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
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Road to 2024: EFF makes a splash in local poll, but no red wave 6 min 3 By Wayne Sussman
GROUNDUP 2021 ELECTIONS Thirsty EC villagers desert ANC for fresh independent candidate Bhekizenzo Gigi 3 min 0 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS OP-ED Protecting voters’ interests: What is needed to keep coalitions in check 5 min 1 By Pierre de Vos
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS OP-ED Crisis of the democratic order: It will take time for parties to negotiate a minefield of decisions if South Africa is to be repaired 8 min 1 By Raymond Suttner
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS Ramaphosa: We will not go into coalitions at any cost 4 min 1 By Bheki Simelane and Michelle Banda
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Coming to your neighbourhood — the African National Freedom Fighters? Not as simple as you might think 5 min 8 By Stephen Grootes
2021 ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL RESULTS DA and ANC retain wards in Khayelitsha, Delft and Mitchells Plain, despite significant swings 4 min 1 By Karabo Mafolo
2021 ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Coalitions and a government of national unity — a chance to fix the mess? 8 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
BUSINESS MAVERICK WEBINAR Sorbet Group founder Ian Fuhr believes South Africa has a political leadership crisis 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES ACT OP-ED There’s no need for coalitions at local government level – a far more efficient alternative exists 3 min 9 By Michael Evans
2021 ELECTIONS: COALITIONS & CALCULATIONS Take power now or wait for 2024 - that is the question for political parties' negotiators 4 min 6 By Greg Nicolson
2021 ELECTIONS Coalitions and Kingmakers: A look at four hung councils in Western Cape 4 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
ANALYSIS Rocky roads, take me home: ANC’s long-term fate may be decided in 2024 — and it won’t be a smooth trip 5 min 9 By Stephen Grootes
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS Win or lose, these young South Africans entered the race to shake up the status quo 6 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
2021 ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL RESULTS Southern KZN-ECape: ANC happy with comfortable wins — some residents less so 5 min 0 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
POWER CRISIS Suck it up: Load shedding to continue all week, and may worsen, as grid remains ‘volatile and unpredictable’ 2 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan