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Potholes in Evaton, Ext 11 in the Emfuleni local municipality.

The ANC’s sinkhole

The party’s Zanufication continues apace

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Helen Zille on the warpath

The DA veteran explains why Wednesday is crucial

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

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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

MICHAEL AVERY: The unresolved problem of the post-1994 political order

DA struggles to turn ANC disillusionment into support

Elections redraw South Africa’s risk-opportunity map

South Africa's metros offer a mixed bag for business

Helen Zille and Loyiso Masuku on fixing Joburg

Joburg's rescue plans: big promises, hard realities

PA leader Gayton McKenzie.

Real Politics: The kingmakers holding metros to ransom

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

The six metros sitting on an electoral knife edge

Who will win the battle?

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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?

ROB ROSE: Lights dim at Joburg’s City Power clown show

A new report points to a way out of City Power’s doom loop

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

NATASHA MARRIAN: The messy politics of a maturing democracy

SA’s coalition era is democracy in action

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Real Politics: DA dare not forget Zille’s warning 

There are risks aplenty to a coalition with the ANC

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

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