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Parliament postpones KZN visit to end friction between Zulu king, Ingonyama Trust Board

Tensions have risen between King MisuZulu and the ITB, and the land reform minister recently overturned the monarch’s attempt to dissolve the board

Victor: Democratic Alliance members congratulate the party’s new Western Cape leader Tertuis Simmers (centre). Photo: Theo Jeptha/Gallo Images

DA leaders want to regain coloured votes in Western Cape

The newly elected Democratic Alliance leader, Tertuis Simmers, has dismissed calls for a ‘CapeXit’

Geordin Hill-Lewis. Photo: Supplied

Hill-Lewis to run unopposed as DA Western Cape deputy leader

The Democratic Alliance elections in the province will see Bonginkosi Madikizela go up against the current acting leader, Tertius Simmers

Western Cape head of community safety Albert Fritz was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Fritz scandal casts another shadow over DA in the Western Cape

Good party sees political advantage after the suspension of a ‘low-profile’ figure in local government

DA leader John Steenhuisen at his office in Parliament, Cape Town. (Photo by David Harrison/M&G)

Steenhuisen names DA’s mayoral candidates and challenges ANC to do the same

DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal

Sources inside the DA say that MP and finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis will likely take the position ahead of the incumbent, Dan Plato (L).  (Photo: David Harrison/M&G)

Democratic Alliance mayoral candidates to be announced

Sources inside the DA say that MP and finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis will likely be named as candidate for Cape Town ahead of the incumbent, Dan Plato.

Madikizela resigns as DA’s Western Cape leader

Bonginkosi Madikizela was accused of lying about his educational qualifications

Bonginkosi Madikizela. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Cape Town mayoral candidate is a two-horse race, say party leaders

The DA’s factional battles will take centre stage when the party selects a new mayoral candidate for the city of Cape Town

Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.

Scores die in Western Cape’s deadly taxi tit-for-tat

Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court…

Safety first: Public gatherings, including for religious purposes, are not allowed under levels 4 and 5.  (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Covid-19 levels a political football in the Western Cape

A move to level three lockdown for the province may become a battle between the Democratic Alliance, and the provincial opposition, the ANC

ANC agrees to discuss more seats in Western Cape

The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim…

Mbali Ntuli hopes to ‘save’ the Democratic Alliance.

Ntuli joins the race to ‘save the DA’

KZN MPL’s letter to members says the DA is in ‘permanent damage control’ and she won’t watch as the party ‘disappears into oblivion’

John Steenhuisen’s victory will likely consolidate control over the party by recently elected Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille and her backers. (David Harrison/M&G)

Steenhuisen sweeps to victory as new DA head

John Steenhuisen is the DA’s new interim Federal Leader while Ivan Meyer was elected the new party chairperson on Sunday

Bonginkosi Madikizela has resigned as provincial party leader. He is yet to announce whether he intends to continue campaigning for the position of Cape Town mayor. (David Harrison/M&G)

Madikizela quits DA leadership race

The DA Western Cape leader wants to concentrate on helping govern in the province

Following DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s resignation two weeks ago, three contenders to lead the party have emerged. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Three DA contenders, three visions

John Steenhuisen, Bonginkosi Madikizela and Makashule Gana will contest the position for interim party leader

DA fears spats will mar local polls 

‘It’s like the ANC now’ – ongoing arguments are filtering down to all levels of the party

The ruling party suffered its worst-ever defeat in the Cape, garnering only 28.5% of the vote in the province. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC plans to be “damn good opposition” in Western Cape

Despite worst-ever result in the province, the ANC sees a dip in DA support as a sign that it can take municipalities in 2021

Helen Zille has been actively involved in the DA’s election campaign. (David Harrison/M&G)

We haven’t sidelined Zille – DA

There have been suggestions that Helen Zille has been sidelined from party activities, but the DA say that is not the case

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Lennit Max leaves the DA, joins the ANC

Max says the ANC under the leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa is the ‘only party that can turn around the situation in South Africa’

Residents receive a new shack building kit which comprises zinc sheets and other bits laid side by side. (David Harrison)

‘It’ll happen again’ say Silver Town  fire victims

Residents claim politicians flock to Khayelitsha in times of tragedy, but leave with empty promises