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Nersa’s secrecy problem

Nersa approves huge discounts for big industrial users

EDITORIAL: Democracy doesn’t win from ANC’s unforgiveable own goal

The ANC’s ballot blunder hurts voters

JUSTICE MALALA: South Africans pay a high price for a ‘cold drink’

Business can’t replace the state

Chris Hatting.

Business-government bromance is failing South Africa

It’s time for business to put government under pressure to deliver

NATASHA MARRIAN: A poll where everything is in play

No more safe seats in the 2026 local elections

The rise of muscular centrism over voodoo politics

Zille's is the political playbook to watch, swimming goggles and all

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Beware the death of the ANC

Rob and Zuks talk succession

JUSTICE MALALA: Bring this dark money to light

Dark donations are a threat to South Africa's democracy and electoral transparency

Online comments: The gambling boom, market moves, and corporate growth

Readers weigh in on the gambling boom in South Africa, municipal accountability, stock market moves, and corporate job growth

NATASHA MARRIAN: The messy politics of a maturing democracy

SA’s coalition era is democracy in action

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

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

JUSTICE MALALA: This ‘cat theory’ can save South Africa

South Africa needs cats to catch its mice

Joseph Sekhampu

Can business schools fix a broken state?

The state needs better managers. Can business schools help?

TIM COHEN: If it doesn’t work, do we still need it?

Do we still need the Financial & Fiscal Commission?

Pensioners pay for PIC politics

Are politically connected investments exposing pension assets to unnecessary risk?

Real Politics: Burke tests DA’s clean-government claim

The DA cannot afford to blur the lines between it and the ANC

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,…

The City of Johannesburg. Picture: SUPPLIED

EDITORIAL: The ANC’s Joburg descent is the real marker of its decline

The ANC's support in Joburg has fallen to 18%, according to recent polls. This is attributed to poor leadership, weak governance, and service delivery failures.