More than half of 18-30 year olds not registered to vote
Zolile Xalisa failed to make it to the list of the top 25 candidates the EFF hopes to send to the National Assembly and has resigned from the party.
‘Whether LGBTIQ people vote for the DA or the Kiss Party or whoever, we need to see LGBTIQ people involved in political spaces’
‘At least Mbeki has returned from seclusion at his think-tank to do some actual work for the ANC at the hustings’
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) role as kingmaker is not as clear-cut in the 2019 elections as it was in the 2016 polls
The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win
A disgruntled Economic Freedom Fighters MP says its leader has failed to account for millions
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
Despite being tagged ‘relatively unknown’, the Western Cape politician says his track record speaks for itself
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.
The EFF leader says he will sue former party member Thembinkosi Rawula for R1-million for defamatory comments
The former head of the party’s disciplinary commission, accused EFF leaders of financial mismanagement and accepting a donation from VBS Bank
‘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
Our readers write about the CSIR, the upcoming elections and Ace Magashule
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.
The EFF alleges that the former finance minister has a familial and business relationship with newly appointed Sars commissioner
The party believes Ramaphosa’s possible pick for the position was picked through a corrupt process
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
The EFF’s recent history is littered with other examples of attacks on journalists
In the post-Zuma political landscape, it is possible for the EFF to throw its support behind the ANC in exchange for posts
The party leader jumps in to add some pace to the party’s underwhelming manifesto launch
The Red Berets say the public enterprises minister was a member of the Cabinet which led to Eskom’s failure
Little work will get done but the next few months in Parliament are certainly set to be lively
The Democratic Alliance is ‘rudderless’ and its inexperienced leader is unable to navigate the pitfalls of the political landscape
It’s an election year. The president knows he is effectively asking the nation to trust him to lead the nation again
The ANC proposes to continue working with large agricultural businesses, an approach that has to date marginalised small-scale farmers
Addressing the EFF manifesto launch, Malema described the EFF as a government in waiting, saying people are no longer willing to wait for land
The manifesto incorporates the party’s seven cardinal pillars — including land redistribution without compensation
Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile was sentenced on Monday after he was found guilty of public violence in August last year
The EFF is giving President Cyril Ramaphosa until February’s SONA to call a media briefing where he has been asked to detail his dealings with Bosasa