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Misdirected: Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya’s governance thrives on populist logic. It opts for cosmetic interventions that generate headlines while leaving the causes of inequality untouched. Photo: ActionSA
SOUTH AFRICA POLITICS

A new politics for Tshwane

This article critically examines the populist governance style in Tshwane, South Africa, contrasting it with the social democratic politics exemplified by Zohran Mamdani in New…

  • Onthatile Modise
6 min read
Newly elected DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema
ANC

New DA KZN leader targets ANC and MKP support 

Newly elected DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema says the party is ready to expand aggressively ahead of crucial municipal elections.

  • Sandile Motha
3 min read
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the January 8 Statement at Moruleng Stadium, North West.
ANC

Ramaphosa to ANC members: campaigning for 2026 elections is mandatory

He said the party would be run strictly, with zero tolerance for corruption, ill-discipline and factionalism

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has confirmed that it has no intention of deregistering as a political party despite a notice from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to cancel its registration. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALEX MASHILO

SACP will contest 2026 municipal elections independent of ANC

The South African Communist Party is among 192 political parties that had not met the deadline to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
The ANC will have to manage the fallout from last month’s decision by the South African Communist Party to contest next year’s elections alone, and its relations with its other alliance partners, labour federation Cosatu and the South African National Civic Organisation. (File photo)
ANC

ANC faces a tough 2025 as it tries to clean house ahead of local elections

It will also try to ease dealings with its partners in the government of national unity (GNU), in particular the DA, ahead of local government election campaigning

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
ANC deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane. (Ntswe Mokoena)
ACTIONSA

Nomvula Mokonyane: We are not here to canvas for the DA’s Cilliers Brink

The ANC deputy secretary general has rebuffed Democratic Alliance chair Helen Zille’s demand that the ousted Tshwane mayor be reinstated This content is restricted to registered…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
Action SA chairperson Michael Beaumont. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)
ACTIONSA

ActionSA and DA both woo ANC as Tshwane coalition talks reach impasse

ActionSA has ruled out future coalition agreements with the Democratic Alliance.

  • Mandisa Makgakga
  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
eThekwini metro mayor Cyril Xaba announced at the city’s 2024-25 summer season campaign on Wednesday that work on repairing wastewater treatment plants was nearing completion.
ACTIONSA

Political stalemate as ANC and DA dispute delays eThekwini Metro mayoral election

ANC mayoral candidate Cyril Xaba has already replaced Mxolisi Kaunda as a councillor

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
eThekwini metro mayor Cyril Xaba announced at the city’s 2024-25 summer season campaign on Wednesday that work on repairing wastewater treatment plants was nearing completion.
ANC

Cyril Xaba tipped for eThekwini mayor, but ANC in the city opposes appointment

It is not clear whether the ANC will vote with its government of national unity partners

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
An electoral commission official sits next to ballot boxes at the Barbaro Park high school in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on November 1, 2021, during South Africa’s local elections. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
ANC

Poll day: The Great Stayaway

Only a few people have chosen who will govern South Africa’s municipalities

  • Luke Feltham
  • M&G Data Desk
6 min read
Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
IKHUTSENG

Effluent Warrenton: ‘Our town is worth saving’

Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems

  • Sheree Bega
  • M&G Data Desk
12 min read
Earlier this month the IEC, in accordance with scheduling protocols, closed the voter roll after the government set October 27 as the date the nation will go to the polls. (Luis Tato/AFP)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Online voter registration hinges on constitutional court decision

The Electoral Commission of South Africa’s new facility ran for only two weeks before it asked the constitutional court to delay the elections

  • Luke Feltham
4 min read
ABATSHA FORCE OF CHANGE

‘Postpone the elections and spare lives,’ Motsoeneng tells inquiry

Inquiry leader and former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke emphasised the need for democratic processes not to falter because of the pandemic.

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
The inquiry into ensuring free and fair local government elections later this year, headed by retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, has received about 3 000 voice and written submissions from the public, the inquiry said on Tuesday. (Photo by Trevor Kunene/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
COVID 19

Oral submissions to inquiry on local government elections start next week

The hearings will be open to the media and the public, under strict level-three regulations

  • Chris Gilili
2 min read
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

IEC says Covid-19 won’t stop 27 October elections

Election campaign and voter mobilisation launched on Wednesday as IEC gears up to host local government elections during pandemic

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read