NEWS RELATED TO Coalitions

ANC maintains it is the best choice for SA as NEC discusses coalitions

Elections 2026

DA begins coalition talks with ANC and new party in Mpumalanga

Opinion

Votes now bargaining chips in coalition talks

Elections 2026

Changing the tune: ActionSA voters turn on Mashaba over ANC coalition talks

Politics

Low turnout and voter apathy pose threat to SA’s democracy, warn analysts

Opinion

How the 2026 local elections have grand national implications

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Elections 2026 ANC maintains it is the best choice for SA as NEC discusses coalitions

Elections 2026 120 voters in one house: ANC heads to electoral court

Crime ‘They said I had to die’: Anti-poaching ranger recounts horrific farm attack

Elections 2026 Changing the tune: ActionSA voters turn on Mashaba over ANC coalition talks

Elections 2026 Are political donors unfairly swaying SA’s democracy after DA’s R225m revealed?

2026 local government election: Hung councils trigger scramble for coalition partners

Opinion

No voters means no true democracy

Boot Ramaphosa, mayorships, and ‘no racists’: What parties are saying ahead of coalition talks

DA eyes mayoral chains as coalition talks begin

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: We are in the dwwaaang … but it may be of our own making

Small parties, big ballots: Debate over electoral reform

Elections 2026

Zuma’s MK party draws coalition red lines: here’s its non-negotiable

Elections 2026

ANC deputy SG says party willing to ‘work with everyone’ in post-election coalitions

Elections 2026

Mbalula: ANC to announce mayoral candidates after election results as coalition talks remain on hold

Elections 2026

Morero on who calls the coalition shots and being ‘Johannesburg’s last ANC mayor’

Elections 2026

Ramaphosa and Khoza urge South Africans to vote, say democracy depends on it [VIDEO]

Opinion

Local elections: Coalitions are here to stay

Elections 2026

Coalition confusion: Voters need education on alliance phenomenon, expert says

Opinion

Too late for Coalition Bill to bring stability before November local elections

Politics

‘Delusional’: MK party, analysts say ANC can’t win majority in KZN

Politics

‘Where To From Here’: Helen Zille factor signals DA desperation and strategy, says author

News

Doubts that Coalition Bill will be ready for local elections

Politics

Government seeks to legislate coalitions ahead of local elections

Opinion

What it takes to build stable coalitions

Politics

Coalition options narrow for DA as Zille rules out ANC, EFF, MK party

Politics

‘They failed spectacularly’: DA declares the ANC’s death in KZN

Opinion

Stop rewarding micro-parties with power

Politics

Coalition politics reveal deep contradictions

Business

Coalitions and political appointees are hobbling municipalities

South Africa

Bank surveillance and poverty risk: UBIC warns of devastating impact on Sassa beneficiaries

News

SA’s coalition government is at risk of crumbling: Why collapse would carry a heavy cost