’s electoral campaign to a poor Port Elizabeth area, promising better policing and community work if the party is voted in.
The ANC is making inroads into DA strongholds, particularly in the Western Cape, ANC head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said on Thursday.
Members of the DA removed a statue of the architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd, from Meyerton on Wednesday night, the FF+ has claimed.
The Democratic Alliance’s support among black voters has tripled in the run-up to the local government elections, a party strategist said on Tuesday.
Western Cape premier Helen Zille on Tuesday released a new ministerial handbook in an effort to reduce excessive spending by provincial ministers.
The ANC and its alliance pulled out all the stops this past weekend ahead of the local government elections on May 18 and took aim at the opposition.
Criticism of the Democratic Alliance and the media featured strongly in speeches at Cosatu’s May Day rally in Cape Town on Sunday.
The construction of unenclosed toilets in Makhaza meant Cape Town had lost sight of the constitutional rights of the poor, a court has ruled.
Read an extract from a speech given by DA leader Helen Zille at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom Square, Mamelodi.
Patricia de Lille says the same rules apply to all when
it comes to hiring the Cape Town Stadium.
Living in the township of Sicelo Shiceka can be a pleasant experience — if you happen to live on the right side of Morris Street.
Research predicts shifts in the voting patterns of urbanites fed up with poor service delivery.
Various factors in our politics make the ANC and its leadership impervious to ordinary democratic accountability mechanisms, the <i>M&G</i> weighs in.
The DA claims it has been ruling the roost in Midvaal for the past 11 years because of exemplary service delivery.
Media reports that African National Congress members disrupted a Democratic Alliance rally in Pretoria were unfounded, the ANC said on Thursday
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday spoke of how proud he was at the "substantial progress" South Africa has made since 1994.
Police had to intervene in Pretoria’s Mamelodi township when a group of ANC supporters tried stop a DA rally from taking place, media reported.
The DA planned to "resurrect" the eThekwini metro police should the party take control of the municipality in the upcoming local elections.