General elections 2024

It’s been a low-profile campaign in terms of posters, but the ruling party approaches the elections with a renewed ...

Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki says it is not true that KwaZulu-Natal voters vote along tribal lines. Instead, voters ...

The ANC is going to have a tough time convincing undecided voters in KwaZulu-Natal to give the party another chance. ...

The sight of a post-apartheid South African flag burning in your lounge through a national news agency should have ...

Former president attacks those who are ‘greedy for positions’ on the eve of elections

Chris Pappas’ campaign to become premier of KwaZulu-Natal received a shot in the arm when DA leader John Steenhuisen ...

Self-made businessman beats the drum against illegal immigrants and ‘draconian’ labour laws that stifle job creation ...

South Africa’s journey to democracy was guided by the Freedom Charter and its laudable aspiration of “All shall enjoy ...

The DA is refusing to blink amid a political storm over its campaign TV advert depicting the national flag burning, ...

To understand the workings behind the running of the Western Cape, Sisanda Mbolekwa spoke to premier Alan Winde.

Why did the DA flight an advertisement this week showing the flag burning? Because it’s time for some hard truths to be ...

The air of freedom just has not permeated into the corners of Cape Town, writes Sisanda Mbolekwa.

Sewage spilling into the streets, houses almost on top of one another and schoolchildren laughing as armed criminals ...

Small businesses in South Africa must be run by South Africans, not foreigners, says ActionSA leader and former ...

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba is in conversation with Sunday Times deputy editor Mike Siluma on the Sunday Times ...

MK Party leader Jacob Zuma has requested that Constitutional Court justices recuse themselves from the matter between ...

With about half the global population living in countries going to the polls this year, Global Citizen’s Young Artists ...

The Constitutional Court is on Friday hearing the Electoral Commission of South Africa vs Electoral Court case about ...

The Gauteng legislature's portfolio committee on community safety has expressed confidence in law enforcement ...

Governments have the power to decide whether people live or die when it comes to health — and your vote will determine ...

Over the past 30 years, public servants have not been able to put into practice the policies designed to end poverty, ...

The party’s list of demands includes sufficient and safe water supply, more jobs in the water sector and the scrapping ...

Opposition party believes it can govern the province, albeit via a coalition

Prisoners serving life sentences in Gauteng slam justice system and correctional services

ANC national chair Gwede Mantashe is calling for a campaign against non-governmental organisations that “block ...

The DA must be careful its insistence on being right does not gift the ANC majority by stealth

I expect politicians to say some crazy stuff before an election, but not to see a party explain that the country will ...

Not quite a brilliant campaign but the message is quite clear — our dreams are up in flames

From roping in Thabo Mbeki to asking diplomats to break the law, this too shall pass

You know a battle is really on when ANC head honchos start talking of each other in animalistic terms.

Vision, ideas and needs are central, not identity, writes Mmusi Maimane.

The DA circa 2019 was trying to out-ANC the ANC, playing the dangerous game of identity politics rather than setting ...

The post-1994 national arrangement has come under increasing strain, affecting social cohesion and jeopardising the ...

This week’s Mampara was once highly regarded as an anti-corruption crusader who resigned from the ANC in protest ...

Young new voters need to see ticks turn into jobs, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko.

And now he’s turned the guns on them, so to speak, delivering some of the most telling blows of any ANC critic, writes ...

As is the case  everywhere, South African politics hover between a  triad  of indifference, confidence and, mainly, ...

The past five weeks may brighten the ANC’s prospects of dragging itself over to 51%

With 4.2-billion people in 50 countries — almost half the world’s population — voting for their next governments this ...

The MK Party victory, from whatever angle you choose to relate with it, is the subversion of RSA heritage trapped in ...

Whether politicians have spoken to God or secret societies, peculiar beliefs will flourish

Predicting the outcomes of elections is difficult unless they’re happening in Russia or Zimbabwe

Why is the IEC testing fate and in the process endangering an election as historic as the May 29 poll?

Zuma and the MK party present a perfect opportunity to check whether liberal assumptions about the popularity of ...

The DA has unintentionally invited the ANC, EFF and MK to join it in wrenching the election away from the calm ...

IFP seems to be struggling in these elections to move on from founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Every party to its own, the lead up to the elections promises different strokes for different folks

John Steenhuisen has opened the door for the ANC to partner with the EFF, resulting in the very ‘doomsday scenario’ he ...

If you are unhappy with where you find yourself in South Africa today, use your vote to send a message

Anyone who believes the EFF could administer a R100bn sovereign wealth fund for the good of all South Africans is ...

EFF leader Julius Malema says voters should not be tempted by alcohol on election day but prioritise the polls.

Western Cape must vote ANC or miss out on ANC-government benefits, says party's secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.

Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki says he has not put his grievances aside with the party, which “will have to get the ...

EFF leader Julius Malema claims load-shedding will be implemented when vote counting starts and votes will be stolen.

Zuma feels wronged by corruption allegations, is out for revenge against his successor and will wreak havoc, we hear in ...

Chris Hani's widow Limpho says whoever becomes president after the May 29 general elections should not have a bloated ...

With less than two months to go before the May 29 elections, EFF leader Julius Malema says he is prepared to give the ...