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Malema: ‘Stop saying you are voting for Mandela’

Politics

ANC faces mass defections as members join SACP in North West

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ANC faces race against time to save 181 election candidates

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‘Only one road has been paved’: Life in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape

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Here’s how many more candidates are on the IEC ballot in 2026 despite ANC’s missing submissions

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PODCAST: Solly Mkhize says there are no secrets in the Patriotic Alliance

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Courts Former V&A Waterfront CIO ordered to pay R2.9m in damages in fraud case

News Ramaphosa extends Madlanga commission’s final report deadline

News EMPD top cop Julius Mkhwanazi fired

Business Mantashe says there is no plan to help with increasing fuel prices: Here’s how much you could pay in October

News Sick joke or warning? Mysterious flowers and noose shock motorists in Kempton Park

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Ramaphosa declares 4 November 2026 a public holiday for local elections

Opinion

When parties bungle lists, voters lose choice before ballots

ANC denies conflict with Chikane, confirms Lungisa mayoral candidate legal battle

Mbalula hits back at Andile Lungisa’s court challenge as ANC battles candidate-list fallout

Quit the political mudslinging

‘Stop these murders’: KZN police tells parties to ‘compete without violence’ amid political killings

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Elections on water: Another ‘decade of decline’ in Limpopo as water access tightens

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‘Respond to their insults on the ballot’: EFF criticises Majodina’s treatment of man with a disability

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Ghost of tribalism returns to haunt the ANC’s biggest region in Limpopo

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‘Next week we are going to remove you’: Mbalula hits back at disgruntled councillors

Opinion

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Broke and broken local governments shouldn’t be given more power

Opinion

When the kitchen gets hot the ANC starts swearing

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Zuma disbands top task team again, removes mayoral candidate amid MK Party election candidate list fiasco

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Afrika Mayibuye mayoral candidate apologises after TV blunder

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Inside the former killing fields of KZN

Opinion

Mmusi Maimane’s lifeline is local

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Activists call out political parties for excluding disabled people

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IEC vows strict implementation of fake news code

PODCAST: Zille vows to put Johannesburg on a path to recovery

Inaccurate and unverified ID numbers found on ANC election candidate lists

Opinion

Mbalula must just own up about missing IEC deadline

ANC to provide update on IEC court challenge amid candidate list glitch

WATCH: ‘We’re not buying votes,’ ANC’s Mantashe says after RDP housing backlash

Malema wants social grants to start at R4 500, promises allowance for unemployed graduates

Shivambu promises to wipe off Soweto electricity debt, refuses to reveal mayoral candidate for City of Joburg

Mbalula under fire as ANC candidate list blunder sparks internal backlash