One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds
The Makana Citizens Front brings together diverse groups with a focus on accountability
Service-delivery issues, procurement inefficiencies and cadre deployment continue to plague municipalities, according to the Bureau for Economic Research
African Transformation Movement leader Vuyo Zungula is confident party will gain wards in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo
Some ANC members claim Tshwane’s regional executive committee is ‘dysfunctional’, but leaders will assess the situation only after the local government elections
In this episode, veteran journalist Paddy Harper and political journalist Lizeka Tandwa chat to Mawethu Mosery and Vasu Gounden about riots and the elections
Addressing climate change is largely absent in the three major parties’ election manifestos
Days after the DA had to take down ‘racist’ posters, the IFP has its own ‘royal’ drama over the use of the Zulu monarch’s picture
ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula suggested deputy president David Mabuza’s announcement that he was in the running for another term was premature
Desperate to claw back the public’s trust, the president missteped and betrayed his own weak understanding of ethics and the meaning of leadership
It would be refreshing if South Africans encountered political parties that actually walked the talk of embracing the ideals of nonracialism
In this episode, M&G politics journalist Khaya Koko chats with Professor Barry Hanyane and Advocate Selby Makgotho about corruption and elections
Opposition leaders hit out at ANC over social media fracas, saying residents of Enoch Mgijima municipality deserve better
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
Citizens want a meaningful say in how they are governed, not local government that foists on them what it has decided the people need.
Action SA is planning to take the IEC to court after it failed to undertake to address its concerns over the draft ballot papers for the local government elections
As South Africa gears up for the local government elections on 1 November, disgruntled voters in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni say they have little reason to cast their ballots
Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems
In this first episode, our politics journalist Lizeka Tandwa and veteran journalist Paddy Harper chat to our guest about service delivery and the elections.
The party wants to use 2021 as a platform to vote the ANC out in 2024
When the ANC was faced with possible losses in 95 municipalities, it approached two smaller parties in hope that its endorsements would result in trade-offs.
At the ANC’s manifesto launch, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to reduce unemployment, increase social security, and stamp out corruption in the party
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a more rigorous mayoral selection process, which will involve the party’s top six
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.
At a time when unemployment and poverty must be tackled head on, our country appears rudderless
In love, as in politics, look before you leap
The DA launched its 37-page manifesto on a virtual platform under the banner “The DA gets things done”.
If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
Candidate court challenges loom for ANC
Branding itself as a corruption busting party, ActionSA said it will establish dedicated independent forensics units in each of its municipalities, with the mandate to investigate all potential corrupt activities
The organisation has sent another letter to staff members saying that salaries for July, August and September will not be paid on 25 September
We must hold faith that law will prevail