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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

The week ahead: ANC candidate crisis heads to court

Your political and economic calendar for the days to come

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

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

PA leader Gayton McKenzie

Gayton’s green machine takes aim at the DA

The PA’s Western Cape breakthrough is gathering pace

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.