EFF tries to disrupt president’s speech to Parliament by bringing up deluge of points of order
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader has accused the president of defeating the ends of justice
Joe Biden might have been the butt of Trevor Noah’s jokes, but he had a better weekend than his counterpart here in South Africa
Flooding in KZN has shown that walls aren’t high enough in the end to protect migrating middle and upper classes from our shared reality
Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans
The M&G politics journalists Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper chat with EFF leader Julius Malema, reflecting on the 10 years after he was expelled from the ANC and his impact on the EFF and on South African politics
Once an ardent supporter of the ANC, the Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader began handling firearms at the age of 13
Love him or loathe him, Julius Malema has had a dramatic impact on the local political landscape
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 party lost 25 council seats in what was one of its strongholds
The ANC’s corruption-accused suspended secretary general decries use of ‘state organs’ to ‘persecute party leaders’
The EFF has decided to close all talks with the ANC; meanwhile, the DA has not made any headway in talks with ActionSA as time runs out for councils to elect leaders
The Economic Freedom Fighters are said to have made an attempt to convince Herman Mashaba to consider an ANC alliance in Gauteng
While no decision has been taken on whether it would go into a coalition with ActionSA in the city, DA leaders say the party is not opposed to Mashaba wearing the mayoral chain
The EFF is said to have indicated that it will be happy to give the ANC Johannesburg for Ekurhuleni and Scopa during preliminary negotiations
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba holds all the cards in the coming coalition talks
With such a low voter turnout, government legitimacy is stretched to breaking point
The party is struggling to get its base out to vote, despite having a strong presence online and at rallies
ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba says he is ready to negotiate for a coalition in good faith
The DA leader apportioned some of the blame for the DA’s decline on his predecessor Mmusi Maimane “walking off the job”
The projections suggest that the two biggest parties — the ANC and the DA — will be eating a huge piece of humble pie as both the broad church and the blue party will see a significant drop
South African youths are as disengaged politically as their international siblings. To change this, youth need to be represented as party candidates and employed in local municipalities
South Africa’s parties that run prosperous governments will be those that are successful in developing and nurturing coalitions
As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos
The EFF has a stronger online presence than the ANC and Democratic Alliance
The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
The ANC in the Eastern Cape wants Premier Oscar Mabuyane and MEC Babalo Madikizela to submit themselves to the provincial integrity committee after a scathing report by the public protector.
The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.
A party source said the ANC in Johannesburg would most likely call on one of the mayoral committee members to stand in as mayor until the local elections
The DA announces its mayoral candidates for this years local government elections while the ANC and EFF hold their cards close to the chest
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally