Messages between ActionSA and DA federal council chair Helen Zille suggest that the blue party has made attempts for an alliance with the EFF since January
The brutal fact is the world we live in is profoundly racist. It’s structured around racism. It’s like we are all Capetonians, and racism is Table Mountain
The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community
The Western Cape head of community safety was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct.
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will flex its power if it doesn’t get a key Johannesburg committee seat
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
South Africa’s 66 hung municipalities have to constitute councils or face a rerun of elections
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
After a dismal showing at the polls, all the major parties – with some smaller kingmakers – will now begin the horse-trading to run your municipality
ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba says he is ready to negotiate for a coalition in good faith
A poor election result, on top of concerns over his leadership style, may see John Steenhuisen follow in Mmusi Maimane’s footsteps
Both the podcast host and the leader of the Democratic Alliance believe in a toothless non-racialism that ignores the historical foundation of racism and the pain it inflicts in the present
Corporate South Africa is rolling out the big guns to spike momentum towards a universal basic income grant that threatens to expose their sick graveyard economy
Paddy Harper finally got his second Covid-19 jab, but he feels that it’s pity there’s no vaccine for stupidity — or arrogance
The party will remove the ‘racially inciting’ posters and ‘discipline’ its KwaZulu-Natal chairperson
The embattled Western Cape Judge President is also seeking to interdict the president from suspending him while he challenges the Judicial Service Commission’s gross misconduct finding
DA threatens court action over the reopening of the candidate nomination process
As long as there’s no political will to change policing in this country, there is not much that can be done, say civil rights activists
The Electoral Commission of South Africa’s new facility ran for only two weeks before it asked the constitutional court to delay the elections
If you can look past the bad SuperSport suits and live-action heart attacks, the Euros offer a seductive glimpse of a post-pandemic world
The fight against racial classification during apartheid is not the same as race-based redress required now
Though it is enshrined in our constitution, the right to differ within one’s political party is not always enacted in practice. Here’s why it’s better to allow dissent
Helen Zille decries using ‘lived experience’ in woke arguments, but does so herself in her latest book, says Shaun de Waal
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba calls on residents to support him
Sources inside the DA say that MP and finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis will likely be named as candidate for Cape Town ahead of the incumbent, Dan Plato.
Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined
The DA’s factional battles will take centre stage when the party selects a new mayoral candidate for the city of Cape Town
Tony Leon’s comments calling Mmusi Maimane an ‘experiment’ have lifted the lid on what disgruntled black leaders describe as insidious racism and a refusal to hold racists to account
The party has alienated the black electorate by failing to silence the racism in its ranks
We are exhausted, scared, hurt, overwhelmed, heartsore, sick and disillusioned. But in this past year people have helped each other.
So many of us are still here thanks to the kindness of others.