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Despite earlier threats to withhold support, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) ultimately backed the ANC in passing key budgets in the City of Johannesburg council on Friday.
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EXCLUSIVE: ANC offers DA council speaker position in Ekurhuleni, sidelines EFF and ActionSA

If the Democratic Alliance declined the position, the African Transformation Movement would be next in line, sources said

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Mandisa Makgakga
2 min read
Less decibels: No amount of sloganeering will win the ANC the Gauteng province as more and more voters are seeing through the chimera of noise. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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Gauteng not seduced by slogans

Urban voters navigating the daily realities of transport breakdowns, potholes, water outages, electricity instability, crime and failing municipalities are not impressed by…

  • Muzi Zulu
8 min read
‘Still a daughter of Johannesburg’: The Democratic Alliance’s federal chair, Helen Zille, now wants to fix Johannesburg if she’s elected mayor. Photo: DA/Helen Zille
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Zille goes all in for Joburg top job

The Democratic Alliance federal chair declined to commit to a time frame within which she planned to fix the city’s problems if elected mayor

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube. (X)
30 PASS MARK

DA says it wants matric pass mark ‘incrementally’ increased to 50%

It’s detractors say the party has accepted the 30% pass because it is enjoying the benefits of the government of national unity

  • Umamah Bakharia
6 min read
Rubbish jobs: A strike by waste management company Pikitup’s temporary workers, who wanted their jobs to be made permanent, disrupted services in parts of Johannesburg. Photo: Gallo Images
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ANC leaders accused of corruption and ‘capture’ of Joburg entities

While residents battle water cuts and filthy streets, Pikitup and Joburg Water leaders face multibillion-rand nepotism claims

  • Khaya Koko
11 min read
Former Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda (Photo: Luba Lesolle)
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Korner Talk: Goodbye to ‘Black John Steenhuisen’ Gwamanda

The Johannesburg mayor is about to be ditched

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
The waste management company’s services are not operational in 10 of the 12 depots around Johannesburg because of protest action
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Trade union accuses ActionSA of inciting striking Pikitup workers

The waste management company’s services are not operational in 10 of the 12 depots around Johannesburg because of protest action This content is restricted to registered users…

  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
THOUGHTLEADER ELECTIONS 2024
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Korner Talk | Burn, burn, burn: Steenhuisen’s ‘Sarafina’ moment

The opposition party’s flag-burning advert has ignited much criticism

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
ANC NEC member, Parks Tau, at the National Election Debate, hosted by the Mail & Guardian and University of Forte Hare. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan

Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax breaks will be forfeited to fund the proposed universal health care plan

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi(Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Job schemes and broken dreams

Plans like the one announced by employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi won’t move the needle on joblessness This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…

  • Sarah Smit
1 min read
From left: Spectrum Party leader Christopher Claassen, United Independent Movement’s Neil de Beer, IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa, DA leader John Steenhuisen, Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Groenewald, ActionSA president Herman Mashaba and the Independent SA National Civic Organisation’s Zukile Luyenge on the first day of the national convention on coalitions at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, 17 August 2023. (Photo: Twitter / @Our_DA)
MULTI PARTY CHARTER

Déjà vu as Multi-Party Charter unveils economic plan

In trying to provide an alternative to the ANC, the new political grouping has fallen into old traps

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
The remnants of Bree Street. (Scott Peter Smith/M&G)
EGOLI GAS

City of Joburg still waiting for Bree explosion to be declared a disaster to get funding

Businesses struggle to survive as progress in the R196m reconstruction of the street remains at a standstill This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…

  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
Former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse. Photographer: Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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EXPLAINER: Musical chairs in the City of Johannesburg

At the 2021 local government elections, neither of the two biggest parties got a mandate to govern alone in Johannesburg

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Removed: Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink. (Deon Raath/Gallo Images)
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Democratic Alliance’s Cilliers Brink elected Tshwane mayor

Brink called for cooperation between parties, characterising the past weeks at the Tshwane council as unfortunate

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
The implosion in the City of Tshwane council has continued, with ActionSA terminating the membership of one of its councillors
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City of Tshwane council implosion gathers momentum

ActionSA has terminated the membership of one of its prominent councillors and the multi-party coalition is expected to name a mayoral candidate soon

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read