By Themba Dlamini

Why South Africa’s coalition politics is a failure

6 min

1

25 August 2026

THE INTERVIEW

DA Tshwane candidate Cilliers Brink defends ‘quick fix’ privatisation plans

6 min

0

By Reitumetse Pilane

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Manifesto test: SACP’s power to the people and a working class embraced

5 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

Local Elections 2026

ANC names 42 possible mayoral candidates for only eight metros

7 min

3

By Reitumetse Pilane

ANALYSIS

Burke fallout could force Hill-Lewis from Cape Town or Sarupen from finance ministry

6 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

VOTE WITH YOUR FEET

Beyond potholes, Joburg needs permission to dream bigger

5 min

0

By Laurice Taitz-Buntman

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

ANC hero Marius Schoon’s son, Fritz, is a DA candidate for Joburg

4 min

3

By Ferial Haffajee

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED

Voters’ impossible question — how to factor in parties’ coalition choices?

6 min

0

By Susan Booysen

By Themba Dlamini

Empty promises — why SA local government fails the gogo test

6 min

3

16 August 2026

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED

The Coalitions Bill has stalled, and voters are going into elections blind

8 min

0

By Susan Booysen

ANALYSIS

Private sector about to have bigger role in SA municipalities

5 min

3

By Stephen Grootes

SPOTLIGHT

Gauteng’s food safety gaps expose a wider municipal crisis

8 min

0

By Christina Pitt for Spotlight

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

New rule: DA will ringfence water, electricity revenue for services

6 min

0

By Reitumetse Pilane and Mabatho Marakalla

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED

More coalitions are coming, with power and kingmaking the name of the game

11 min

0

By Susan Booysen

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Joburg’s electoral map rewritten as population shifts reshape wards

7 min

0

By Anna Cox

By Thando Nzimande

City of Chaos and the fight for Jozi’s mayoral chain

6 min

1

30 July 2026

ANALYSIS

The DA has set the election playing field in Joburg — for now

5 min

4

By Stephen Grootes

By Thando Nzimande

Party proliferation is leaving South African voters politically homeless

5 min

1

13 July 2026

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

IFP’s Joburg mayoral candidate Mlungisi Mabaso on his hostel roots, turnaround plan

4 min

1

By Bheki C. Simelane

THE INTERVIEW

From DJ Gogo to Mayor? Zille chases 500,000 votes for a majority

10 min

7

By Ferial Haffajee

POLITRIX

DA eyes local government polls as Geordin Hill-Lewis makes big moves

9 min

1

By Victoria O'Regan and Daniélle Schaafsma