The spectre of an ANC-EFF tie-up has been used to forewarn of massive economic destruction. But none of the other options are damage-free
The leader of Rise Mzansi said the Democratic Alliance leader was not credible or capable of becoming South Africa’s president
The party has proposed an economic turnaround strategy to support small businesses, boost economic growth, protect work seekers and create 2 million jobs
Multi party coalition member are split on how they will handle a failure to get more than 50% of the vote
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
Parties want the Democratic Alliance and the Inkatha Freedom Party to account for ‘confusing’ message to voters
Numbers rather than national unity will dictate how parties coalesce after 29 May
DA leader, John Steenhusinen, sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview.
John Steenhuisen and Velenkosini Hlabisa cast a line in the water to exploit the ANC’s weaknesses
Opposition parties are aiming to use the ANC’s water infrastructure failures to garner votes
The party is found to be in contempt of court for having failed to hand over all the documents relating to Ramaphosa’s time as deployment head
This week we sat down with Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. We focus on that party, where they are at, what they want and a dash of where they have come from.
The Democratic Alliance leader says a coalition with the governing party might be the ‘least worst option to prevent the radicals from taking over’
The Democratic Alliance leader said he respected people for getting a degree but university could not have taught him what he knows after 23 years in politics
The federal council chair said despite her previous views that her party could work with the ANC, she now believed this would destroy the DA
Party leader John Steenhuisen said no other political party had the diversity of candidates that the DA did
Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse
The ‘Big Three’ are not far apart on their plans for the poorest of the poor
The opposition party’s lawyers say it is ‘improbable’ that no records from 2013 to 2018 exist
ANC takes control of the cadre deployment narrative on the eve of its manifesto launch
The election comes at a time when the governing ANC is at its weakest since 1994
A precedent has already been set by former president Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court order, opposition MP Siviwe Gwarube said
The DA leader delivered the official opposition’s rescue plan for South Africa on Saturday, saying ‘we are in it to win it’
The debate on the State of the Nation address, predictably, became a campaign stump for all parties
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said the allegations against Mashatile would have come to light had the president instituted lifestyle audits of his cabinet as promised
It is time the DA leader reprised his Christiane Amanpour routine first unleashed in Ukraine
Fikile Mbalula and other ANC officials are now at pains to say that his words were ‘a joke’ and ‘political rhetoric’
The biggest opposition parties are intent on usurping the ANC’s power by forming alliances with smaller left and right wing parties
The ActionSA leader also said he would not be standing as the party’s Gauteng premier candidate
The Multi-Party Charter’s funders are said to be looking for a new figurehead for the coalition’s election campaign
The MK veteran said on Friday, however, that he would not join any political party
The MPC has reacted to news reports that the businessman is in talks to lead it ahead of the 2024 elections