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 0 By Cyril Madlala
ANALYSIS National Health Insurance — reports of a potential truce are greatly exaggerated 4 min 17 By Stephen Grootes
ANC STRONGHOLD SLIPS ANC fails to fill rural stadium for birthday bash — 5 things you need to know 7 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo
COALITION POLTICS Clear as mud — Inside the NFP’s high-stakes game in KwaZulu-Natal 5 min 3 By Greg Ardé
LABOUR POWER Can the workers of Mzansi find common cause, and what would it mean for SA’s politics? 6 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
FOREIGN POLICY SA political parties divided on US military action in Venezuela 9 min 4 By Victoria O'Regan
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025 Gold medal in blundering as Lesufi’s amaPanyaza police Gauteng’s wallet, not its streets 3 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
Wayne Duvenage Mashatile’s resilience rhetoric rings hollow under ANC’s leadership deficit 3 min 2 30 December 2025
ANALYSIS 2026: From founding ideals to patronage politics, the ANC is at a moment of reckoning 8 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee
