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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

Jozi’s mission impossible: How to fix a ruined city

Joburg’s long road back from the brink

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

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

How to tell good research from bad numbers

JUSTICE MALALA: Cosatu chaos is South Africa’s real crisis

A deeply divided Cosatu threatens the GNU

Chris Hatting.

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

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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.

Sanral under a cloud over ‘dishonest’ R9.5bn tender

Sanral faces subpoenas, suspensions, and fraud probes after its R9.5bn road maintenance tender was declared unconstitutional, with a judge terming its conduct 'dishonest,…

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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?

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.