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The Communists don’t feature as a force of any kind in opinion polls and when it has tried its luck in local by-elections it has been routed, at times struggling to get even a handful of votes. All indications are that it will have zero impact in the local elections
ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO

ANC and SACP – Political Merry-Go-Round

The Communists don’t feature as a force of any kind in opinion polls and when it has tried its luck in local by-elections it has been routed, at times struggling to get even a…

  • Imraan Buccus
6 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma at the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
NHLAMULO NDHELA

Korner Talk | Jacob Zuma has a penchant for political polygamy

Msholozi must petition Mzansi Magic’s show, Love Back, if he wants to be in the ANC’s good graces

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
The MKP’s Mervyn Dirks led its MPLs out of the legislature chamber in Pietermaritzburg in protest against the election of the whips and committee chairs going ahead. Photo supplied
ANC

MK Party walks out as KwaZulu-Natal Legislature elects committee chairs

Influential committee posts are shared among the members of the province’s governing coalition

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The ANC in Gauteng believes it is on track to secure at least 40% of the vote in the 2026 local government elections (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

Gauteng: Five years of coalition confusion

Budgets and policy positions look set to be political footballs when support is needed to pass tabled legislature motions

  • Editorial
2 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
THOUGHTLEADER ELECTIONS 2024

Korner Talk | Fikile Mbalula ‘is a certified clown’

The ANC secretary general should join the ‘Takalani Sesame’ cast and leave politics

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/Mail & Guardian)
2024 ELECTIONS

Zuma issues threat of ‘trouble’, but IEC says plans for election announcement are on track

The former president is demanding that the announcement of the final result be delayed to allow the MK Party to lodge objections

  • Paddy Harper
  • Mandisa Makgakga
  • Emsie Ferreira
  • Lunga Mzangwe
5 min read