The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the fiscal framework
The country desperately needs a system that makes politicians accountable to voters, not their political parties
ActionSA has ruled out future coalition agreements with the Democratic Alliance.
Shivambu has allegedly been looking for a new political home for some time, and is said to have approached the ANC, but was rejected
With the advent of coalition politics at local and national level, policies are needed that help to maintain stability
The opposition party has rejected the ANC’s offer of six ministerial positions in the government of national unity
All too frequently, the solutions provided in manifestos are simplistic, time-consuming and expensive to implement
Political parties have not given money to the Solidarity Fund for relief in KwaZulu-Natal
The finance minister’s reduction in corporate income tax and allocations to education, health, social development, justice and police have been welcomed
Political parties and trade unions are asking the finance minister to address the growing national debt crisis and to extend the R350 grant
The low voter turnout in the local polls is something our leading parties must take to heart as they look to rebuild their relationship with the electorate.
Voting tactically may seem like a realistic, mature option, but it compromises the integrity of your vote and is corrosive to the long-term health of democracy
As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos
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
It is still unclear how discontent with politics, and the effects of Covid-19, will affect voter turnout, according to research company Ipsos
The electoral commission heard that delaying local government elections will be an assault on democracy and that people’s lives should not be put at risk during the Covid crisis
Election campaign and voter mobilisation launched on Wednesday as IEC gears up to host local government elections during pandemic
There will be one voter registration weekend for local government elections on October 27, because of budget cuts caused by the pandemic
The Act, which regulates political party funding, came into effect on 1 April and aims to make donations transparent.
A fanatic of the free market, Herman Mashaba advances extreme economic policies for South Africa. But he needs political power first, so he rides on xenophobic sentiments for votes
The pandemic taught us a new normal. It’s time to apply some of the learnings to our electoral system, which is overdue for an overhaul
We need to work together regardless of our political ideologies to build the health system, stabilise the economy and protect the most vulnerable in society
The president and political parties put their differences aside as South Africa tackles what has been described as one of its biggest post-apartheid challenges yet
Student councils in South Africa are dominated by party politics. But there is a way to change this
Senior university managers say political parties should be banned from campuses, citing a climate of fear
But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party
Campaigning on issues rather than a broader agenda makes this church-affiliated party unique
Over the past four elections the smaller political parties have been losing votes hand over fist
The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win
Forty-eight parties will appear on the national ballot in 2019, 19 more than those registered in 2014
The party must decide if politicised uncertainty and institutionalised ambiguity will be its end
The IEC announced in a statement on Friday that it had approved election deposits for the 2019 national and provincial elections