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ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. Photo: Action SA

Mashaba could face off against Zille for Joburg mayor

ActionSA leader ready for race if party can’t find better mayoral candidate

Former Johannesburg council speaker  Nobuhle Mthembu. (@cllr_mthembu/X)

Nobuhle Mthembu alleges Joburg ActionSA councillors only staying in party for salaries

The former speaker suggested there were no differences in how the party she has left and Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe were being run

Afrika Mayibuye Movement leader Floyd Shivambu Photo: Lunga Mzangwe

Shivambu: I was fired as MK secretary-general over false plot against Zuma

Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’

MK party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela. (@NhlamuloNdhlela/X)

MK party’s ‘December 16’ faction pushing for spokesperson Ndhlela to be secretary general

The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party

The red beret and EFF leader Julius Malema reflect the image of the party. Photo: File

Malema: Zuma’s MK party wants to undermine EFF under the guise of ‘black unity’

Parties such as Xiluva, and the South African Rainbow Alliance have recently been absorbed by uMkhonto weSizwe party

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has replaced its long-standing president, Vuyolwethu Zungula. (@ATMovement_SA/Twitter)

No plans to merge with MK party or deregister ATM, says leader

Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party

Former Democratic Alliance Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi has joined the uMkhonto weSizwe  party. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Bongani Baloyi joins Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party

Former DA Midvaal mayor says his Xiluva party will be deregistered and he has encouraged those who voted for him in the elections to join MK

Former Midvaal mayor Solly Msimanga has left the Democratic Alliance.

Bongani Baloyi’s resignation catches DA off guard

Solly Msimanga, the official opposition’s leader in Gauteng, says the provincial leadership is surprised by the former Midvaal mayor’s resignation

Midvaal Municipality Mayor Bongani Baloyi poses for a portrait during an interview on August 04, 2016 in Midvaal, South Africa.  (Gallo Images/Sowetan/Alon Skuy)

Bravo Bongani Baloyi!

Midvaal’s young mayor dispels all the persistent myths of young leaders not being able to govern effectively

Midvaal Municipality Mayor Bongani Baloyi poses for a portrait during an interview on August 04, 2016 in Midvaal, South Africa.  (Gallo Images/Sowetan/Alon Skuy)

Municipalities need youthful leaders

Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi shows the value of competent young leaders who prioritise accountability and challenge the status quo

News of Makashule Gana’s possible play for the second top spot in the party broke on Twitter on Tuesday thanks to DA youth leader Mbali Ntuli

DA’s Makashule Gana aims to become Gauteng’s next premier

​The race to become the Democratic Alliance’s official candidate for premier of Gauteng has begun in earnest

Zuma had filed the original appeal through the Presidency while he was still in office.

DA  ‘upstart’ guns for top spot

‘Newcomer’ Ghaleb Cachalia believes he can win over ANC members dissatisfied with the party

DA leader John Steenhuisen announced that Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga would be its premier candidate for the 2024 provincial and national elections.

Msimanga coy on Gauteng premier candidacy in 2019

‘We need somebody who understands the strategy and who’s got the battle scars to take Gauteng away from the ANC,’ said the Tshwane mayor

Frontrunner: John Moodey

A two-horse DA Gauteng duel hots up

Current provincial leader John Moody squares up with Ekurhuleni’s Ghaleb Cachalia for a top spot

Doctor Khumalo found guilty, sued for R500 000

Doctor Khumalo has been found guilty of reckless and negligent driving three years after being involved in an accident which left several injured.