2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS ‘Unwilling politician’: Good party’s Carlos Mesquita on personal battle for rights of homeless in Cape Town 5 min 1 By Sandisiwe Shoba
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS The campaign trail criss-cross diaries: A week in politics 7 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
CAMPAIGN TRAIL ANC President Ramaphosa pulls out all the stops to woo Cape Town voters 5 min 3 By Suné Payne
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: STATE OF OUR CITIES eThekwini metro (Part Two): ‘mafioso’ business forums rebrand and rake in government contracts 8 min 7 By Des Erasmus
REAL REFORM CAMPAIGN The silence at local government level on early childhood development must be broken 4 min 0 By Mark Heywood
Daily Maverick Webinar Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote 4 min 1 By Karabo Mafolo
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS Jack is back: Reluctant politician takes up the cudgels for Nelson Mandela Bay 4 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
HOT-BUTTON ISSUE Load shedding could put ANC’s lights out after electricity delivery emerges as top factor 3 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
ANALYSIS South Africa and the judiciary will be under threat in the post-election season of open lawfare 4 min 5 By Stephen Grootes
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS Flawed system: Political parties quiet as millions are excluded from poverty alleviation policies 5 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS ‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects 4 min 13 By Carien du Plessis
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: CAPE TOWN WARD 18 Ground Level Report: Where the stench of sewage could lead to victory for a Khayelitsha independent candidate 5 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo and Vincent Cruywagen
OP-ED: ON ANOTHER PLANET Crisis, what crisis? Three major parties in election in denial over the climate crisis 5 min 1 By Vishwas Satgar, Awande Buthelezi, Charles Simane and Ferrial Adam
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL VISUAL REPORT Broken promises on water, electricity and housing: A long journey through the Free State and North West 7 min 2 By Bheki C. Simelane
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: PRINCE ALBERT Ground Level Report: The battle for a seemingly perfect Karoo municipality 10 min 8 By Rebecca Davis
ROAD TO 2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS Ramaphosa campaigns in Magashule’s Free State heartland promising more young people and women on councils 5 min 1 By Carien du Plessis
2021 ELECTIONS: STATE OF OUR CITIES eThekwini Metro (Part One): Broken pumps, faulty valves and hundreds of leaks a day — Durban’s ramshackle water supply 9 min 4 By Des Erasmus
2021 ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL REPORT The fight is on for the heart and soul of Matatiele — can the AIC claw back votes in the town where the ducks have flown away? 8 min 0 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
2021 ELECTIONS GROUND LEVEL REPORT No jobs, houses or water – the people of Delft want a word with their new councillor 6 min 0 By Suné Payne and Vincent Cruywagen. Pictures by Karabo Mafolo
ROAD TO 2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS Connecting the many dots between politics, spooks, cops and criminals 7 min 3 By Caryn Dolley
