The MK’s levy ultimatum to its leaders exposes how parties skim taxpayer-funded salaries

Ramaphosa enters the November 4 municipal elections at his weakest yet, with MK surging, the alliance fractured and his Phala Phala battle still unresolved

The typical FF+ voter might not be the oom you think he is, the Ceuta backstory, and Zuma family fun

This week: paid political influence, Ramaphosa’s reform setbacks, the PIC leadership vacuum and looming FATF greylisting concerns

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.

In the wake of June 30, Rob Rose and Zukile Majova unpack March and March, its ties to MK Party, and the economics behind xenophobia

Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into the politics of the moment: cost of living, Jacob Zuma, NSFAS – and Gwede’s fuel price gaffe

Zuma remains the MK’s biggest asset, but endless internal shuffles and weak structures may limit its reach in the 2026 municipal elections.

Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days to come

MK apparently promised jobs. Instead, recruits got war

The MK Party has been hit with an excoriating judgment after making more baseless allegations against the electoral commission

Cyril Ramaphosa should take a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook if he wants to counter the Zuma factor that’s holding him back

In 2011, billions of dollars were flown into SA from Libya. To date, no-one knows what’s happened to them

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…

I sometimes sit in a restaurant and try to work out the “boeresom” of the place – the kind of calculation you do on the back of a 30-pack of cigarettes, like farmers at a…