A social-media meme celebrating a white minister’s competence is unsettling the ANC. Can performance can outweigh race at the ballot box?

Helen Zille’s DA could top the poll in Joburg’s November 4 election and still be locked out of City Hall by an ANC-led coalition

Coalitions have opened a back-room market where unelected negotiators and donors lobby over who runs South Africa’s cities

The sharp take on local government elections, the fuel levy, water rates and Bafana Bafana at the 2026 Soccer World Cup

After Enoch Godongwana’s eviscerating letter to Joburg, the majority party in the metro has vanishingly few places to turn

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