LETTER TO MAHLAMBA NDLOPFU As MK and DA put the boot in, sanity has nowhere left to park 5 min 1 By Bhekisisa Mncube
30 JUNE DEADLINE Xenophobic unrest — a crisis co-written by March and March and SA’s political class 14 min 11 By Victoria O'Regan, Reitumetse Pilane and Salim Nkosi
VIDEO Watch – Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban 1 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
RISING STARS New generation of leaders reshapes the future of South African politics 14 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo, Suné Payne, Victoria O’Regan and Ferial Haffajee
FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS PA crushes DA to bag its third George seat, IFP sees off ANC to retain uMzumbe ward in KZN 5 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
ANALYSIS Economic growth in 2026 is key to survival of the coalition government 4 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
FOREIGN POLICY SA political parties divided on US military action in Venezuela 9 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
By Terence McNamee An epic act of national self-harm: Letting South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’ story die 18 min 6 26 December 2025
DECEMBER BY-ELECTIONS Emphatic IFP win in rural KZN caps good week for party in wake of legislature chaos 4 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
By Ismail Lagardien We were wrong and naïve at the dawn of democracy, and perhaps we’re still wrong 5 min 4 22 August 2025
By Marianne Thamm MK party circles the drain of history while the GNU gets on with it 4 min 5 18 August 2024
By Marianne Thamm The ANC’s grace after electoral defeat sets an example to violence-prone democracies 4 min 6 11 August 2024
By Marianne Thamm Zuma and Trump will find that if you challenge democracy, it might just chew you up 4 min 7 9 June 2024
By Ben Graham Jones Five principles for the DA to consider in approaching coalition talks 5 min 3 6 June 2024
By Richard Calland On the power-sharing spectrum, a confidence-and-supply deal is the middle way 6 min 2 6 June 2024
By Zukiswa Pikoli The ANC-MK party fight lays bare their true focus — and it’s not us 3 min 8 13 May 2024
By Imraan Buccus Watershed moment awaits KwaZulu-Natal where the election battle is new MK vs old ANC 3 min 3 10 March 2024
By Omry Makgoale From appointee MPs to the people’s choice – a new beginning for democracy in SA 3 min 4 28 January 2024
By Paul Trewhela A troubling silence: Jacob Zuma and the death of MK commander Thami Zulu 3 min 2 6 January 2022
