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DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille.

Real Politics: Johannesburg is now or never for the DA

Why Johannesburg is the DA’s biggest test before Gauteng 2029

PA leader Gayton McKenzie.

Real Politics: The kingmakers holding metros to ransom

Small parties could sway who becomes mayor in SA's commercial hub

Fikile Mbalula.

The court saved the ANC. Polls show it is still doomed

ANC wins in court, but polls point to heavy losses

The six metros sitting on an electoral knife edge

Who will win the battle?

NATASHA MARRIAN: Inside Ekurhuleni’s coalition quagmire

More pain in store as hung council threat looms

CHRIS ROPER: The politics of punching down

When cruelty becomes a campaign strategy

Geordin Hill-Lewis.

Blue skies ahead for the DA in Cape Town?

The party is facing growing competition from the PA

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PODCAST: Herman Mashaba tells Sharp Sharp: Helen Zille is the red line

How will ActionSA leader turn his promises into action?

The FF Plus gamble in Gugulethu

FF Plus takes aim at a broader voter base

NATASHA MARRIAN: Short list, long game: Election loophole goes to court

DA furious over single-name PR list strategy

Cape Town transport plan pins hopes on rail revival

The Mother City bets on rail to beat its traffic troubles

NATASHA MARRIAN: A poll where everything is in play

No more safe seats in the 2026 local elections

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

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

ANC, MK Party and EFF in a power struggle. Image supplied

NATASHA MARRIAN: Baloyi bets on MK in Joburg

Bongani Baloyi believes in an MK shake up for Joburg politics

Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza. Picture: GCIS/KOPANO TLAPE

Real Politics: The centre is holding – and must endure

The Didiza vote shows the GNU's centre is holding firm

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC’s mayoral deadlock in Joburg worsens

ANC’s Joburg mayoral deadlock worsens as its factions clash

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.

Dysfunction in Joburg.

NATASHA MARRIAN: What it takes to win Joburg

Joburg’s 2026 election could mark a historic DA breakthrough, but winning the city will depend on turnout, voter fragmentation and coalition arithmetic.