The DA announces its mayoral candidates for this years local government elections while the ANC and EFF hold their cards close to the chest
DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal
A 827-page register compels members of parliament publicly to declare anything worth more than R500, and it makes for interesting reading
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.
The new political party funding law brings changes to allocations – and possibly an end to dodgy donors
Speaking in the national assembly after Ace Magashule tried to ‘suspend’ him, the president told the DA he keeps quiet when internal strife hits the opposition.
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 threat to the president’s rule comes not from the opposition, but from within the ANC
The official opposition’s leader John Steenhuisen has called its mission to slash the ANC voter share unrealistic during a parliamentary meeting, as the party deals with financial challenges
and a fresh round of staff retrenchments
You’ll feel a slight pinch, nothing more.
President Cyril Ramaphosa did little to inspire hope in the government’s strategy of boosting the economy, but all is not lost, political analysts say
DA leader John Steenhuisen has called for Ramaphosa to throw out what he termed an ‘outdated 20th century ideology of state control’
Democratic Alliance drags the government to court, demanding a Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan.
The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus
The anti-Black Lives Matter backlash in South Africa highlights the growing ideological convergence between the far right and conservatives
Parties forced to adapt to the ‘new normal’ as ANC’s anti-corruption drive delivers dividends
Interacting with the opposition’s leaders is enough to drive one to paranoia, giggles, perhaps even to the Freedom Front
All the contenders are deeply flawed, losing support, or both
The president was answering questions before parliament, where he also told the EFF to allow the courts to decide on the matter of the CR17 bank statements
Dudu Myeni is out of favour, an interim leader becomes The Permanent One, and Meyiwa’s killers ‘found’
It was a landslide victory for John Steenhuisen, who thanked his family and opponent Mbali Ntuli before characteristically tearing into the ANC-led government for its anti-liberal policies, numerous failures, megalomania, and rampant corruption.
John Steenhuisen and Mbali Ntuli both acknowledged the problems faced by the party over the past year, with each of them offering their own leadership vision.
This weekend the Democratic Alliance will choose between two starkly different visions for its future
The party and AfriForum staged protests outside the magistrate’s court during the bail application by two men accused of killing a farm manager in the eastern Free State
In response to Ryno Geldenhuys’s piece Under Mbali Ntuli the DA would offer South Africans a new political home, published in the Mail & Guardian on 13 October
The KwaZulu-Natal MPL, who is running against John Steenhuisen for the post as party leader, embodies the hopes and dreams of the majority of citizens
With reference to Eusebius McKaiser “The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit” (Mail&Guardian, September 23)
But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option
The leader of the new One South Africa Movement says his former party has set itself on a course away from multiracialism after its recent policy conference
Despite growing disgruntlement and a string of high-profile resignations, often by black members, DA rank and file don’t appear to be jumping ship
The official opposition said current ANC policies to undo historic economic injustices have only benefited an elite few
Party’s policy conference could provide clarity on its future direction and clues about the likely contenders for leadership positions