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Local Elections 2026

Inside Hill-Lewis’s purge — Steenhuisen set to pay the price for rupture with farmers

PARTY SHAKEUP

Inside Hill-Lewis’s purge — Steenhuisen set to pay the price for rupture with farmers

By Ferial Haffajee

‘No one is above the law’ — DA Ekurhuleni candidate outlines five key promises

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

‘No one is above the law’ — DA Ekurhuleni candidate outlines five key promises

By Naledi Mashishi

Young people don’t vote — we asked what would get them to the polls

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

Young people don’t vote — we asked what would get them to the polls

By Naledi Mashishi, Reitumetse Pilane and Salim Nkosi

‘Violence is not activism’: NatJoints talks tough on anti-foreigner mobs after xenophobic unrest

XENOPHOBIC UNREST

‘Violence is not activism’: NatJoints talks tough on anti-foreigner mobs after xenophobic unrest

By Victoria O’Regan

Joburg rows, swims and stumbles towards 4 November poll

ANALYSIS

Joburg rows, swims and stumbles towards 4 November poll

By Stephen Grootes

Jillian Green

By Jillian Green

Not voting means you leave power in the same incapable hands

8 January 2026

As ANC celebrates 113 years, Ramaphosa’s address could shape party’s future amid fragmented politics

ANALYSIS

As ANC celebrates 113 years, Ramaphosa’s address could shape party’s future amid fragmented politics

By Stephen Grootes

Incompatible — the SACP’s anti-GNU stance and its own ‘principles’

ANALYSIS

Incompatible — the SACP’s anti-GNU stance and its own ‘principles’

By Stephen Grootes