South African politics urgently needs an injection of electoral energy from the left, that speaks in a language that resonates with voters
Populist leaders ask for voter support, but their parties fail to win in their home wards
The DA leader has been searched for the most after his address at the weekend
The leaders of South Africa’s parties saved their best campaigning for their final rallies
Final push: The Democratic Alliance, ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters held their last rallies this weekend
EFF leader Julius Malema speaks about the time the ANC promised Matlhomola Moshoeu’s mother a house.
Malema said South Africans were “compromised by t-shirts” making them forget their struggles and parties’ broken promises
The Economic Freedom Fighters hold a final election rally ahead of May 8th polls at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto
The EFF leader says Alexandra is an indication of how the governing party has done nothing to improve the lives of township residents
Zolile Xalisa failed to make it to the list of the top 25 candidates the EFF hopes to send to the National Assembly and has resigned from the party.
‘At least Mbeki has returned from seclusion at his think-tank to do some actual work for the ANC at the hustings’
A disgruntled Economic Freedom Fighters MP says its leader has failed to account for millions
Advocate Mkhwebane subpoenaed Gordhan to submit a replying affidavit by 1pm on April 23 in the matter dating back to his time as Sars commissioner
In an era of crumbling secular belief systems,
what can atheist parents give to their
children in the place of religion?
The EFF leader says he will sue former party member Thembinkosi Rawula for R1-million for defamatory comments
Orlando Stadium was a different beast on Monday night than the usual midweek fare — unsurprising given the importance of the top-of-the-table clash
Ramaphosa’s slogan promised change, but it never came
The EFF’s recent history is littered with other examples of attacks on journalists
In the post-Zuma political landscape, it is possible for the EFF to throw its support behind the ANC in exchange for posts
The party’s leader stoked the flames that led its supporters to target a journalist
The finance minister’s budget was not well received in some quarters
‘The nation is agog at the video of the Economic Freedom Fighters MP Marshall Dlamini slapping a white security guard’
‘We may have once thought the EFF had some good ideas, and at least provided a left-wing goad to the ANC’
Ramaphosa made a good speech, but his words belie the complexity involved in fixing things
Dream On: Positivity in Parliament but ghosts linger in Luthuli House
South Africa will head to the polls in 90 days as announced by President Ramaphosa during his Sona speech
While addressing his supporters during the EFF Manifesto Launch at Giant Stadium in Soshanguvhe,the party’s leader Julius Malema made various promises
EFF leader Julius Malema speaks about unity Among Africans at the party’s manifesto at Giant Stadium in Soshanguvhe on Saturday.
Addressing the EFF manifesto launch, Malema described the EFF as a government in waiting, saying people are no longer willing to wait for land
The manifesto incorporates the party’s seven cardinal pillars — including land redistribution without compensation
‘At any rate, whatever Zuma did or didn’t do, Juju has forgiven him’
The ANC has so far managed allegations that it was unduly influenced by the Gupta family by shifting blame onto a presumably undermined faction