Politics
Inside the chaos behind the KZN ANC’s list capturing process
The ANC’s candidate-list problems in KwaZulu-Natal have exposed a series of capturing blunders that saw candidates swapped between wards, duplicated across different wards and...
Tessa Dooms | Don’t just mobilise – organise!
In the 2024 elections, out of the 27.67-million registered voters, 17.7% were voters below the age of 30 and yet voter turnout among this...
Government records challenge claims over R16m North West school renovation
A paper trail emerging from inside the North West government has complicated claims that a R16.27-million school renovation amounted largely to painting cracked walls...
ATM moves to intervene in ANC-IEC Electoral Court battle
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has moved to intervene in the Electoral Court battle between the ANC and the Electoral Commission of South Africa...
Ex-Mayibuye deputy defends Skeem GP, warns him about Shivambu
Former Afrika Mayibuye Movement first deputy president Nolubabalo Mcinga has defended the party's Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Themba "Skeem GP" Lukhele-Nzimande following his bruising television...
Setumo Stone | ANC’s likely heads of argument before Electoral Court
The African National Congress (ANC)'s urgent application to the Electoral Court represents a politically sophisticated attempt to reframe an administrative near-miss as a constitutional...
Ballot shortcut leaves new party UDF outside Cape Town race
A newly registered political party’s attempt to reserve places on Cape Town ballot papers using placeholder candidates has been rejected after the Electoral Court...
Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane memoir wins two SA Book Awards
Senior counsel Muzi Sikhakhane’s memoir, Odyssey of Liberation, has won the nonfiction and overall prize at the SA Book Awards.
Sikhakhane announced the double victory...
Mbalula warns ANC members against blame game over party’s IEC botch...
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned his comrades against playing the blame game over the party’s botched submission of councillor candidates...
Setumo Stone | What it will take to convince the court...
In its Electoral Court application over councillor nominations not being captured in the system of the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) by the...
