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Coalition ructions part of democratic process - Sunday Independent

Coalitions used to be something of a rarity in South African politics, but – especially since the 2016 local government elections (LGE) – have become fairly ...

MICHAEL MORRIS: SA needs revolutionary fervour for creative policies — not nonshutdowns - Business Day -

If last week’s nonshutdown advertised SA’s apparent lack of enthusiasm for any sort of revolutionary overhaul, perhaps what it did signify instead was that ...

Proportional representation and secret ballots in SA’s coalition future - News24

Tshwane was widely regarded as the test case for stable coalition government: the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led multi-party reformist coalition had a majority ...

The Real South Africa: Race, Reality, and Reasons for Hope | IRR Online Press Briefing

The IRR presented findings of its latest opinion poll in an online briefing. The data, is presented by IRR head of strategic communications Hermann Pretorius, ...

Letter: Attack on IRR gratuitous - BusinessLIVE

Michael Beaumont has grabbed the bull firmly by the udder in attacking the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) because of a piece written by Nicholas Woode-Smith ...

SONA signals no end to malaise - The Citizen

South Africa’s crisis is systemic, and arises from the deliberate arrangement of governance and economic incentives over decades designed to satisfy the ...

EFF’s ‘national shutdown’ failed to impress, draws condemnation – BizNews

The Economic Freedom Fighters’ ‘national shutdown’ last week brought out modest numbers of people, intimidated some businesses into closing and gave the EFF an ...

Letter: Will the ANC try to postpone 2024 elections? - BusinessLIVE

Allan Wolman asks whether the ANC, given its plummeting polling values, freshly minted state of disaster and steadfast friendship with Russia, might be ...

Hard and politically unpopular decisions are required to fix local government - Daily Maverick

Getting local government on track will mean reversing some ideological imperatives that are central to the outlook of the ANC. This includes the complete ...

A proposed 11-member cabinet for a reformist South Africa – Martin van Staden - Biznews

The huge, ‘temporary’ 30-member cabinet President Ramaphosa announced earlier this year is larger than those of many developed countries, even discounting the ...