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Business-government bromance is failing South Africa

It’s time for business to put government under pressure to deliver

Jacob Zuma.

Real Politics: Pay the party, or pay the price

The MK’s levy ultimatum to its leaders exposes how parties skim taxpayer-funded salaries

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STUART THEOBALD: The ANC’s new realism meets an old pledge

But will voters believe it?

NATASHA MARRIAN: The messy politics of a maturing democracy

SA’s coalition era is democracy in action

JUSTICE MALALA: What can a crumbling ANC offer South Africans at the ballot box?

Paralysed by division, the ANC can't even agree on a candidate for Joburg

JUSTICE MALALA: This ‘cat theory’ can save South Africa

South Africa needs cats to catch its mice

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PODCAST: The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

The municipal poll is an opportunity to remedy municipal bankruptcy rather than a political event

Keep your enemies close: Can a Zille-Mashaba coalition save Jozi?

As the ANC's support crumbles in Johannesburg, the city faces a complex coalition future.

MICHAEL AVERY: Mind the microphone, Lesetja

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago should not comment on matters beyond monetary and financial stability.

Real Politics: Ramaphosa faces his Waterloo

Ramaphosa enters the November 4 municipal elections at his weakest yet, with MK surging, the alliance fractured and his Phala Phala battle still unresolved

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Joburg ready to dump the ANC

Has the city finally lost its place as the party’s political heart?

US trumps Orania

More than 10,000 South Africans looking for greener pastures have arrived in the US under Trump‘s ‘refugee’ programme so far. White Arikaners make up a big slice of the exodus,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses parliament during the  2026 SONA 


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NATASHA MARRIAN: Inside the ANC’s MK dilemma

South Africans may not actually want MK in government, but their economic frustrations are making Zuma’s party increasingly difficult to ignore.

Real Politics: The DA’s municipal gamble: same plumbing, new plumber

As ideological lines between the DA and the ANC become blurred, the real contest will be over credibility: the ANC says it can renew itself and finally implement reforms promised…