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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) could unseat the Democratic Alliance (DA) as official opposition in the 2024 general elections

Malema faces his first big challenge

Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party

Nailing it: An EFF supporter carries a mock coffin with a picture of then president Jacob Zuma during the party’s 2014 election rally at Lucas Moripe stadium in Atteridgeville. Photo: Madelene Cronjé

The EFF is unlike other ANC splinter parties

We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished

Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day enables role players in the agricultural industry to experience the latest technology and products on offer in the farming industry first-hand

Watch A Nation in Conversation: NAMPO Harvest Day

The Nation in Conversation platform brings leaders together to discuss issues that influence agriculture, food security and rural development

Offended: Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says it’s a problem that Roelf Meyer’s organisation met the DRC’s opposition parties only. (Lisa Hnatowicz/Foto24/Gallo Images)

Roelf Meyer tramps on Sisulu’s toes

The minister has taken issue with a meeting of DRC leaders that excluded the ruling party

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Editorial: Déjà vu – Failure is still not an option

The shared goal is the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people, not individual advancement or subservience to one party’s vision.

Cut the bloat and trim the force

The South African National Defence Force has been in a mess for some time, with discipline levels low and the kit outdated, among other issues.

SA heroes honoured with national orders

South Africa has made great strides in creating a democratic country, former politician and transition negotiator Roelf Meyer said on Friday.

A society at war with itself

South Africa has among the highest murder rates in the world, but what appears more difficult is formulating a response.

Ramaphosa: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

It was time to organise South Africans for another struggle, this time against crime, businessman Cyril Ramaphosa said in Midrand on Thursday.

‘Millions of our citizens live in fear’

Crime and violence remain obstacles in the way of rectifying the socio-economic climate, a convention on safety has found.

Pressure mounts over local elections

Roelf Meyer was first appointed Minister of Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs by President Nelson Mandela.