RACE FOR JOZI MAYOR The battle for Joburg – Five political heavyweights to duke it out for coveted mayorship 8 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
BOOK EXTRACT Corrupted connections — Mashaba’s EFF deal, Malema’s rent seeking and an elaborate City Power racket 6 min 4 By Micah Reddy and Pauli van Wyk
ANALYSIS An appeal beyond apartheid political identities is the route to political dominance 5 min 10 By Stephen Grootes
THE GATHERING 2025 Maimane, Mashaba and Zibi test waters for centrist party merger in 2026 polls 3 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
VIDEO Watch – From MK to ActionSA to the Patriotic Alliance, operating like personal fiefdoms 1 min 1 By Rebecca Davis
JOIN THE CHANGEMAKERS The Gathering 2025 — Unfiltered. Bold Ideas. Big Names. One Defining Conversation 2 min 0 By Daily Maverick
NPA UNDER FIRE ‘A refuge for the connected’ — ActionSA slams NPA, calls for Batohi’s removal 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
ELECTION CAMPAIGN ActionSA unveils plan to replace Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment 5 min 23 By Nonkululeko Njilo
BUYING POWER It’s all fake – nano-influencers and their paid campaigns to stroke political egos 6 min 13 By Rebecca Davis
ANALYSIS VAT debacle shines a light on a fragile coalition - and R75bn question remains 6 min 12 By Yeshiel Panchia
BUDGET BUST-UP Maimane advocates for unity: Bosa seeks collaboration to reverse VAT hike and foster growth 5 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan
GNU CRISIS Q&A ‘ActionSA won’t entertain coalition discussions until tax increases scrapped’ — party chair Michael Beaumont 4 min 10 By Nonkululeko Njilo
VIDEO Herman Mashaba interview: Identity politics and new tactics in an ever-shifting landscape 3 min 0 By Politically Aweh
SONA 2025 Ramaphosa address — MK, EFF, ActionSA disappointed, but some GNU partners optimistic 6 min 14 By Victoria O’Regan
WIN-WIN STRATEGY OP-ED How City of Johannesburg can stop buildings sliding into dysfunctionality — and reap R1bn 5 min 3 By Michael Gering and Robert Dale
GNU OPPOSITION ‘We had to attack first to defend the party,’ says ActionSA’s Mashaba on Tshwane 5 min 3 By Suné Payne
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR What new monsters will be unleashed as yet another mayoral change rocks Tshwane? 5 min 11 By Heather Robertson
ANALYSIS Coalitions sans Frontiers — ANC’s incoming tough decisions at municipal level may have far-reaching implications 4 min 19 By Stephen Grootes
THE JOBURG FILES Johannesburg road explosion — a R196m tender, R19m vanished, and no progress in sight after a year 4 min 31 By Ferial Haffajee
