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Making a mark: Tshwane residents cast their votes during the 2016 local government elections.

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: When the tail wags the coalition dog

How smaller parties shape budgets, delivery and accountability

A good week for Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Mkhwanazi tipped for top post; Mbalula trips up in a pothole

TIM COHEN: Ramaphosa’s arc from hope to despair

Ramaphosa started out so well, but now …

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PODCAST: OR Tambo — the ANC fortress that cannot deliver

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — SA and USA go poll dancing

What the local government elections mean for the Government of National Unity

CHRIS ROPER: ‘Poll Dancing’: How to pick the least kak politician

South Africa's political circus gets the comedy treatment

Elections redraw South Africa’s risk-opportunity map

South Africa's metros offer a mixed bag for business

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PODCAST: Sol Plaatje — Kimberley’s second chance

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: Mangaung: The election that nobody saw coming

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: Bojanala — the platinum belt’s fault line

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: Polokwane — ANC fortress under pressure

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

On South African lampposts election humour reaches pole position

Liewe Heksie, Flighty Katie and funny fake posters

President of Cosatu Zingiswa Losi.

NATASHA MARRIAN: Cosatu’s numbers are dwindling, and so is its relevance

Cosatu's factional battles mask a deeper crisis

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PODCAST: Buffalo City — politically stable, or stagnant?

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: The big picture — SA’s political landscape in 2026

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

The week ahead: ANC heads to Con Court

News you need to know in the coming days

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — The dark art of election polling

How to tell good research from bad numbers

JUSTICE MALALA: Who will lead a skeletal ANC?

The race to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa is wide open

EDITORIAL: South Africa’s long, disastrous experiment with impunity

When crime goes unpunished, the law loses its bite

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — End of the road for Fikile Mbalula?

In episode 26 of Sharp Sharp, Rob Rose and Zukile Majova explore mounting pressure on ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, inner-city crises.