LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 Lungisa’s assault conviction central to ANC’s Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral battle 7 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN Windbag Mbalula’s stupidity is emblematic of the ANC’s plunge into ignominy 4 min 6 By Mondli Makhanya
Local Elections 2026 ANC election-list war heats up as Eastern Cape secretary threatens to sue Fikile Mbalula 5 min 2 By Lunga Simelane
LEADERSHIP LEAPS Fikile Mbalula’s path to higher office faces new hurdles from ANC turmoil 6 min 5 By Stephen Grootes
DEFAMATION CASE Mbalula, Dlamini Zuma legal teams clash in court over vote-buying claims 7 min 5 By Lunga Simelane
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 Before their court battle, Andile Lungisa warned Mbalula of ‘electoral humiliation’ 6 min 1 By Angela Daniels and Andisa Bonani
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 An ANC candidate list blunder could cost the party in the Eastern Cape 4 min 3 By Lunga Simelane
By Christopher Rutledge Xenophobic unrest — you cannot condemn the fire after you lit the match 5 min 1 2 July 2026
By Fikile Mbalula Judging a democracy in snapshots misses its history as it unfolds in motion 6 min 0 18 June 2026
RED ALERT ‘You can’t serve two bosses’ — ANC and SACP clash over independent election move 4 min 1 By Naledi Mashishi
THE WEEKEND WRAP Republicans’ Iran problem, Mbalula’s Russian connections and the impact of fuel price hikes 5 min 0 By Daily Maverick
ANALYSIS Russia’s failed influence campaign casts pall over Mbalula’s presidential run 5 min 8 By Stephen Grootes
FORBIDDEN STORIES Mbalula's covert meetings and manoeuvres of Russian influence agents in SA, Namibia and Madagascar 12 min 6 By Eloïse Layan and Léa Peruchon
THE INTERVIEW From national power to rural party? ANC nearing its end, warns chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo and Suné Payne
NGC 2025 Ramaphosa will lead the 2026 ANC local government election campaign as plot rumours fizzle 4 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL ANC admits its KZN intervention is a ‘Toyota Tazz, not a Ferrari’ 5 min 2 By Suné Payne and Nonkululeko Njilo
