Local Elections
latest news & developments
Battle for Joburg heats up
Johannesburg's mayoral race is heating up as political veterans and rising contenders clash over solutions for failing infrastructure, service delivery, and coalition control…
Zille’s effective campaign in Johannesburg
Helen Zille, the DA's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, has launched an unconventional campaign exposing the ANC-led metro's failure to provide basic services. She has lodged a…
We built many free houses, out of bounds
Ahead of the local government elections on 4 November, campaigns will focus on housing delivery numbers. However, this article argues that these numbers are incomplete and…
Remember, Remember the 4th of November
As unpredictable as elections may be, the best outcome for voters in the 4 November local government elections would be an electoral system which incentivises and rewards…
I will never retreat from my ideas,” Malema says as sentencing is postponed to April
The EFF leader told supporters he would not abandon his ideas
ActionSA eyeing mayoral chains
The party wants to use its growing influence in Gauteng metros to consolidate its presence
Municipal employees to get a 3.5% increase after wage deal
The South African Local Government Association said a three-year wage deal had been agreed on the remuneration of municipal employees
Richard Calland: Not much has shuffled in the political pack
Stocktake at the end of a momentous year shows that the ruling party holds all the cards but has little room for manoeuvre
‘Super-Wednesday’ by-elections: all the data and who is contesting what
In this week’s by-elections, the ANC has the highest number of wards being contested. However, the turnout in some communities in areas in the Vaal district has been low — even…
Letters to the editor: September 2 to 8 2016
Readers write in about the electoral system, Zambia’s elections and the M&G’s story on Naspers.
DA claims the top three positions in the city of Tshwane’s council
The metro’s new mayor, Solly Msimanga, says the party will no longer allow citizens ‘to be skivvies of councillors and a certain political party’.
ANC sells its lies – to itself – that voter trust has never really been lost
Its mistakes quickly forgotten, the ruling party reasons that those who didn’t vote do support the ANC after all.
Letters to the editor: August 12 to 18 2016
Readers write in about Karoo lamb, and the ANC after the municipal elections.
Electoral knowledge: Is Steven Friedman the only person in SA who gets the PR system?
Given the befuddlement of voters (and politicians) on August 3, perhaps it’s time a course in politics is made compulsory.
Newcomer KDF to decide who between the ANC and DA will lead the Karoo
The organisation popularly known as the "Kadoef" party has surprised its detractors after winning a seat in the Beaufort West municipality’s council.