The directive from parliament has been put on hold, pending the EFF leader’s legal challenge to the decision as unlawful
Labour group Assembly of Unemployed, supported by the South African Federation of Trade Unions, demands a basic income grant of R1 500.
Stellenbosch will also be under fire if Lindiwe Sisulu gets the nod in December
‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen
As the ANC’s Youth League leader, Julius Malema spooked investors a decade ago by popularising calls to nationalise the mines
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The EFF president says he has grown — and matured — along with the country’s third-largest party
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A decade has passed since Malema was frogmarched out of the ANC. Out in the cold he has, however, remained a constant thorn in the side of the party and a useful gun for hire in our political theatre
We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished
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In his State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said improvement of the business environment would now sit within the presidency and former Exxaro chief executive Sipho Nkosi will lead the ‘red tape team’.
Opposition parties say the need for private-sector involvement in state affairs is proof of a ‘failing dummy cabinet’
As the president spoke about state capture, opposition MPs murmured disparagingly in a manner previously reserved for his predecessor Jacob Zuma
Julius Malema is all grown up since the days he was expelled from the ANC but Paddy Harper still feels like a rookie after almost four decades on the job
Malema’s visits to the hospitality industry are about the greedy business owners, not their workers
Lobby group’s Ernst Roets tells court he can’t “think of a mainstream politician, even from the ruling party, who has spoken against farm murders”
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will flex its power if it doesn’t get a key Johannesburg committee seat
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Julius Malema and his Economic Freedom Fighters have joined the anti-black immigrant chorus, demonising those from countries such as Zimbabwe.
The party lost 25 council seats in what was one of its strongholds
Not only is the department dysfunctional and its officials hostile, but it does not act on its legislative and constitutional obligations
How much more time does the ANC have before losing the country? It’s the question of the next decade, or for the next two years, as the 2024 general election looms.
The Makana Citizens Front won more votes than any other opposition party, giving residents a direct voice on the local council
The ANC’s corruption-accused suspended secretary general decries use of ‘state organs’ to ‘persecute party leaders’
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Despite our dalliances with the “end of the world” narratives, we are still here.
The 2021 local government elections are a clear demonstration of the failure to manage internal disagreements, where many of the parties, civic movements and independent candidates that contested these local government elections are direct offshoots of the ANC
When the ANC introduced the Amendment Bill, it must have been apparent it would lose, having failed to secure an agreement with any other party beforehand
If South Africa is moving from being a dominant-party system to a more vibrant, multiparty democracy, as these elections indicate, then coalitions are going to have to become the norm
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability
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Three days and three nights of skulduggery keep the Son of Man out of Durban’s mayoral parlour
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
We will all bear the brunt of a political landscape that is less about governing and more about the satisfaction of personal interests and vindictive opposition
Flawed process may still end up in court
Deals with the Inkatha Freedom Party deliver small towns, but metros remain beyond the ruling party’s reach
Mashaba’s one-year-old party comes in second behind the ANC’s income, but ahead of the DA