Parties agree on common policy and power-sharing principles ahead of next year’s poll
There have been no walkouts or temper tantrums as opposition parties bury the hatchet
Parties have also agreed to invite more opposition groups to join the pre-election coalition pact
Mntuwoxolo Ngudle also said ANC hard hitters, including former president Jacob Zuma, must be part of its 2024 elections campaign in KZN
A meeting of coalition parties this past week put the DA in the hot seat when its coalition partners made heavy demands
John Steenhuisen told party leaders that the 2024 elections would be a fight between the DA and EFF
A total of 11 wards in four provinces will be contested on 19 July
The Democratic Alliance’s coalition agreement needs to reach its targeted 51% if it is to have any success in the 2024 elections
Seven opposition parties will agree on the rules of engagement to unseat the ANC
The municipality has failed to implement nearly 500 council decisions since 2016
There were no surprises at ward level as parties test the waters ahead of 2024
The party believes it has been able to ‘self-correct’ after alienating white voters in the previous national and provincial elections
Building more renewable plants is not a silver bullet to stop load-shedding, the energy minister told MPs
About 50% of South Africans say they would relinquish their voting rights if an effective government was guaranteed
The president says the entity needs to up its revenue collection from government departments and municipalities
Lekwa local municipality, which is home to Eskom’s ‘sabotaged’ Tutuka power station, faces rolling blackouts and crumbling infrastructure after governance fell to pieces
The Economic Freedom Fighters can now take control of the Phokwane local municipality through an opposition coalition
The issue is going to be the political battleground of 2022, and not just for the Western Cape
Rumours abound about the quality of public works upkeep and the person arrested for arson
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
What do the outcomes of the local government polls portend for the general elections in 2024?
Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue
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
Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018
Addressing climate change is largely absent in the three major parties’ election manifestos
They will most likely punch above their weight in municipalities to gain leverage from the ANC and DA in next month’s local government elections.
‘I will come out and explain to the nation exactly how I will deal with [the SIU] report,’ Ramaphosa said during a walkabout at vaccine sites in Gauteng
Parliament is no closer to appointing a board for the National Youth Development Agency after nearly two years
All the contenders are deeply flawed, losing support, or both
In this week’s 96 by-elections, the trend was the ANC held its ground and grew, while the DA lost big, with minority parties eating into its voter base
The Democratic Alliance and their allies are prioritising the unequal and racist capitalist system over people’s lives
The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the challenge