Politics

ANC members tire of waiting for imposed ward councillors to resign

Residents of King William's Town and Qunu protest against councillors

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News | 14 November 2016

Court action to force political parties to disclose their funding

My Vote Counts has approached the Western Cape High Court

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News | 28 July 2016

ANC mayoral candidate’s claims don’t stand up to scrutiny

Allegations about Cape Town's and province's human settlements budgets are false or unsubstantiated

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News | 15 July 2016

ANC election list fraud

Party says its Khayelitsha ward 93 councillor will be made to resign as soon as elected

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News | 28 June 2016

Cosatu expresses support for Didiza to be Tshwane mayor

The federation of trade unions says unemployment is fueling the infighting over councillor positions

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Brief | 24 June 2016

ANC members fear one another after Pietermaritzburg murders

“Political killings have become a habit,” says party member

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News | 23 June 2016

Tshwane protests in photos

Dispute over ANC mayoral candidate

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Photo Essay | 22 June 2016

Residents accuse ANC councillor of starting wasteful project

Councillor defends road drainage plan

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News | 2 June 2016

Both black and white elite must be held to account

While the elites debate race, poverty and inequality persist

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Opinion | 2 June 2016

Colour does not explain today’s South Africa

Black lives are still cheap even though most political leaders and many wealthy business people are black

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Opinion | 20 May 2016

Zimbabwean consular official pelted with plastic bottles

Supporters of the main Zimbabwean opposition party threw plastic bottles at a Zimbabwean consular official today after marching on the consulate to hand over a memorandum.

Bernard Chiguvare

News | 25 November 2015

The debt machine and the politics of 0%

The current wave of student protests in South Africa has been mostly analysed from a national and local perspective.

Achille Mbembe

Opinion | 13 November 2015

DA’s shadow bill misses the key point

On Wednesday, the Democratic Alliance's (DA) new shadow minister of police, Zakhele Mbhele, will brief parliament's police committee on the DA's Bill to replace the National Key Points Act.

Murray Hunter

Opinion | 3 November 2015

Why DASO won Fort Hare

In May, the Democratic Alliance Student Alliance (DASO) won SRC elections at the University of Fort Hare. The university has been a stronghold of ANC-aligned organisations. We spoke to student leaders to find out what changed.

Sibusiso Tshabalala

Analysis | 6 October 2015

Who is funding our political parties?

The 2016 local government elections will be surely be heavily contested. Already in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay, the ANC, DA and EFF are gearing up for tough electoral battles. No doubt too, all the political parties will pour large sums of money into these areas. But quite how much political parties will spend on campaigning, no one knows, because of a complete lack of transparency in the funding of political parties.

Judith February

Opinion | 27 August 2015