The ANC is fighting to claw back votes, but an opposition coalition may take the prized Port Elizabeth metro.
Smuts Ngonyama hits the campaign trail in a bid to return from the political wilderness.
The drive from the airport in Kimberley suggests that there is only one political game in town: the ANC.
Helen Zille took the DA’s electoral campaign to a poor Port Elizabeth area, promising better policing and community work if the party is voted in.
The ANC faced a tough audience in a dry, hot De Aar when party leaders attended the Workers’ Day rally organised by Cosatu.
Research predicts shifts in the voting patterns of urbanites fed up with poor service delivery.
The DA claims it has been ruling the roost in Midvaal for the past 11 years because of exemplary service delivery.
Living in the township of Sicelo Shiceka can be a pleasant experience — if you happen to live on the right side of Morris Street.
There’s a whole lot of sinning going on, especially in the political realm. <b>Mandy Rossouw</b> comments on who needs to repent.
There is increasing anxiety and anger among top ANC leaders over the party’s faltering municipal election campaign.
The government’s state of the cities report, released paints a bleak picture of the state of SA’s major municipalities.
The ANC in Johannesburg launched its manifesto in the five-star Park Hyatt hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
The road to Manguang, where the ANC will choose its next president in 2012, will not be as easy to navigate as the one leading to Polokwane.
Comparisons with apartheid signals the party’s support for Swaziland’s monarchy is waning.
KwaZulu-Natal is the site of struggle for party leadership, report suggests, writes <b>Mandy Rossouw</b>.
Radio journalist Mandy Wiener opens the door to South Africa’s underworld.
The ANCYL has buried the hatchet with social media tool Twitter and embraced technology to further the aims of the revolution.
Swaziland government has banned the much-anticipated protest planned for April 12, claiming the protest organisers didn’t follow correct procedures.
Slain mining magnate Brett Kebble was one of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s earliest mentors, coaching him on what to say and how to say it.
Police are investigating whether there are links between the mayor of an Eastern Cape municipality and an alleged political assassination plot.
In the municipal elections citizens can choose between candidates to lead them at local level. But for organisations such as Cosatu there is no choice
Director General in the Treasury Lesetja Kganyaga is quitting the department, the <em>Mail & Guardian</em> can reveal.
Support of the United Nations resolution was an attempt to avoid further criticism, diplomats say.
Within the ANC’s youth and veterans’ leagues there is informal lobbying for the deputy president to contest the re-election of Zuma.
The Democratic Alliance is on a mission to change its colours. But is the transformation only skin deep?
Arriving in a newsroom must be the most intimidating time for a first-time reporter. Everyone is busy, stressed and focused, and chasing deadlines.
Arriving in a newsroom must be the most intimidating sight for a first-time reporter
Fraud convict Schabir Shaik has "disappointed" his family, a strategically placed family insider told the <em>Mail & Guardian</em> this week.
The credibility of the fact-finding mission that the African Union will send to Libya has come under fire in South Africa.
The battle for control of Cape Town will be an even playing field if the ANC pits Cosatu leader Tony Ehrenreich against the DA’s Patricia de Lille.
It’s an all too familiar South African story, one that involves a local politician, an ANC bigwig and a white businessman, writes <b>Mandy Rossouw</b>
Municipalities have been warned of dire consequences if they are found using municipal funds for electoral purposes.