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A good week for Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Mkhwanazi tipped for top post; Mbalula trips up in a pothole

TIM COHEN: Ramaphosa’s arc from hope to despair

Ramaphosa started out so well, but now …

A poster from the ANC hangs along a road in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Why has Ramaphosa, SA’s most promising president, failed?

The perpetual consensus builder has failed to grasp the nettle of reform

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: OR Tambo — the ANC fortress that cannot deliver

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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

DA struggles to turn ANC disillusionment into support

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PODCAST: Mangaung: The election that nobody saw coming

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: Ehlanzeni — the district with everything, except enough water

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: Polokwane — ANC fortress under pressure

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

Fikile Mbalula.

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

ANC wins in court, but polls point to heavy losses

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

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.

Real Politics: Mbalula’s tears and the battle for the ANC’s future

How the ConCourt rescued Mbalula’s ANC ambitions

Real Politics: Zuma’s health throws open MK’s succession

Zuma’s illness leaves MK Party facing its succession test

Zweli Mkhize.

Real Politics: Ramaphosa’s KZN fix could be his 2027 headache

The ANC’s best weapon against Zuma could turn on Ramaphosa

JUSTICE MALALA: Who will lead a skeletal ANC?

The race to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa is wide open

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — End of the road for Fikile Mbalula?

In episode 26 of Sharp Sharp, Rob Rose and Zukile Majova explore mounting pressure on ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, inner-city crises.

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

A deeply divided Cosatu threatens the GNU

NATASHA MARRIAN: How the state learnt to do less with more

Perfecting the art of looking busy but doing nothing

LETTER: Calling out the business-government fairytale

The numbers undermine the ‘We can fix it’ myth

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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