Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress, while cautiously welcoming tax relief and social grant increases
Party leader Julius Malema said the move signalled the president’s loss of confidence in the police
“This is not about Patrice waking up one morning and wanting to be president,” the lobbyist said. “It is about stabilising the centre of power before the ANC implodes”
The uncritical cheerleaders for the West cannot be taken seriously until they acknowledge that the West supports and collaborates with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt
The move is a strategy ahead of next year’s local government elections, as the party believes that fixing roads, traffic lights and public transport networks will prove its ability to govern
Now that a VAT increase has been ruled out, the finance minister must find another way to plug a R75bn gap or risk collapsing public services and investor confidence
The premier and provincial co-convenor said the party would resurrect itself in Gauteng because there was no better alternative
The South African Democratic Teachers Union alleges schools are pressuring learners in grade 10 and upwards to drop maths to protect overall matric pass rates
Meetings are due in coming days and weeks to undo the damage after the finance minister caved on the tax increase
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
South Africans have, in recent years, looked beyond the ANC in hope of finding new voices capable of holding the line on spending and corruption. Instead, what they have received is a bewildering capitulation and weak opposition
The agreement came thanks to a lifeline ActionSA threw the ANC
The Democratic Alliance said the budget would struggle to pass in parliament, given the ANC’s lack of a majority
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
The Democratic Alliance is seen as having disrespected President Cyril Ramaphosa, limiting the chances that he might extend the consultation period on the Act’s contentious clauses
They believe the deputy president has the political acumen and experience to maintain the fragile alliance
Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes
MPs challenged him on skewed spending, saying the poor suffered while billions went to protecting politicians
The Democratic Alliance will lead five portfolio committees but the bulk have remained under the leadership of the ANC
The ANC said in a statement that President Cyril Ramaphosa would announce appointments to the executive ‘in the coming days’
The idea of unity has become brittle as inequality becomes more severe along race and class configurations
Other parties flagged irregularities but want to distance themselves from MK and Jacob Zuma’s efforts to discredit the elections
As the liberal establishment and the kleptocratic nationalists in and outside of the ANC both see a moment of political possibility for themselves it is the left in the ANC that must now step up
Among the PA’s manifesto promises is to put God back into schools. It is now looking to 2026 to win local government seats
If South Africa’s governing party does end up losing its majority in future elections, it might never get it back
Climate change needs to be front and centre of party manifestos
The leader of Rise Mzansi said the Democratic Alliance leader was not credible or capable of becoming South Africa’s president
The party should champion new forms of ownership, government expenditure in the interests of the poor, or limiting the power of big business
Despite evidence of the dangers and failures of public-private partnerships, the ANC and newcomer Rise Mzansi ignore these concerns
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
South Africa’s political narrative is mired in a swamp of inadequacy and hypocrisy
Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns