THE WEEKEND WRAP ANC bigwig’s state capture sentence, Lekota’s legacy and earthly pleasures 5 min 0 By Daily Maverick
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY From Parliament to prison — Vincent Smith receives seven-year sentence for Bosasa corruption 6 min 2 By Nonkululeko Njilo
POLITICS How Mosiuoa Lekota challenged the ANC’s rule and changed the course of SA’s democracy 6 min 5 By Stephen Grootes
PARLIAMENT No delays, says Steenhuisen as foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens 4 min 0 By Victoria O'Regan
FRONTRUNNERS As the ANC self-immolates, Zille and Mashaba seize race for Joburg’s future 4 min 12 By Ferial Haffajee
MUNICIPAL POLITICS Ekurhuleni mayor’s reshuffle triggers political chaos and coalition tensions 6 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
RISING STARS New generation of leaders reshapes the future of South African politics 14 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo, Suné Payne, Victoria O’Regan and Ferial Haffajee
Colin Bundy Why Leon Levy’s politics still matter, and what they demand of us 8 min 0 10 February 2026
Zukiswa Pikoli New beginnings, necessary endings and having the wisdom to leave at the right time 3 min 0 10 February 2026
SAPS IN CRISIS ANALYSIS Dirty politics, ‘rogue unit’ suspicions — the case of convicted ex-Crime Intelligence officer Paul Scheepers 8 min 2 By Caryn Dolley
Bukelani Mboniswa The battle between the ideology of whiteness and the existence of black statehood in South Africa 3 min 10 8 February 2026
Mbali Ntuli DA’s Steenhuisen moment was entirely predictable, but its leadership crisis does not end here 5 min 2 4 February 2026
FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS DA edges PA, ANC in Western Cape ward polls, ActionSA delivers more scares in Gauteng 7 min 1 By Wayne Sussman
POLITRIX Most GNU parties hail coalition’s stability in lead-up to big ‘test’ at local polls 8 min 1 By Suné Payne and Victoria O'Regan
ANALYSIS Economic growth in 2026 is key to survival of the coalition government 4 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS The burning fires of internal political party tension — before the local elections 6 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
Awam Mavimbela ANC local government election manifestos and the rural health crisis — when service delivery failures become fatal 3 min 0 21 January 2026
ANALYSIS Instability is the norm in KZN — an MK government would follow the trend 8 min 1 By Cyril Madlala
ANALYSIS National Health Insurance — reports of a potential truce are greatly exaggerated 4 min 17 By Stephen Grootes
