LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR Nine interventions later, Ditsobotla is still failing residents and businesses 11 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 On paper vs reality — could the DA and the ANC work together in Joburg? 4 min 11 By Stephen Grootes
NERVOUS SYSTEM Durban’s uneasy calm: Can the state keep a lid on anti-immigrant violence? 5 min 0 By Greg Ardé
EXPLAINER What to know about the refugee ruling that sparked riots in Durban and Soweto 7 min 3 By Reitumetse Pilane
GROUNDUP Anti-immigrant mob threatens to burn women and children in Pretoria 5 min 1 By Seth Thorne, Joseph Bracken, Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Chirume
STRANGE TIMING US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after South African judge wins Nobel Peace Prize 4 min 4 By Reuters
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 High court orders ANC to reinstate Andile Lungisa after unlawful removal 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
GLOBAL RECOGNITION SA’s Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for championing peace and international law 3 min 6 By Reuters
ANTI-FOREIGNER UNREST Home Affairs scraps asylum seeker directive after violence in Durban and Soweto 4 min 1 By Reitumetse Pilane
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 Priced out of Cape Town? Here’s what political parties say they’ll do about Airbnbs and rent 9 min 2 By Ernst Calitz
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN Anti-immigrant mob is fuelling a dangerous anti-constitutionalist fire 6 min 12 By Mondli Makhanya
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 We know the election poll numbers, but we can’t predict the turnout 5 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 ANC, DA have not governed a single municipality together as coalition talks loom 5 min 0 By Lunga Simelane
Local elections 2026 MK can win Joburg outright, says mayoral candidate Bongani Baloyi 8 min 5 By Lunga Simelane
LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR ‘Parallel governance’ — Sundays River citrus farmers fill the cracks in municipal service delivery 7 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan and Tamsin Metelerkamp
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY DA, EFF, ActionSA demand answers on McKenzie-linked Ticketpro deal 5 min 2 By Reitumetse Pilane
MADLANGA COMMISSION Feroz Khan’s commission testimony postponed after uncle murdered 4 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR Sewage spills, service cuts, repeated audit failures — inside one of SA’s worst-run municipalities 4 min 6 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Victoria O’Regan
Local Elections 2026 Spies eyes Tshwane as FF+ could deny the DA its majority dream 3 min 0 By Reitumetse Pilane
ELECTIONS ONLINE OP-ED A White Cross surge, GNU partners trade blows — the week in SA’s online politics 6 min 0 By Kyle Findlay and Aldu Cornelissen
LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR Black woman farmer conquers citrus industry — but state stalls on land title 6 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan and Tamsin Metelerkamp