Bongani Baloyi believes in an MK shake up for Joburg politics

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.

South Africa’s diplomatic decay, the PIC scandal, Julius Malema and election politics take centre stage in the first video episode of ‘Sharp Sharp’

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

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

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

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

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

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…