Politics
ELECTIONS: How recounts and objections work
Errors in vote counting, alleged electoral misconduct and disputes over election results can be challenged through procedures set out in South African law. The...
ELECTIONS: How the IEC counts, captures and verifies votes
As South Africans prepare for the November 4 2026 Local Government Elections, the IEC’s published procedures on results-system testing explain how votes move from...
OR Tambo would frown upon US, Israel regimes, says ANC Veterans...
The ANC Veterans League has used what would have been late ANC longest serving President Oliver Reginald (OR) Tambo's birthday to reflect on global...
DA drags Ekurhuleni metro to SAHRC over white elephants worth R600m
The Democratic Alliance has lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), accusing the City of Ekurhuleni of violating residents’ constitutional...
ANC made over R1bn in 5 years but won’t pay R40m...
A businessman owed R40-million by the ANC is pressing ahead to seek a court order compelling the former liberation movement to pay up.
After filing...
Reginah Mhaule reveals serving under DA minister in GNU is ‘painful’
Deputy Minister of Basic Education Reginah Mhaule has laid bare the political agony of serving under a Democratic Alliance (DA) minister, warning that the...
Trump digs in on SA’s G20 exclusion despite international appeals
South Africa is shifting its attention away from the dispute over its exclusion from the G20, with ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer...
Ramaphosa hails Lula’s election as victory for Global South
President Cyril Ramaphosa has described Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s dramatic election comeback as a victory for the Global South. The left-wing...
Elections 2026 | Battleground metros to watch
South Africans vote in municipal elections on November 4 amid voter frustration over poor service delivery, unstable local government coalitions
ANC orders forensic audit over candidate list changes before IEC deadline
The ANC has called in forensic investigators to establish who may have altered its municipal election candidate lists and whether the suspected changes contributed...












