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Ethics? Journalist Edwin Ntshidi appointed councillor after reporting on elections

Greg Nicolson
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

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

Greg Nicolson
20 Nov

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

Stephen Grootes
16 Nov

The DA: Better or worse than expected?

Wayne Sussman
12 Nov

City of Johannesburg’s R280-million real estate deal ‘crime scene’: How CoJ kept consortium in business

Susan Comrie for amaBhungane
10 Nov

Coalitions and a government of national unity — a chance to fix the mess?

J Brooks Spector
08 Nov

Herman Mashaba’s Action SA is a breakout story of election – the count continues

Ferial Haffajee
02 Nov

Words do come easy: How the ANC, ActionSA and DA plan to solve Joburg’s power crisis

Victoria O’Regan
27 Oct

Freedom Front Plus – perhaps the most comfortable party of them all

Stephen Grootes
13 Oct

Action SA’s Herman Mashaba: Unapologetic about stance on foreigners and driven to wear Joburg’s mayoral chain again

Bheki C. Simelane
05 Sep

Herman Mashaba’s forthcoming political choices will seal Action SA’s fate

Stephen Grootes
30 Aug

Nathaniel Julies: Memorial erected as slain teen’s mother tells of struggle to raise special needs kids

Bheki C. Simelane
26 Aug

New Joburg mayor Jolidee Matongo warns officials to perform or be axed

Greg Nicolson
10 Aug

Water is life: commission of inquiry’s report reveals ‘damning’ review of water crisis inertia in Hammanskraal

Julia Evans
06 Aug

A killing in Snake Park: Unravelling the threads of a South African tragedy

Tanya Pampalone, Rasmus Bitsch and Eliot Moleba
22 Jun

Let the public choose: Action SA’s Mashaba launches system allowing voters to appoint mayoral candidates

Greg Nicolson
15 Jun

Battle of the Metros: An early forecast for the 2021 local government elections

Wayne Sussman
12 Jun

Sudden slew of who gets to sue who

Shaun de Waal
30 May

ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba throws his name in the Johannesburg mayoral hat

Bheki C. Simelane
20 May