LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Manifesto Test — UDM promises to maintain, maintain, maintain!

6 min

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By Ferial Haffajee

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 Q&A

DA sets sights on governance in 60 councils after November polls

5 min

1

By Ferial Haffajee

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Manifesto test: SACP’s power to the people and a working class embraced

5 min

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By Ferial Haffajee

MANIFESTO

DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing

8 min

3

By Ferial Haffajee

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Manifesto test: The revolution promised, the record questioned

6 min

3

By Ferial Haffajee

WOMEN’S DAY 1956-2026

2026 marks the shift from glass ceiling to cyberceiling in media

5 min

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By Glenda Daniels

IDAC AUDIT

Government launches six-month rescue ‘reset’ for battered anti-corruption unit

4 min

4

By Ferial Haffajee

WHEELS OF JUSTICE

WhatsApp, terror and Zondo — July 2021 unrest accused finally face trial

5 min

8

By Ferial Haffajee

POLICING IN CRISIS

Anti-corruption boss Andrea Johnson faces presidential scrutiny over Madlanga Commission no-show

4 min

7

By Ferial Haffajee

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

From potholes to Parliament: How our stories keep the government accountable

3 min

0

By Daily Maverick Reporters

CITY ‘LOVE AFFAIR’

Joburg’s boomtown at the bottom of the pyramid — a guided walk

11 min

2

By Ferial Haffajee

PARTY SHAKEUP

Inside Hill-Lewis’s purge — Steenhuisen set to pay the price for rupture with farmers

5 min

5

By Ferial Haffajee

IMPEACHMENT Q&A

Makashule Gana — the man with President Ramaphosa’s head in his hands

5 min

4

By Ferial Haffajee

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

‘Where’s the couch?’ ask MPs, accusing cops and police watchdog of Phala Phala cover-up

6 min

5

By Ferial Haffajee

IN THE RED

Bankrupt Joburg imperils national economy, warns Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana

5 min

2

By Ferial Haffajee

ANALYSIS

D-Day looms for Ramaphosa as ConCourt set to rule on Phala Phala scandal

5 min

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By Ferial Haffajee

MUNICIPAL POLL

SA faces a low-trust, high-risk election as disillusioned voters seek alternatives

5 min

3

By Ferial Haffajee

NEW POLITICS ANALYSIS

An ANC-EFF-PA government already has a model — and it’s Joburg

5 min

5

By Ferial Haffajee

NEW POLITICS ANALYSIS

Gauteng tests a new coalition playbook: ANC, EFF and possibly MK next

4 min

3

By Ferial Haffajee

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Anti-corruption directorate arrests 12 police officers over R360m ‘Cat' Matlala contract

3 min

3

By Ferial Haffajee

WATERGATE

ANC demands that DA removes Lesufi shower billboard

4 min

15

By Ferial Haffajee