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Mayhem in the Metros - Biznews

South African ratepayers are in despair as mayoral musical chairs and coalition dramas have led to chaotic governance in many a metro. In this interview with ...

OPINION | Gabriel Crouse: Was Steenhuisen aware of Roman Cabanac's racist remarks? - News24

DA leader John Steenhuisen's time as agriculture minister has been fairly quiet, but this headline landed with a clang: "Steenhuisen appoints controversial ...

Malema’s threats of force and the liberal order’s rules of the game - Politicsweb

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me,’ is a crucially important lesson that all parents and educators must continue to teach ...

South Africa’s decentralisation movement: Power to the provinces - Biznews

Both federation and devolution are concepts of political decentralisation. The pitfalls of centralisation have been well-documented, but briefly, when a ...

Competence, not colour, the key to progress for all - Post

Andile Mngxitama made headlines recently when he raised the alarm that South Africa might soon - shock, horror! - have a white president again if a coalition ...

Steenhuisen's warning about an ANC-EFF coalition is far from fearmongering - News24

In her recent column, Melanie Verwoerd pooh-poohed the threat of an ANC-EFF coalition coming to power next year.

South Africa’s democracy faces scrutiny amid ANC’s controversial choices - Biznews

By far the greatest measure of democracy is the ability of the people to kick out the ruling party in a free election. In South Africa, we have that ability. ...

‘National democratic society’ is an ideologically loaded term, not a harmless turn of phrase - Daily Maverick

South African political discourse is often obfuscated by language calculated to invoke emotion and sentiment. So it is with ‘national democratic society’, ...

Using the DA’s economic reform agenda to challenge ANC policy: Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

At long last the Democratic Alliance (DA) has a comprehensive economic reform agenda to fight unemployment, spur small business start-ups, raise growth, and ...

IRR to publish latest opinion polling on political support, race relations, and policy preferences

Over the next three weeks, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will publish three reports unpacking the findings of its most recent opinion polling.