APRIL BY-ELECTIONS Easy ward win puts ANC on firm Eastern Cape footing in run-up to local government elections 2 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
UFC FRACTURE Progressive small-party alliance falters, deputy president endorses ANC-led populist coalition 3 min 3 By Ferial Haffajee
US-SA RELATIONS US expected to accept Roelf Meyer as ambassador as his appointment widely praised 6 min 4 By Peter Fabricius and Victoria O'Regan
GROUNDUP Former ANC MP Dipuo Peters settles R193,000 debt as sheriff moves to seize assets 2 min 4 By Marecia Damons
COALITION FRICTION Party before country: How secretive ANC ‘study groups’ undermine GNU’s work 8 min 6 By Victoria O'Regan and Peter Fabricius
NEW POLITICS ANALYSIS Gauteng tests a new coalition playbook: ANC, EFF and possibly MK next 4 min 3 By Ferial Haffajee
CORRUPTION COMBAT Inside the alleged fight against the clean-up at the Department of Basic Education 7 min 14 By Rebecca Davis
ANC PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE ‘Get us 90%’ says Ramaphosa as he looks to Limpopo for local elections victory 6 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
MARCH BY-ELECTIONS ANC holds on to Dunoon ward with reduced support, but loses to PA in Oudtshoorn 6 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
MARCH BY-ELECTIONS IFP storms to victory in Zululand wards, PA adds to ANC’s electoral pain in Eastern Cape 10 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
TORN APART The year the ANC broke: Jackie Selebi’s war with Bulelani Ngcuka and Vusi Pikoli 10 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
Dennis Cruywagen A fractured nation cannot heal while its First People remain unnamed 4 min 0 15 March 2026
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 5 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