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
Pro-democracy citizens have called for an end Mswati’s absolute rule while the government denies using excessive force against protesters
The ANC is searching for alternatives to end months of negotiations with the EFF on the land question
Good election outcomes for the party will mean Julius Malema’s dangerous racism will again receive airtime
A 827-page register compels members of parliament publicly to declare anything worth more than R500, and it makes for interesting reading
Speaking in the national assembly after Ace Magashule tried to ‘suspend’ him, the president told the DA he keeps quiet when internal strife hits the opposition.
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, who criticised Ace Magashule and Supra Mahumapelo during an interview, said those party leaders who want the NEC to reverse its step-aside resolution used a ‘convenient blackmail argument’
Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall
The official opposition’s leader John Steenhuisen has called its mission to slash the ANC voter share unrealistic during a parliamentary meeting, as the party deals with financial challenges
and a fresh round of staff retrenchments
Minister of State Security Ayanda Dlodlo denied allegations of incompetence over her handling of the Project Justice bombshell
The EFF is going to court in a bid to have the higher education minister’s directive that Unisa lower its first-time student intake overruled
Peter Mbati’s appointment at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria is under the spotlight
The sole remaining witness flounders on the first day of the higher education portfolio committee investigation into SMU vice-chancellor Professor Peter Mbati
The EFF’s top brass have spoken out about Malema’s engagement with Zuma, calling it ‘a disappointment’
The former president is being advised by various leaders to appear before the state capture commission
Parties forced to adapt to the ‘new normal’ as ANC’s anti-corruption drive delivers dividends