The number of adults who didn’t vote in the 2019 elections reflects citizens’ disenchantment with their representatives. Perhaps Covid-19 presents government with the chance to…

Sona was a mixed bag but there were some meaningful announcements

The former DA leader says his new political movement can bring change to South Africa

Although Benjamin Fogel denies the relevance of the South African Communist Party — and gets a few facts wrong — some of his points are correct

The party by to increase its voters five times by 2023

To address the systemic issues of racial discrimination, broad social and economic transformation is required in SA

The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994

A review into the party’s poor election results also calls for the DA’s CEO to stand down — he has subsequently resigned

A report that looked into the party’s poor election performance called for the CEO and Mmusi Maimane to vacate their positions

Because it’s a blend of political influences the transition it is facing has, inevitably, had an existential effect on the opposition party

Gravitas: Velenkosini Hlabisa brings his experience to his new post as leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party.

With two years before the next local government election and an ANC in Gauteng already on notice, the stakes have never been higher.

The party’s electoral decline is an indication that it does not really know what it stands for

After disappointing elections results, the party is focusing on its municipalities and coalitions

Implementation is the key focus for President Cyril Ramaphosa, who admits there are limits to what can be delivered due to state of public finances

The president is set to deliver Sona in Cape Town on Thursday

The ANC has, again, appointed a minister of the arts with very little interest in the arts

In the absence of bold reforms, voters and the general public are left with one option — to embrace participatory governance

Critics don’t understand why citizens in the poorest provinces would still back the ruling party

The recent election has shown again that the extremism which worries democrats in much of the world has little traction in South Africa