The EFF and MK could decide who runs South Africa’s metros after November 4. An ANC–DA pact is the only alternative to coalition chaos.

Upcoming municipal elections face a growing youth trust deficit, with political parties struggling to inspire frustrated and increasingly disillusioned younger voters.

Zille’s Joburg campaign is a bet that voters want working taps and lit streets – not foreign-policy fights. The 2026 local polls will test the wager

The Constitutional Court’s Phala Phala ruling forces parliament to act and reshapes the ANC succession race, with Ramaphosa’s grip looking tenuous

Phala Phala is back from the dead. The Constitutional Court just revived an impeachment inquiry the ANC thought it had killed in 2022

A growing anti-unity government faction inside the ANC is gaining ground and could destabilise national politics before the 2027 conference

Former investigative journalist Pauli van Wyk on the EFF leader and his dodgy dealings, lawlessness, and the problem of impunity

The populist parties are growling at each other. The ANC is somewhat paralysed by internal divisions. And Cyril is stuck in the middle

You can’t claim South African politics is without irony. There’s corruption-accused Jacob Zuma, once the face of the “moral regeneration movement”. A public protector fired after…