106 Former president Thabo Mbeki has backed calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign, saying the ANC leader is correct to consider stepping down following the party’s poor electoral performance. Mbeki also…
Category: Politics
R6.18m wasted as SA Tourism drags its feet on suspended CEO
193 Taxpayers have now spent more than R6.18 million on the suspension of SA Tourism chief executive Nombulelo Guliwe. That is almost one and a half times the R4.18 million payment at…
Malema rules out EFF deal with DA and Freedom Front Plus
163 EFF leader Julius Malema has ruled out any possibility of the EFF working with the DA and the Freedom Front Plus in coalition talks, warning progressive forces that they must unite…
ANC officials meet today to diagnose ward-by-ward collapse ahead of Thursday NEC
158 ANC officials meet today to begin a ward-by-ward diagnosis of what went wrong in the 2026 local government elections, three days before the party’s National Executive Committee meets on Thursday to…
IEC trumpets 81% trust while its own survey finds just 32%
157 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) told the country that 81% of voters trust it. But its own research found that only 32% of South Africans have confidence in the…
IEC cannot settle how many people voted
146 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has given four different voter counts in four days. Its latest tally is nearly a million lower than its first. Despite declaring the elections…
Voters have had their say: IEC declares final 2026 local election results
202 The votes have been counted, and the Electoral Commission of South Africa has declared the results of the 2026 local government elections, closing a contested count that stretched days beyond voting…
Ramaphosa declares 2026 elections free and fair as results are announced
167 President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday night as the final results of the 2026 local government elections were announced, and thanked those who made the election free and fair….
ANC Faces Coalition Crisis as ActionSA Targets Zille
168 The ANC faces difficult coalition negotiations following its poor performance in South Africa’s 2026 local government elections, while ActionSA is pushing back against Helen Zille becoming Johannesburg’s next mayor. The election…
ANC loses outright majority in Polokwane as opposition parties gain ground
216 The African National Congress (ANC) has lost its outright majority in the Polokwane Municipality after suffering a significant decline in support in the 2026 Local Government Elections. The ruling party secured…