PLITICS
Motsepe Leads the Race for ANC Leader
Patrice Motsepe remains the most popular candidate to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa – but will the African National Congress pick him?
6.8.2026 |
Politics Desk
ANC Support Collapses in Johannesburg
Support for the DA is at more than double that of the ANC in South Africa’s biggest city.
5.8.2026 |
Politics Desk
ANC Support at Near Record Low
MKP support surges as ANC sees its support decline to close to its lowest-ever level.
5.8.2026 |
News Desk
ANC Support Well Below 50% Among Black, Township, Poor, and Rural Voters
The African National Congress is polling well under 50% in all of its core historical constituencies.
5.8.2026 |
Staff Writer
Five Hundred ANC Councillors Could Be Unemployed After November
The ANC patronage machine could suffer a significant blow in the November election, with the potential loss of hundreds of councillors.
3.8.2026 |
Politics Desk
Just How Dangerous Is a South African Farm? We Ran the Numbers
South African farming households are attacked at roughly twice the rate of households in the general population and farmers are nearly seven times more likely to be killed in the attack than the national average.
3.8.2026 |
News Desk
South Africa's Multilingual Policy Has Produced an English-Speaking State
While the Constitution recognises twelve official languages, English has steadily become South Africa's primary language.
31.7.2026 |
Staff Writer
New Think Tank Pledges to Drive Decolonialisation and Promote “Black Agency”
A convicted criminal tries to make a political comeback with a radical think tank.
30.7.2026 |
Staff Writer
When Policy Meets Reality: Illegal Firearms and the Failure of Gun Control
The state’s proposed solution to the scourge of illegal firearms is to disarm law-abiding citizens by removing self-defence as a lawful reason for firearm ownership.
30.7.2026 |
Staff Writer
Political Choices Key to Rehabilitating Infrastructure: Report
A Johannesburg think tank says that infrastructure has been allowed to collapse in South Africa, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
29.7.2026 |
Politics Correspondent
