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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Trump’s Fake South Africa

Rob Rose and Zukile Majova are joined by Patrick Smith from Africa Confidential

EDITORIAL: Democracy doesn’t win from ANC’s unforgiveable own goal

The ANC’s ballot blunder hurts voters

NATASHA MARRIAN: A poll where everything is in play

No more safe seats in the 2026 local elections

SIMON BROWN: Ignore the noise and the fury

Elections are looming in the US and South Africa, but investors should stick to their long-term strategy

The rise of muscular centrism over voodoo politics

Zille's is the political playbook to watch, swimming goggles and all

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Beware the death of the ANC

Rob and Zuks talk succession

JUSTICE MALALA: Bring this dark money to light

Dark donations are a threat to South Africa's democracy and electoral transparency

Can Nelson Mandela Bay keep its engine running?

November elections are make or break for the metro

Helen Zille

Real Politics: DA dare not forget Zille’s warning 

There are risks aplenty to a coalition with the ANC

The week ahead: ANC candidate crisis heads to court

Your political and economic calendar for the days to come

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — How low can we go?

Of flyovers and failures

TIM COHEN: The ANC needs a tourniquet. The DA needs a ladder

A stable centrist coalition between the ANC and the DA may be the only path forward

Battle of the blueprints for South Africa’s broken municipalities

The ANC and DA offer starkly contrasting manifestos on how to fix South Africa’s municipalities

André Odendaal honoured for recovering SA’s hidden cricket history

André Odendaal has received the Howard Milton Award

Picture: BLOOMBERG/WALDO SWIEGERS

LETTER: Yet another ANC insult for South Africa’s voters

On November 4 there will be a reckoning

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

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — The curious case of the ANC’s missing mayors

Rob and Zuks pick apart the ANC’s election manifesto

Kastelos in the sand: The DA’s Burke dilemma

Inside the party’s Burke bind

EDITORIAL: Business can’t fix what politics won’t

An economy growing at 1.1% cannot simply be willed to nearly treble its pace