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Zille: Only the DA can fix Joburg as she launches bold bid for mayor

Helen Zille says she wants to be mayor of Johannesburg to save the city from collapse, declaring that the ANC, EFF and MK Party have created a mess they can no longer

October 17, 2026

2026 Mayoral chain showdown·Politics·South Africa

Teary Mbalula hails ConCourt ANC win, says Constitution spoke; demands DA GNU review

A visibly emotional ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula broke down after the Constitutional Court handed the ANC a lifeline on Thursday morning, declaring that the Constitution had spoken for the people and launching

October 15, 2026

Politics·South Africa

NAC chair Botha and four others quit

National Arts Council (NAC) chairperson Eugene Botha has resigned. Four other council members went with him. According to insiders, all five resignations took effect on Wednesday, 14 October. It is not yet

October 15, 2026

News·South Africa

Kunene slams Zille as ‘out of touch’ after DA rules out coalition with PA in Joburg

Patriotic Alliance deputy president and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Kenny Kunene says DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille is out of touch with reality and playing cheap politics after she said the DA

October 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

MP blasts state agency over plan to turn lemon farm into housing

A DA MP has accused a Mpumalanga state agency of letting one of the province’s best citrus export farms face a housing development. Desiree Van der Walt raised the case in Parliament’s

October 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

ANC won’t sacrifice stability for ideology in post-election coalition talks – Manganye

Re-elected ANC Johannesburg Regional Secretary Sasabona Manganye says the party holds fundamental ideological differences with the DA, but it will not dismiss it as a potential coalition partner after the November 4

October 13, 2026

Politics·South Africa

‘Where is Schreiber?’ MPs slam minister over asylum crisis

HOME AFFAIRS Minister Leon Schreiber has been accused of abandoning the political frontline as protests over South Africa’s asylum rules spread to Durban and Soweto. The MPs are demanding to know why

October 9, 2026

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Brink vows different approach if given second shot at fixing Tshwane

Tshwane DA’s mayoral candidate, Cilliers Brink wants his old job back, but says he won’t do it the old way. The former mayor for the capital, was ousted after 18 months in

October 8, 2026

2026 Mayoral chain showdown·South Africa

DA under fire over affordable housing delivery as GOOD cites zero projects in inner Cape Town

While the DA says its track record in the Western Cape proves its governance model works, its delivery record in working-class townships and on inner-city affordable housing is facing renewed scrutiny. That

October 7, 2026

Politics·South Africa

DA says eThekwini mayoral race is now between it and MK Party

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the race to lead eThekwini has narrowed down to two parties, the DA and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP). The party made the claim in a statement

October 5, 2026

Politics·South Africa

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Zille: Only the DA can fix Joburg as she launches bold bid for mayor

Teary Mbalula hails ConCourt ANC win, says Constitution spoke; demands DA GNU review

NAC chair Botha and four others quit

Kunene slams Zille as ‘out of touch’ after DA rules out coalition with PA in Joburg

MP blasts state agency over plan to turn lemon farm into housing

ANC won’t sacrifice stability for ideology in post-election coalition talks – Manganye

‘Where is Schreiber?’ MPs slam minister over asylum crisis

Brink vows different approach if given second shot at fixing Tshwane

DA under fire over affordable housing delivery as GOOD cites zero projects in inner Cape Town

DA says eThekwini mayoral race is now between it and MK Party

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