THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN Treasury’s municipal state of emergency: Great start but martial law is needed 5 min 6 By Mondli Makhanya
AFRICAN BETRAYAL OP-ED Amid its fresh anti-migrant convulsion, SA risks becoming a pariah state again 7 min 5 By Dele Olojede
CABINET RESHUFFLE ‘Slap in the face’ — political parties, civil society slam Dina Pule’s Cabinet appointment 6 min 8 By Victoria O’Regan
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN Many lessons for Cyril Ramaphosa in Keir Starmer’s ignominious defeat 5 min 3 By Mondli Makhanya
30 JUNE DEADLINE Xenophobic unrest — a crisis co-written by March and March and SA’s political class 14 min 11 By Victoria O'Regan, Reitumetse Pilane and Salim Nkosi
JUNE BY-ELECTIONS DA, ANC dominate in Rustenburg and Bushbuckridge wards to boost November poll confidence 3 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
By William Gumede Naledzani Mashapa: National student leader, champion of worker rights and fierce non-racialist 7 min 0 25 June 2026
VIDEO Watch – Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban 1 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN The DA must move beyond its myopic views and change trajectory 5 min 17 By Mondli Makhanya
By Fikile Mbalula Judging a democracy in snapshots misses its history as it unfolds in motion 6 min 0 18 June 2026
JUNE BY-ELECTIONS ANC puts on Eastern Cape show of force in run-up to municipal polls with 2-ward sweep in Buffalo City 6 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 The battle for Joburg: ANC weighs Chikane, Makhura and Masuku to take on Zille 6 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee
MAY BY-ELECTIONS DA makes history with first Gauteng township ward victory in Evaton West 6 min 2 By Wayne Sussman
ANALYSIS Joburg’s post-election coalition puzzle could make for intriguing future bedfellows 6 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
ROAD TO 2026 ELECTIONS IEC warns ‘opportunistic’ political attacks on its credibility erode voter trust in polls 5 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
WORD OF WARNING Ramaphosa takes Phala Phala report to court, threatens to interdict impeachment process 7 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
ANALYSIS President Ramaphosa and the personification of South African politics 6 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
