Malibongwe Dubazane is contesting all 14 of the IFP-run Nkandla local municipality’s wards
The nascent Setsoto Service Delivery Forum is confident it can remove the ‘failing ANC’ in the chronically mismanaged Free State municipality
Paddy Harper doesn’t know who to vote for yet, since the Dagga Party isn’t contesting his ward, but right now what to order for lunch is a more pressing concern
While on the campaign trail in the Eastern Cape, EFF leader Julius Malema, without evidence, claimed the ANC was planning to use rolling blackouts to ‘steal votes’
A song about Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane preventing looting was way off the mark in a province riddled with corruption and theft
Chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said the ailing state power utility’s staff would be on standby as South Africans cast their votes on 1 November
The country’s local governments are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus and pose a critical sovereign risk
What are the biggest election issues where you live? M&G explains all
Vuwani residents are ready to vote, but none of the top three parties is wooing them
The EFF has a stronger online presence than the ANC and Democratic Alliance
Journalists Emsie Ferreira and Lizeka Tandwa chat to Mmusi Maimane, Paul Berkowitz and Narend Singh about the state of the opposition
Angry Atteridgeville residents hurl insults at ‘dysfunctional’ ANC full of ‘corrupt individuals’ as Mabuza fails to placate them with party T-shirts and doeks
An examination of the language the party uses shows that it is echoing right-wing voices the world over in its insistence that those who point out its racism are, in fact, the real racists
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.