In collaboration with crooks, political mafias have emerged in which private fortunes are being built on plundered public wealth
Despite public spats in Gauteng, the parties are teaming up in North West municipalities, including those where the ANC has a majority
This move is in line with the Economic Freedom Fighters’
plan to survive beyond the 2026 local government election
The Red Berets have leveraged their relationship with Premier Panyaza Lesufi to maintain their influence in the province
Strain over the ANC coalition with the EFF in Ekurhuleni seems linked to leadership battles
Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA
The city has 14 days to elect a new mayor
The president said it was essential to meet people and address problems with the delivery of service
The ANC wants to unseat the Democratic Alliance, which has run Tshwane for more than a year with help from ActionSA, the African Christian Democratic Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party
The party’s first deputy secretary general said such interventions should be initiated ‘four years and nine months before the next elections’
Despite the ANC, Economic Freedom Fighters and the minority parties being in government together in the city, the Red Berets voted against a R2.5 billion loan proposed by the coalition
People in the Ekurhuleni area that is named after the MK party’s leader believe it will bring positive change
The Balmoral housing development was intended to benefit families living in informal settlements in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni and surrounding communities
The former speaker of the National Assembly said she was doing her job at the time and, if needed, she would have protected FW de Klerk
The facility in Ekurhuleni is in a dire state as the head is accused of misappropriating money allocated for maintenance and books
Xhakaza lost against Masina in a disputed conference which was set aside by the high court, with costs
The Gauteng high court setting aside of the Ekurhuleni conference could have implications on the provincial conference that elected Panayaza Lesufi
Mayors in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni are disappearing as
fast as the infamous Sauer Street decuplets
Bheka, who started his career at the Of Soul and Joy programme in Thokoza, was chosen for a residency at the prestigious NOOR photo agency in the Netherlands
The party’s branches in the province are unhappy with what they perceive as the selective application of the rule.
Gauteng ANC ishoping national executive committee discussions about outstanding disputes in nine branches in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni will be resolved by Wednesday
The trial has had to start afresh because the presiding judge died.
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
Talks between the two parties have resumed, but it is unclear if any agreement will be reached any time soon
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability
Three days and three nights of skulduggery keep the Son of Man out of Durban’s mayoral parlour
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is understood to have been part of talks that swung the agreement, which is a ‘governance plan’ rather than a coalition
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 ruling party is scheduled to start interviewing prospective metro mayors this weekend with some usual suspects on the list
The EFF is said to have indicated that it will be happy to give the ANC Johannesburg for Ekurhuleni and Scopa during preliminary negotiations
The party is set to begin interviewing prospective mayors this week — and women candidates have a five-point advantage
Steady growth and an increase in its number of seats make the Economic Freedom Fighters a potential kingmaker in councils across South Africa