President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comment that Joburg ‘needs a strong mayor’ is the strongest indication yet that Luthuli House may be planning to impose a national candidate on the regional ANC. At the same time, the party’s march over the weekend…

The ANC will soon be compelled to move into election mode across the country, telling voters why its leaders deserve another chance in many councils. For the moment, there appears to be little indication that the party is focused on…

While Mosiuoa Lekota, who died on Wednesday, will be rightly remembered for his role in the United Democratic Front and his fight against apartheid, there is a danger that his subsequent — and equally vital — contributions to our democracy…

With local elections expected later this year, the ANC in Gauteng is weaker than it’s ever been. Many of the problems have piled up over the years, but key to so many of them is political infighting, which shows no…

The chain of events that began with John Steenhuisen’s personal finances and his subsequent decision to remove Dion George from the Cabinet now appears to have reached its conclusion. His imminent departure as DA leader clears the way for a…