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ANCYL challenges Buffalo City leadership over Mbalula endorsement and mayoral race

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WATCH: Mbalula doubles down on climate change pothole claim

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Ramaphosa: ‘No party has done more for South Africans than the ANC’ [VIDEO]

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‘I smelt of paraffin’: The childhood that shaped DA’s Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate

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Gauteng voters warned of possible thunderstorms on election day

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Weather Gauteng braces for another sizzling week as temperatures climb to over 30°C during elections

News Gauteng checks unclaimed bodies at mortuaries for links to GBVF cases

News Senzo Mchunu questions legality of police raid at his home – report

News Home Affairs gazettes new changes affecting asylum seekers

Politics Another EFF flip-flop: Calls for Tshwane CFO to be placed under suspension

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Rain or shine, go make your cross

Local government elections: Two ballot papers in metros and three in local municipalities

‘I’ll die an ANC member’: Zuma stuns MK party rally, attacks GNU ahead of voting [video]

Millions spent on lavish councillor farewell parties while residents live in poverty

Why don’t we ask Modjadjies for rain, say residents amid long battle to get boreholes online

Will the ANC meet Ramaphosa’s 90% vote target in Limpopo?

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PODCAST: DA banking on voter turnout to secure stronger position in local elections

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IEC flags AI-generated Nelson Mandela video ahead of local government elections

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A VIEW OF THE WEEK: They fought for freedom, not just a Wednesday off

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‘Factionalism brought incompetent people to leadership’: Former insider explains ANC Joburg ‘collapse’

Opinion

Forget the manifestos, voters want Batho Pele

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83 parties contest Joburg polls, wards field 49 candidates

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PAC has plans to move Joburg from dysfunction back to glory days

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Lesufi and ‘Ford Cortina’ Zille trade blows in the battle for Joburg

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UDM hopes to end ‘one-party dominance’ in Mthatha by leading a coalition

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Securing borders and managing migration: What SA’s biggest parties are promising

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Ramaphosa not worried about ANC election collapse predictions

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Mandela would be ‘bitterly disappointed’ at how we squandered our freedom, says Buthelezi

Police tighten security ahead of local government elections

‘Let it be a vote for progress, for recovery’: Ramaphosa calls for unity and end of looting

Painting the city red: EFF’s Tlaleng Mofokeng wants to put Joburg under the scalpel

Opinion

Vote for delivery, not promises

Maimane: State capture never ended; it just moved to municipalities [PODCAST]

WATCH: Avoiding the road to ruin: Businesses taking over government’s job

Identity politics threatens constitutional vision of non-racial society

Election 2026: Can the IEC’s results system withstand another high-stakes poll?