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Broken promises and a crisis of credibility: Making sense of the ANC local government defeats

Raymond Suttner
29 Nov

Joburg’s new mayor is in tune with the city – and you can take that as gospel

Ufrieda Ho
29 Nov

Let the hustle begin: Many of South Africa’s metros are hung and unstable – how will it work?

Rebecca Davis and Wayne Sussman
28 Nov

Behind EFF’s anti-ANC vote: Julius Malema’s big plan to topple Ramaphosa

Ferial Haffajee
25 Nov

Tshwane Metro: From coalition negotiations to utility bills totalling over R1-billion — council has its work cut out

Peter Mothiba
25 Nov

Western Cape: DA the biggest winner after all municipal councils are constituted

Suné Payne
24 Nov

Clinging to power: ANC scrapes through in eThekwini — Mxolisi Kaunda stays on as mayor

Des Erasmus
24 Nov

The future of politics in South Africa shifts after coalition window closes with seismic changes at metro level

Stephen Grootes
24 Nov

DA’s Randall Williams retained as mayor of Tshwane thanks to ActionSA boost

Karabo Mafolo
23 Nov

ANC crashes out of Joburg metro — DA’s Dr Mpho Phalatse becomes mayor of South Africa’s biggest city

Ferial Haffajee
23 Nov

The point of politics is power — especially when choosing coalition partners

Stephen Grootes
22 Nov

ANC nominates its mayoral candidates for metros

Carien du Plessis
21 Nov

Bartering for positions: Horse-trading for municipal council power goes down to the wire

Greg Nicolson
20 Nov

ANC and ActionSA biggest recipients of donations in second set of party funding disclosures

Rebecca Davis
18 Nov

Coalition haggling enters final few days with not much agreement — and a rerun election might favour the ANC

Stephen Grootes
16 Nov

Coalition talks: While parties push for control of hung councils, the clock ticks relentlessly

Marianne Merten
16 Nov

The ANC’s mid-term reckoning

Wayne Sussman
14 Nov

Mr Steenhuisen is the boss South Africa needs

Malibongwe Tyilo
14 Nov

Coalition talks: With five hung metros, ANC needs EFF and DA needs ActionSA

Greg Nicolson
13 Nov

Horse-trading: Politicians, voting with their pockets, try to seal eleventh-hour deals

Sibusiso Ngalwa
13 Nov

The DA: Better or worse than expected?

Wayne Sussman
12 Nov