FRAGILE RECOVERY Fewer crises, slower progress in SA’s strange stability of 2026 7 min 0 By Otlotleng Mokgatle
PARLIAMENT Ramaphosa slams opposition to BEE in Sona reply — what you need to know 6 min 2 By Suné Payne
PARTY SHAKEUP After Steenhuisen’s exit, here are the front-runners for the DA’s top job 5 min 2 By Suné Payne
Mbali Ntuli DA’s Steenhuisen moment was entirely predictable, but its leadership crisis does not end here 5 min 2 4 February 2026
POLITRIX Most GNU parties hail coalition’s stability in lead-up to big ‘test’ at local polls 8 min 1 By Suné Payne and Victoria O'Regan
MANAGED DECLINE OP-ED Is South Africa truly turning a corner after a decade of crisis? 21 min 6 By Claude Baissac
LABOUR POWER Can the workers of Mzansi find common cause, and what would it mean for SA’s politics? 6 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
FOREIGN POLICY SA political parties divided on US military action in Venezuela 9 min 4 By Victoria O'Regan
ANC NGC ‘Time is not on our side’ — ANC reflects on GNU and declining voter support 6 min 7 By Nonkululeko Njilo
Ismail Lagardien Despite scandals and leadership turmoil, DA remains SA’s most stable major party 6 min 0 2 December 2025
Mmusi Maimane GNU’s coalition politics mutating into a dangerous scramble for executive power 4 min 0 21 November 2025
DEFAULT JUDGMENT Big-spending Steenhuisen faces scrutiny as DA fallout over axed Dion George continues 4 min 55 By Rebecca Davis
ANALYSIS GNU lease of life? Ramaphosa might just have finally taken charge of SA’s governing coalition 5 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
BOOK REVIEW The Deal — SA leadership and how it fashioned a GNU born ‘with forceps’ 5 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
FINDING COMMON GROUND GNU clearing house finally adopts terms of reference, including ‘agree to disagree’ clause 6 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan and Suné Payne
RAIL REVIVAL PLAN Creecy aims to turn private investment into 600 million Prasa passenger trips 6 min 4 By Lindsey Schutters
CABINET VACANCY DA still finalising Andrew Whitfield’s replacement, four months later 3 min 6 By Victoria O’Regan
POLITICS IFP sets sights on wooing (and winning over) Gauteng voters in 2026 municipal elections 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
SAVING SA OP-ED Taking back our dreams and our country — why the National Dialogue is the only way forward 6 min 0 By Tinyiko Maluleke and Roelf Meyer
