LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR

Sewage spills, service cuts, repeated audit failures — inside one of SA’s worst-run municipalities

4 min

2

By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Victoria O’Regan

Local Elections 2026

Spies eyes Tshwane as FF+ could deny the DA its majority dream

3 min

0

By Reitumetse Pilane

LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR

Black woman farmer conquers citrus industry — but state stalls on land title

6 min

0

By Victoria O’Regan and Tamsin Metelerkamp

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

The ‘No Vote’ party: Why most South Africans might opt out

6 min

6

By Naledi Mashishi

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Manifesto test: IFP offers more financial support for traditional leaders

5 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

The 2026 local elections will be an early warning for 2029

2 min

1

By Stephen Grootes

UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

Knysna in turmoil as former mayor’s arrest deepens crisis

6 min

2

By Vincent Cruywagen

ANALYSIS

Joburg election posters — the good, the bad and the embarrassing

6 min

4

By Stephen Grootes

EXCLUSIVE

Dada Morero recorded planning big pre-election spending — ‘We are 50 days away’

8 min

5

By Lunga Simelane

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Navigating ballots, candidates, and wards: Your guide to the 2026 local government elections

6 min

0

By Daily Maverick

By John Jeffery

Freedom Front Plus’ apartheid killers should not be elected councillors nor mayoral candidates

5 min

4

30 September 2026

By Ramakwe Pule

We know who donates to SA’s political parties — but who really pays?

6 min

4

30 September 2026

POLITICALLY AWEH

Inside the Gathering 2026 — South Africa’s cities crisis collides with chaotic election preparation

3 min

0

By Politically Aweh

GROUNDUP

Elections 2026: How this North West town went from boom to bust

7 min

0

By Seth Thorne

By Bhekisisa Mncube

Freedom from the ANC could be our real emancipation

4 min

1

25 September 2026

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

Kenny Kunene tells Joburg, ‘God gives light during the day; I will at night’

5 min

2

By Bheki C. Simelane

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

FF Plus stands by its man as mayoral candidate’s apartheid-era murder conviction resurfaces

5 min

0

By Kyran Blaauw

By Themba Dlamini

The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection

5 min

0

18 September 2026

Local Elections 2026

ANC election-list war heats up as Eastern Cape secretary threatens to sue Fikile Mbalula

5 min

2

By Lunga Simelane

By Themba Dlamini

SA’s young voters are not apathetic, they are auditing an unresponsive democracy

6 min

2

16 September 2026