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KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

MPs recommend an ad hoc parliament committee to investigate  Mkhwanazi’s allegations

A formal recommendation is expected to be tabled in the National Assembly next Wednesday

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget. Photo: Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images

Budget scrapes through the National Assembly after DA revolt

The Democratic Alliance now plans to challenge the fiscal framework in court, further raising the tension around its future in the ruling coalition

Under discussion: The IFP’s Mzomo Buthelezi (centre) presents his party’s stance at the election debate hosted by the Mail & Guardian and
the University of Fort Hare. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

IFP deputy president Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi say the party is willing to go into coalition with ANC and EFF

Multi party coalition member are split on how they will handle a failure to get more than 50% of the vote

ANC NEC member, Parks Tau, at the National Election Debate, hosted by the Mail & Guardian and University of Forte Hare. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan

Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax breaks will be forfeited to fund the proposed universal health care plan

Athol Trollip at the National Election Debate hosted by the Mail & Guardian and University of Forte Hare. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ‘steal’

The ActionSA Eastern Cape chairperson said coalitions had become transactional deals to satisfy politics of the stomach

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Andile Lungisa to testify for state in graft case

Three former Democratic Alliance councillors were allegedly paid R100 000 each for helping to oust mayor Athol Trollip

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. Photo by Lulama Zenzile/Gallo Images via Getty Images

DA FedCo meeting dominated by talk of Malema

John Steenhuisen told party leaders that the 2024 elections would be a fight between the DA and EFF

ActionSA’s Eastern Cape chairperson, Athol Trollip.

Steenhuisen not guaranteed first bite at president position in moonshot pact, Trollip says

The Democratic Alliance’s coalition agreement needs to reach its targeted 51% if it is to have any success in the 2024 elections

Luyolo Mphithi

Schweizer-Reneke saga comes back to bite DA leaders

Internal report finds former youth leader Luyolo Mphithi not to blame for party’s response to Schweizer-Reneke school ‘racist’ incident

DA leader John Steenhuisen at his office in Parliament, Cape Town. (Photo by David Harrison/M&G)

Steenhuisen names DA’s mayoral candidates and challenges ANC to do the same

DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal

Mbali Ntuli hopes to ‘save’ the Democratic Alliance.

Ntuli joins the race to ‘save the DA’

KZN MPL’s letter to members says the DA is in ‘permanent damage control’ and she won’t watch as the party ‘disappears into oblivion’

Last laugh? Mmusi Maimane and Athol Trollip  were spared from taking any blame for the DA’s disastrous loss in Jo’burg. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Jozi jetsam floating in Durbs

It’s an annual thing but perhaps the invading army’s numbers have been boosted by about five DA councillors

Democratic Alliance leader, John Steenhuisen. (David Harrison/M&G)

Steenhuisen promises team work

The likely interim leader of the DA says he wants to listen to members who may leave following Mmusi Maimane’s resignation

Former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba. (Gallo)

Mashaba’s xenophobic legacy

The outgoing mayor’s tweet about the arrest statistics of migrants displays both his bigotry and a misunderstanding of how crime and policing work

Contest: The DA announced federal chairperson Zille as its mayoral candidate in Johannesburg. Photo:  Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Zille’s pyrrhic victory puts DA in chaos

Despite her winning by just seven votes, Zille’s return has led to the resignation of her opponents and revealed cracks in the party over policies

Byemane: DA federal chair Helen Zille and the party’s former leader, Mmusi Maimane, at his resignation briefing. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Zille’s reprise is getting weird

With Maimane and Trollip gone, it seems the DA trying to turn back the hands of time to 2015 — or even 1652

Mmusi Maimane resigned as DA leader at the party’s headquarters in Bruma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Maimane, Trollip step down from running DA

Maimane stepped down, citing a “coordinated attempt” to “undermine” his leadership

Helen Zille is the new chairperson of the DA’s federal council. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

“Comeback Gogo” Zille makes a return

The former Democratic Alliance leader has been elected as the party’s Federal Executive chairperson

Tried and tested: Helen Zille may boost the DA. (David Harrison)

DA: Return of the old guard likely

Zille looks on course to seize critical position, with early party conference to decide Maimane’s future