The deepening rupture between the two was laid bare at the commemoration of Joe Slovo’s death

Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo urged Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to announce the election date ahead of proclamation

Colours, logos and slogans are losing power in the Age of Personalities – and social media

The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary…

The country desperately needs a system that makes politicians accountable to voters, not their political parties

ActionSA has ruled out future coalition agreements with the Democratic Alliance.

Shivambu has allegedly been looking for a new political home for some time, and is said to have approached the ANC, but was rejected

With the advent of coalition politics at local and national level, policies are needed that help to maintain stability

The opposition party has rejected the ANC’s offer of six ministerial positions in the government of national unity

All too frequently, the solutions provided in manifestos are simplistic, time-consuming and expensive to implement

Political parties have not given money to the Solidarity Fund for relief in KwaZulu-Natal

The finance minister’s reduction in corporate income tax and allocations to education, health, social development, justice and police have been welcomed

Political parties and trade unions are asking the finance minister to address the growing national debt crisis and to extend the R350 grant

The low voter turnout in the local polls is something our leading parties must take to heart as they look to rebuild their relationship with the electorate.

Voting tactically may seem like a realistic, mature option, but it compromises the integrity of your vote and is corrosive to the long-term health of democracy

As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos

Action SA is planning to take the IEC to court after it failed to undertake to address its concerns over the draft ballot papers for the local government elections

It is still unclear how discontent with politics, and the effects of Covid-19, will affect voter turnout, according to research company Ipsos

There will be one voter registration weekend for local government elections on October 27, because of budget cuts caused by the pandemic

The Act, which regulates political party funding, came into effect on 1 April and aims to make donations transparent.