The IEC has set 20 and 21 June 2026 as a national voter registration weekend and urges an early election date announcement to ensure voters can register correctly
Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille said the DA-run Cape Town gained 69 000 jobs in the past three months while Johannesburg shed 49 000 jobs
Reports have highlighted that a significant number of elected councillors struggle with basic literacy and comprehension
ActionSA leader joins the likes of DA’s Helen Zille to claim city’s top post
Councillors approved a deputy mayor position for the first time in the city’s history, with 107 voting in favour
The weekend plenum will tackle leadership succession and priorities, amid growing unease over the party leader’s pending sentencing and its implications for stability and elections
The possibility of its leader being jailed means the party faces an unprecedented leadership issue
He said the party would be run strictly, with zero tolerance for corruption, ill-discipline and factionalism
At a Joe Slovo commemoration, Ramaphosa warned the communist party that going it alone would be a historic mistake and undermine the broader liberation alliance
The party is set to address factionalism, corruption and alliance fallout ahead of next year’s local government elections
Party spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri raised eyebrows when she suggested that the ANC would not have its financial woes if it was corrupt
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo urged Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to announce the election date ahead of proclamation
On the first day of the party’s national general council, chairperson Gwede Mantashe slammed Ramaphosa’s detractors and urged them to ‘say whatever you want to say here and not outside these walls’
The party’s regional conference was a clean sweep for Masuku’s faction
The party says its decline has been worsened by communication failures, while opponents dominate social media with sharp messaging and emotional appeal
The people of Johannesburg have cried many tears over the past decade and become accustomed to temporary service delivery ‘solutions’
The Democratic Alliance leader in Gauteng said most of the work the ActionSA mayor for Tshwane has been taking credit for was done by her predecessor, Cilliers Brink
The electoral commission said 34 new political parties have joined the register since last year’s national elections, with more expected before next year’s local government vote
Kunene, the PA’s deputy president, resigned as a councillor after links to murder suspect Katiso Molefe
Caesar Nongqunga is the ATM’s new president, while Vuyolwethu Zungula remains the parliamentary leader
The party’s secretary general said he was only halfway through his current job and was focusing on rebuilding the party
Instead of focusing on trying not to lose the local government elections next year, the comrades are already eyeing who takes control of the party in 2027
Some Khayelitsha residents say the ANC has learned from its past mistakes and is ready to make amends
He also said Jacob Zuma was a ‘counter-revolutionary’ who ‘sold his people for nothing’
ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile said the party’s national executive committee respected the SACP’s decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
Jacob Zuma’s party aims for a branch in every ward by the middle of 2025
The South African Communist Party has rejected claims of collaborating with the uMkhonto weSizwe party, describing it as a counter-revolutionary organisation
The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC
The parties have agreed to continuous consultation and to strengthening the broader ANC-led alliance
Communists say their political identity and influence have been diluted
Delegates to the SACP’s fifth Special National Congress will reassess its partnership with the ANC, citing declining electoral fortunes and growing voter discontent
The EFF is rethinking its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party, with accusations of destabilisation after mass resignations