LECTURE SERIES Daily Maverick and UCT Summer School 2026 — fearless journalism meets fresh thinking 3 min 0 By Daily Maverick
ANALYSIS As Joburg's future hangs in the balance, Helen Zille's bid for mayor ignites political tensions 4 min 20 By Stephen Grootes
APRIL BY-ELECTIONS By-elections reveal voter sentiment: DA defeated by MK in eThekwini ward, but holds ground in Randfontein 5 min 6 By Wayne Sussman
ANALYSIS The year ahead: Identifying critical issues amid the political and economic noise of 2025 4 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
LOCAL POLITICS Garden Route council coalitions in flux as politicians cast an eye to 2026 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
POWER PLAY, PART ONE Prepare for a political roller coaster ride as parties jostle for positions in municipal coalitions 5 min 2 By Wayne Sussman
POLITRIX Bartering for positions: Horse-trading for municipal council power goes down to the wire 6 min 1 By Greg Nicolson
2021 ELECTIONS Coalition talks: With five hung metros, ANC needs EFF and DA needs ActionSA 6 min 6 By Greg Nicolson
COALITIONS & CALCULATIONS Horse-trading: Politicians, voting with their pockets, try to seal eleventh-hour deals 4 min 1 By Sibusiso Ngalwa
BUSINESS MAVERICK WEBINAR Sorbet Group founder Ian Fuhr believes South Africa has a political leadership crisis 1 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
2021 ELECTIONS ANC set for worst electoral performance since 1994 2 min 0 By S'thembile Cele for Bloomberg
2021 Local Elections Voting Day Monday: Sunny skies and some clouds forecast - with rain in Western Cape 2 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS GROUND LEVEL REPORT Decaying Ugu District: Mayor says protests alert municipalities to service delivery challenges in KZN's South Coast 8 min 1 By Des Erasmus
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS Ground Level Report Nomzamo: A ‘cursed’ Soweto community where campaign promises offer little hope 6 min 0 By Bheki Simelane and Michelle Banda
2021 GROUND LEVEL REPORT No water, power, sanitation: Local councils in remote KZN areas might pay at the polls 7 min 0 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
GroundUp: 2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS OP-ED Ominous intentions: Three questionable campaigns that are harmful to South Africa's interests 2 min 1 By GroundUp Editors
Tuesday Editorial: Local Elections 2021 Power taking precedence: communities need recognition and devoted service, not rhetoric and broken promises 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis