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Two dead in new ANC KwaZulu-Natal killings

Politics Paddy Harper - 26 May 2020

A Mtubatuba councillor and a Hammarsdale ANC Youth League leader were shot yesterday near their homes

Legalising the cannabis economy takes a Covid-19 hit

Business Paddy Harper - 19 May 2020

The lockdown has prevented public consultations and parliamentary committee meetings on the commercial use of marijuana and hemp

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Politicians should take responsibility for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s appointment

Article Dianne Hawker - 17 Mar 2020

The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change

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Is Parliament suspended? Political parties in the dark after coronavirus gatherings ban

Article Lester Kiewit - 15 Mar 2020

Hundreds of legislators won’t be able to meet in parliamentary chambers after restrictions on gatherings to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease

Steenhuisen is a shoo-in as DA leader, but he needs help

Article Eusebius McKaiser - 12 Mar 2020

The biggest challenge for the next leader of the Democratic Alliance will be to get politicians like Mbali Ntuli onside

‘Broken’ claims system will fix Compensation Fund corruption

Article Sarah Smit - 2 Mar 2020

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi addressed concerns about the beleaguered fund, which compensates workers injured on the job

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Budget 2020: Sympathy for Mboweni from opposition as Cosatu rattles sabers

Article Lester Kiewit - 26 Feb 2020

Political parties want more details on SOE bailouts, wage cutbacks

De Klerk’s paradoxical presence

Article David Smith - 12 Feb 2020

Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa's last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving

2019: The ones who left us

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Dec 2019

From Uyinene Mrwetyana, Oliver Mtukudzi to Xolani Gwala, Mail & Guardian remembers those who have passed on

Johannesburg has a new ANC mayor — thanks to the DA

Article Paddy Harper - 4 Dec 2019

Despite fielding a candidate tainted by a R30-million scandal, the ANC managed to take over from the former DA-led alliance running Jo’burg

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ANC in Gauteng flexes its muscle over election of a Jo’burg mayor

Article Paddy Harper - 3 Dec 2019

The ruling party hopes to woo the Inkatha Freedom Party and win back the city from the Democratic Alliance coalition

ANC moves on Jo’burg metro

Article Paddy Harper - 25 Oct 2019

The ruling party is taking advantage of the DA’s meltdown and wooing other parties in a bid to grab back municipalities it lost in 2016

Leader’s principal aim to build IFP

Article Paddy Harper - 27 Sep 2019

The new president wants to expand support beyond KwaZulu-Natal

Give me the IFP over the Engerlish

Article Paddy Harper - 27 Sep 2019

The new leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party. Respect. The ‘royal couple’. Did anyone warn them about xenophobia?

Buthelezi’s succession sparks democracy debate

Article Bheki Mngomezulu - 22 Sep 2019

The IFP's constitution provides that the nomination of national office bearers be approved by the branches. This was not done for its new president

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