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PODCAST: ANC defends North West record amid municipal service delivery challenges

Elections on business and property: How the vote can shape Joburg and Cape Town

ANCYL demands accountability after deadly Katlehong shooting

Politics

ANC or SACP? Cosatu leadership battle reflects alliance tensions

MK party scraps rally ahead of elections as Zuma health concerns grow

Election on booze: What major political parties are saying about alcohol abuse and harm

Opinion

Who really deserves a pass mark?

ANC axes three Ekurhuleni councillors in pre-election crackdown, orders another to step aside

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Should failing to click a button exclude the ANC? ConCourt hears candidate deadline arguments

‘They have forgotten we exist’: Limpopo entrepreneurs frustrated ahead of November polls

Politics

‘The person who will kill the ANC is not born yet,’ says Mbalula

Election on crime: What major political parties are saying about policing and violence

Another ANC candidate seeks reinstatement

‘We’ll make space for your children’: Nomvula Mokonyane on illegal foreigners ‘getting RDPs’

PODCAST: Joburg needs more than pothole politics, says Rise Mzansi mayoral candidate

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Why can’t the ANC just bench drama queen Nomvula?

Much still needs fixing in KuGompo and Makana, Eastern Cape, ahead of 4 November elections

TikTok, IEC unveil Election Centre to tackle misinformation

Opinion

ANC’s internal squabbles dampen hopes

Sewage flows past homes and schools in Wesselton

Steenhuisen dismisses poll predicting MK Party majority in Durban

Chris Pappas: Apartheid is not coming back [VIDEO]

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

PODCAST: Can South Africa trust its election results? IEC chief responds

News

Pikitup struggles with ‘reduced operational capacity’ as Morero signs audit pledge

Benoni electioneering gets dirty as councillor targeted in sticker campaign

Fuel prices could drive voters to the polls

From ‘dirty votes’ to ancestral prayers: Nomvula Mokonyane under fire as ANC turns to spiritual intervention

WATCH: Election on employment – ‘For young people, the space is almost closed’

DA mayoral candidate in Govan Mbeki Municipality answers our questions

Opinion

Joburg needs passion and purpose, not politics and promises

PODCAST: ‘We need leadership that works with the people’: Yongama Zigebe

News

Premier Mandla Ndlovu accused of using housing handovers to campaign for ANC

Coalition government looms in Lekwa as opposition parties plot ANC-EFF ousting

Opinion

Why ward councillors are set up to fail

PODCAST: African Royal Rainbow Congress founder Thabiso Mabetwa calls for youth leadership

Politics

Analyst warns about serving cheap tricks after ANC mayor dishes out pap

Politics

‘The stokvel party is crumbling’: ANC in KZN says it will take back eThekwini

Icasa opens airwaves: PEB slots allocated as fierce 2026 local polls loom

Gayton McKenzie promises residents 3-month break from paying municipal rates

Moya vs Brink: Mayoral hopefuls make their case to lead Tshwane

PODCAST: ACDP councillor Mkhonza takes aim at corruption in Johannesburg

News

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Freedom Front Plus to sit at top of ballot on election day – Here’s why

Election on water and jobs: Limpopo opposition accuses Mbeki and Zuma of lying to voters

Opinion

Fractious factions: ANC’s local election troubles could shape next leadership race

PODCAST: Ntsiki Mazwai takes aim at Joburg’s problems as Land Party mayoral candidate

Politics

Joburg’s Mayor Morero says more talking can solve the city’s problems

Use your cents wisely at poll

ANC fields eight candidates for mayor in this municipality

Opinion

The web Fikile Mbalula weaves

ANC pushes back as DA opens cases

Malema: ‘Stop saying you are voting for Mandela’

Politics

ANC faces mass defections as members join SACP in North West

ANC faces race against time to save 181 election candidates

‘Only one road has been paved’: Life in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape

South Africa

Ramaphosa booked off sick after returning from Brics Summit in India

Here’s how many more candidates are on the IEC ballot in 2026 despite ANC’s missing submissions

PODCAST: Solly Mkhize says there are no secrets in the Patriotic Alliance

Politics

UPDATE: Electoral Court rules on ANC candidate list battle with IEC

Ramaphosa declares 4 November 2026 a public holiday for local elections

Opinion

When parties bungle lists, voters lose choice before ballots

ANC denies conflict with Chikane, confirms Lungisa mayoral candidate legal battle

Politics

ATM promises to end looting after announcing Zungula as Joburg mayoral candidate

Opinion

Crowded house of crooks and cheats

Opinion

ANC sinks to new depths

Politics

Mpumalanga ActionSA leader Mary Phadi sets sights on mayoral chain

Quit the political mudslinging

Elections on water: Another ‘decade of decline’ in Limpopo as water access tightens

Ghost of tribalism returns to haunt the ANC’s biggest region in Limpopo

‘Next week we are going to remove you’: Mbalula hits back at disgruntled councillors

Opinion

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Broke and broken local governments shouldn’t be given more power

Opinion

When the kitchen gets hot the ANC starts swearing

World

Defiant Iran seeks to bruise Trump ahead of midterm elections