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Zulu King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini Photo: Darren Stewart/Getty Images
ANDILE MNGXITAMA

Parliament postpones KZN visit to end friction between Zulu king, Ingonyama Trust Board

Tensions have risen between King MisuZulu and the ITB, and the land reform minister recently overturned the monarch’s attempt to dissolve the board

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
3 min read
Victor: Democratic Alliance members congratulate the party’s new Western Cape leader Tertuis Simmers (centre). Photo: Theo Jeptha/Gallo Images
PHIL CRAIG

DA leaders want to regain coloured votes in Western Cape

The newly elected Democratic Alliance leader, Tertuis Simmers, has dismissed calls for a ‘CapeXit’

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Geordin Hill-Lewis. Photo: Supplied
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Hill-Lewis to run unopposed as DA Western Cape deputy leader

The Democratic Alliance elections in the province will see Bonginkosi Madikizela go up against the current acting leader, Tertius Simmers

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read
Western Cape head of community safety Albert Fritz was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALAN WINDE

Fritz scandal casts another shadow over DA in the Western Cape

Good party sees political advantage after the suspension of a ‘low-profile’ figure in local government

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
DA leader John Steenhuisen at his office in Parliament, Cape Town. (Photo by David Harrison/M&G)
ATHOL TROLLIP

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

  • Lizeka Tandwa
10 min read
Sources inside the DA say that MP and finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis will likely take the position ahead of the incumbent, Dan Plato (L). (Photo: David Harrison/M&G)
ABEL TAU

Democratic Alliance mayoral candidates to be announced

Sources inside the DA say that MP and finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis will likely be named as candidate for Cape Town ahead of the incumbent, Dan Plato.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Scores die in Western Cape’s deadly taxi tit-for-tat

Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court…

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Bonginkosi Madikizela said more seats in the provincial legislature would also mean smaller political parties would be better represented. (David Harrison/M&G)
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY

ANC agrees to discuss more seats in Western Cape

The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim…

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
Mbali Ntuli hopes to ‘save’ the Democratic Alliance.
ATHOL TROLLIP

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’

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
John Steenhuisen’s victory will likely consolidate control over the party by recently elected Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille and her backers. (David Harrison/M&G)
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Steenhuisen sweeps to victory as new DA head

John Steenhuisen is the DA’s new interim Federal Leader while Ivan Meyer was elected the new party chairperson on Sunday

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
Bonginkosi Madikizela has resigned as provincial party leader. He is yet to announce whether he intends to continue campaigning for the position of Cape Town mayor. (David Harrison/M&G)
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Madikizela quits DA leadership race

The DA Western Cape leader wants to concentrate on helping govern in the province

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
Following DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s resignation two weeks ago, three contenders to lead the party have emerged. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Three DA contenders, three visions

John Steenhuisen, Bonginkosi Madikizela and Makashule Gana will contest the position for interim party leader

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
DAbacle: The Democratic Alliance’s Western Cape leader Bonginkosi Madikizela has fighting colleagues on his hands. (David Harrison)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

DA fears spats will mar local polls 

‘It’s like the ANC now’ – ongoing arguments are filtering down to all levels of the party

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
The ruling party suffered its worst-ever defeat in the Cape, garnering only 28.5% of the vote in the province. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC WESTERN CAPE

ANC plans to be “damn good opposition” in Western Cape

Despite worst-ever result in the province, the ANC sees a dip in DA support as a sign that it can take municipalities in 2021

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Helen Zille has been actively involved in the DA’s election campaign. (David Harrison/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

We haven’t sidelined Zille – DA

There have been suggestions that Helen Zille has been sidelined from party activities, but the DA say that is not the case

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
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BHEKI CELE

Lennit Max leaves the DA, joins the ANC

Max says the ANC under the leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa is the ‘only party that can turn around the situation in South Africa’

  • Jeanette Chabalala
2 min read
Residents receive a new shack building kit which comprises zinc sheets and other bits laid side by side. (David Harrison)
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

‘It’ll happen again’ say Silver Town  fire victims

Residents claim politicians flock to Khayelitsha in times of tragedy, but leave with empty promises

  • Sarah Smit
9 min read
Alan Winde was competing against provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela and DA MP David Maynier for the post. (David Harrison/M&G)
ALAN WINDE

The winds of change: MEC Alan Winde is DA W Cape premier candidate

Alan Winde was competing against provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela and DA MP David Maynier for the post

  • Raeesa Pather
1 min read
“The DA represents the future of our changing nation. We may not be perfect, but we’re honest, we work hard and we have a plan to completely reform our country.” (Paul Botes/M&G)
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Maimane out of running for Western Cape premier

The DA has announced that Dan Plato will be Patricia De Lille’s successor while Maimane has “declined” to run as premier candidate

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Maimane’s office has said that the party will be ready to announce its candidate for premier this week. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ALAN WINDE

DA to decide if Maimane will be Western Cape premier candidate

The party’s federal executive will meet on Tuesday to discuss who will be the DA’s candidate for Western Cape premier

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read