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Incumbent parties held all their wards in 10 by-elections in three provinces last Wednesday, 5 April. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Coalition negotiations: A sidelined ANC, a surprised DA and a demanding EFF

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…

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Lennit Max leaves the DA, joins the ANC

Max says the ANC under the leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa is the ‘only party that can turn around the situation in South Africa’

A national commitment and greater investment in youth initiatives should take priority, says the author. (AFP)

Letters to the Editor: July 6 to 12

Our readers write in about the M&G’s 200 Young list, Dali Mpofu and Lennit Max

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DA backs Max’s move as Madikizela fumes

The ex-cop, frustrated by not being able to use his policing skills in the Western Cape, has been poached by Cele

Max said during a media briefing on Monday that he could no longer sit idle as a trained police officer

DA chief whip wishes Lennit Max well as replacement waits in the wings

Lennit Max’s past positions include provincial police commissioner and community safety MEC

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Lennit Max ‘must do the honourable thing and resign as a member’ — DA

​Western Cape DA leader Bonginkosi Madikizela says that Max must resign now that he is a special advisor to Police Minister Bheki Cele

Newly elected Western Cape DA leader Bonginkosi Madikizela

I’m my own man, says newly elected DA leader Madikizela

The DA’s new Western Cape leader is focusing on the party’s future and not on ‘lackey’ labels

Populist: Lennit Max says he is targeting rural support in his bid to be the next Western Cape DA leader

Max gives DA race yet another stab

​The Democratic Alliance’s Lennit Max believes his fourth attempt at the party’s Western Cape provincial leadership may

Patricia de Lille’s popularity in the DA is being tested as she runs for the position of provincial leader.

DA leadership race: De Lille vs Max

Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille is up against ex-top Western Province cop Lennit Max in the race to lead the Democratic Alliance in the region.

Behind him to the Max

Behind him to the Max

Glynnis Underhill quizzed the province’s premier, Helen Zille over the issue of complaints of sexual harassment Lennit Max.

Tangled web of blame

Tangled web of blame

Staff in minister’s office accused of ‘ganging up to protect their jobs’, says axed spokesperson.

Zille says Lennit Max’s ‘affair’ a private matter

DA leader Helen Zille on Sunday described Western Cape Community Safety minister Lennit Max’s alleged extramarital affair as a "private" matter.

Zille’s ‘sex pest’ safety minister

All four women who laid charges against Max — two of them senior police officers — worked with him.