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

The ANC’s ballot blunder hurts voters

The rise of muscular centrism over voodoo politics

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

Jacob Zuma.

Real Politics: Pay the party, or pay the price

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

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

Rob and Zuks talk succession

Helen Zille

Real Politics: DA dare not forget Zille’s warning 

There are risks aplenty to a coalition with the ANC

The week ahead: ANC candidate crisis heads to court

Your political and economic calendar for the days to come

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — How low can we go?

Of flyovers and failures

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

JUSTICE MALALA: What can a crumbling ANC offer South Africans at the ballot box?

Paralysed by division, the ANC can't even agree on a candidate for Joburg

Picture: BLOOMBERG/WALDO SWIEGERS

LETTER: Yet another ANC insult for South Africa’s voters

On November 4 there will be a reckoning

ANC, MK Party and EFF in a power struggle. Image supplied

NATASHA MARRIAN: Baloyi bets on MK in Joburg

Bongani Baloyi believes in an MK shake up for Joburg politics

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

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — The curious case of the ANC’s missing mayors

Rob and Zuks pick apart the ANC’s election manifesto

Kastelos in the sand: The DA’s Burke dilemma

Inside the party’s Burke bind

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC’s mayoral deadlock in Joburg worsens

ANC’s Joburg mayoral deadlock worsens as its factions clash

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

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

The week ahead: D-day for candidate lists

Here’s looking at you, ANC, with the IEC’s Friday deadline looming

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Joburg ready to dump the ANC

Has the city finally lost its place as the party’s political heart?

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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.

Real Politics: The DA’s municipal gamble: same plumbing, new plumber

As ideological lines between the DA and the ANC become blurred, the real contest will be over credibility: the ANC says it can renew itself and finally implement reforms promised…