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‘Defend the ANC’: KZN leader calls for all-out campaign ahead of municipal elections

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‘Schay is clocking in the lapse’: DA councillor slammed over gaming during Joburg meeting

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‘I stand by my statements’: Dlamini-Zuma refuses to back down over Mbalula vote buying claims

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EFF loses bid to oust Didiza as speaker of parliament

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Lamola welcomes Dlamini‑Zuma’s withdrawal of ANC vote‑buying claims

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ANC faces fresh court threat over Buffalo City councillor nominations

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Rugby Rassie has full go at All Blacks about claims Boks are scrumming illegally

Rugby Springbok player ratings from 33-26 win against All Blacks in Cape Town

Elections 2026 PAC president warns Joburg’s residents not to vote for Zille

News Gauteng government on why 41 ambulances have been sitting idle in Joburg

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DA welcomes ex-FF Plus caucus leader Grandi Theunissen

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Dlamini‑Zuma apologises to Lamola in ANC vote‑buying allegations storm

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Ex‑FF Plus caucus leader Grandi Theunissen defects to DA

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Former Ekurhuleni mayor accused of pushing R85m land deal

Ramaphosa warns poor‑performing ANC mayors will not be protected

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‘We will not run away from the reality that confronts our people’: Ramaphosa says the ANC realizes its ‘shortcomings,’ as he asks for votes

Elections 2026

‘Not even the IFP can stop me’: Malema on no-go areas in KwaZulu-Natal

Elections 2026

Lesufi admits Gauteng government failed to properly manage immigration and demand

Elections 2026

Smallanyana skeletons in the cupboard? ANC mayoral candidates ‘still not fully vetted’

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Prominent NFP members defect to the IFP: ‘These are our former comrades’

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This is why the ANC did not announce individual mayoral candidates ahead of the elections

Elections 2026

ANC postpones decision on mayoral candidates

Elections 2026

Activist Tumi Sole’s political U-turn may not see him ‘return to the EFF’

Politics

‘Innocent until found guilty’: Will DA fire its councillor in the City of Ekurhuleni?

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Tshwane mayor refuses to be intimidated by false claims before polls

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Al Jama-ah: Zille wants to ‘finish the job’ and sabotage Joburg

News

DA launches ‘Get Joburg Working For All’ campaign as battle for city heats up

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Know all the potholes on your route home? Adjusting to a ‘collapsing’ Joburg ‘is not normal’, says Zille

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EFF, ANC target DA’s Mark Burke over R4bn crypto company allegations

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ANC’s ‘sleepness nights’: UDM takes aim at ANC stronghold in Buffalo City

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ANC infighting over alleged candidate list manipulation

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Tshwane coalition cracks widen as parties trade blows

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Six Limpopo departments get ‘clean audits’ but Premier ‘gags’ officials

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New Vhembe mayor ‘ousts municipal manager’

Politics

Ramaphosa tells African leaders that South Africans are ashamed of the actions of anti-illegal migration movements

Politics

Zille warns DA councillor candidates not to steal from the public