There’s bad blood between Gayton McKenzie and Julius Malema in their desperate scramble for votes. Forget open letters, it’s now open warfare.
With less than a week left to campaign, parties are scrambling to sway what appears to be a large group of undecided voters.
ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope and her daughter Lyndall Shope-Mafole, co-founder of Cope, talk about their political differences and freedom in SA today.
Gayton McKenzie gets candid about Julius Malema, Jacob Zuma blames everyone else for Marikana, and Limpopo’s textbook woes continue.
During President Jacob Zuma’s successful electioneering campaign in Mpumalanga, he defended the partiy’s handling of the Nkandla debacle.
From words like "Nkandla" to "coconut", see how ANC head of campaigns Malusi Gigaba reacts to the M&G’s word association game.
The dark art of electioneering is tricky at best, but we’ve unearthed the magical checklist that guarantees victory – for one person at least.
While the public protector looks into allegations of state resources spent on electioneering, the ANC has blamed everyone else for Zuma being booed.
We visited the Mayixhale family in the Eastern Cape in 2004 and 2009 to find out how life has progressed between elections. This is their 2014 story.
ANC leadership campaigned in Soweto this week, listening to people’s concerns and handing out free T-shirts. They were met with a mixed response.
When Number One finds himself in compromising positions, he can be thankful he has some trusty minions to correct matters. It’s despicable, really.
M&G Science editor Sarah Wild explains how to have your writing published in a collection of South Africa’s best postgraduate science writing.
Has the Marikana massacre affected SA’s voting decisions? Eastern Cape communities tell us how, if at all, the incident changed their views.
This week, Gerrie Nel rips into Oscar Pistorius, while wasteful state expenditure rips into us.
DA leader Helen Zille gets frank with us about EFF, Twitter, Mmusi Maimane and her failed marriage to Mamphela Ramphele.
With just four weeks until the elections, the IEC has had to fend off accusations from all corners, possibly bringing its independence into question.
No one is safe when Malema is angry. Not the IEC, not the presidency, and not the e-toll gantries. Quick, someone hide the keys to the bulldozer!
Watch a secret recording of the <i>Nation</i> editor Bhekithemba Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko after their arrest last month.
HRW reveals how migrant domestic workers in the UK are subjected to serious abuses, including forced labour and physical and psychological abuse.
While the Eastern Cape is a key ANC stronghold, it is also the place to form a breakaway party. How will its people vote in this year’s elections?
This week, climate change destroys civilisation, Jacob Zuma sidesteps Nkandla answers, and Sanral owes millions.
Spinning classes are not what they used to be. Nowadays, it’s a must-do for any self-preserving servant of the people. Class is in session.
Nearly two weeks after the release of Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report, the country’s focus remains firmly on Jacob Zuma.
Not only does he probe the dark corridors of corruption, amaBhungane’s Craig McKune can also be found at the mud face of the Absa Cape Epic.
SA awaits a response from Jacob Zuma on his Nkandla home, the search for the Malaysian plane debris continues and Mandela’s rabbit is gone.
Jacob Zuma’s presidency has never been smooth sailing, but when the HMS Nkandla is sinking someone has to be sacrificed to plug the holes.
With just six weeks left until elections, the Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report has introduced a new element to the battle for South Africa’s votes.
amaBhungane’s Lionel Faull talks us through the Nkandla report and what it means for Jacob Zuma, the ANC, and the country.
Twenty years after SA’s first democratic elections, Khumalo Street in Thokoza still bears the scars of political violence in the nineties.
In her report on the Nkandla upgrades, public protector Thuli Madonsela says the president has to pay back some of the money spent on the homestead.
Jacob Zuma, Lindiwe Sisulu and Gwede Mantashe crack an invite to Helen Zille’s compound. It’s hard work being authentic, as MaZille soon discovers.
This week party campaigning intensifies, EFF’s parliamentary list is released and the country awaits Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report.