The aspirant chief justice said it might give the country a fighting chance against corruption but Justice Minister Roland Lamola said there would be no point unless the state’s investigating capacity was strengthened at the same time
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will flex its power if it doesn’t get a key Johannesburg committee seat
The party lost 25 council seats in what was one of its strongholds
The ANC’s corruption-accused suspended secretary general decries use of ‘state organs’ to ‘persecute party leaders’
The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future
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
After a whirlwind two weeks, the Democratic Alliance’s ‘win’ of metros is no celebration as members fear the coming tide of instability
No clear winners after weeks of jostling for 160 hung municipalities
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
Deals with the Inkatha Freedom Party deliver small towns, but metros remain beyond the ruling party’s reach
The EFF has decided to close all talks with the ANC; meanwhile, the DA has not made any headway in talks with ActionSA as time runs out for councils to elect leaders
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
Steady growth and an increase in its number of seats make the Economic Freedom Fighters a potential kingmaker in councils across South Africa
The projections suggest that the two biggest parties — the ANC and the DA — will be eating a huge piece of humble pie as both the broad church and the blue party will see a significant drop
Electoral body says this year’s local government vote got off to a fairly good start
The ANC has reportedly received assurances from smaller parties about continuing existing coalitions, but its top leaders are hesitant to work with Julius Malema
It’s the economy, stupid — but also service delivery and corruption. The ANC asks voters to forgive past sins, while the EFF tries to consolidate itself with wild promises of a socialist utopia
As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos
A song about Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane preventing looting was way off the mark in a province riddled with corruption and theft
The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is difficult to shake off.
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo protected the integrity of the process after it descended into politicking in April
Every judgment in favour of the government is not an indication of a captured court. The fact that we may argue about findings publicly shows how far South Africa is from, for example, Turkey’s recent human rights abuses
The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.
A party source said the ANC in Johannesburg would most likely call on one of the mayoral committee members to stand in as mayor until the local elections
The DA announces its mayoral candidates for this years local government elections while the ANC and EFF hold their cards close to the chest
To achieve a deeper democracy, it is necessary to confront the tensions that have existed between the media and successive presidents since 1994.
African leaders’ sartorial choices have been communicating their political orientations for centuries
Party leaders say the current ANC president will not be tainted by the incarceration of Jacob Zuma
Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior
The electoral commission heard that delaying local government elections will be an assault on democracy and that people’s lives should not be put at risk during the Covid crisis
The ANC is searching for alternatives to end months of negotiations with the EFF on the land question
Casac has launched an unprecedented bid to have the politics-laden interview process to fill vacancies at the apex court started from scratch