LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 An ANC candidate list blunder could cost the party in the Eastern Cape 4 min 3 By Lunga Simelane
By Nyasha Mpani ANC’s ‘purge without a plan’ may create the opposition it fears 5 min 1 6 September 2026
ANALYSIS If the ANC has given up on Joburg, why should business act any differently? 5 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 Ramaphosa defends ANC’s late election candidate lists as party considers court action 7 min 0 By Lunga Simelane
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 ANC and DA in dead heat across key metros as MK dominates eThekwini 2 min 7 By Ferial Haffajee
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 Extortion claims, cop probe fail to stop ANC Joburg candidate’s clearance to run 6 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee and Reitumetse Pilane
By Nyasha Mcbride Mpani Can the ANC win back voters by admitting failure without taking responsibility? 4 min 0 27 August 2026
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 ANALYSIS ANC manifesto: Good to look at, nice to read — but hard to believe 7 min 9 By Ferial Haffajee
PARLIAMENT Ramaphosa talks reform as GNU partners, opposition press on ANC municipal failures 5 min 5 By Marianne Merten
Local Elections 2026 ANC names 42 possible mayoral candidates for only eight metros 7 min 3 By Reitumetse Pilane
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 ANC hero Marius Schoon’s son, Fritz, is a DA candidate for Joburg 4 min 3 By Ferial Haffajee
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED More coalitions are coming, with power and kingmaking the name of the game 11 min 0 By Susan Booysen
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN Treasury’s municipal state of emergency: Great start but martial law is needed 5 min 8 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
