As South Africa prepares for the 2026 local government elections, an Irish coffee metaphor highlights the crucial test facing coalition politics: whether disparate parties can prioritise service delivery over political bargaining.
Delivering the 7th annual OR Tambo Memorial Lecture, Prof Barney Pityana called for South Africa's best minds and leaders to serve in local government rather than pursuing high-ranking provincial or national political offices.
Amid candidate list submission failures and mounting court battles, questions arise over Fikile Mbalula's administrative effectiveness as ANC secretary-general ahead of the 2026 local government elections.
Opposition parties in Buffalo City Metro have accused the ANC of employing underhanded election tactics, including defacing campaign posters and running an alleged 'jobs-for-votes' scheme through the EPWP.
Opposition parties DA and EFF criticize the Eastern Cape government for celebrating improved audit outcomes, warning that financial achievements mean little to communities still facing poor basic services and infrastructure.
South African municipal coalitions that exclude the party with the most council seats are four times more likely to collapse, according to new research by MISTRA tracking local government pacts and hung councils.
As local government elections approach, politicians flood communities with promises. However, the true test of leadership begins after the votes are counted, where service delivery must take priority over coalition bargaining and council…
As the ANC heads toward the 2026 local government elections, former Eastern Cape MPL Zinziswa Rabe examines the party's deep-rooted organizational challenges, candidate list troubles, and the urgent need for genuine leadership…
Political parties and independent candidates in the Eastern Cape have pledged peaceful and lawful campaigning after signing the Electoral Code of Conduct in East London ahead of the municipal elections.
Cogta MEC Zolile Williams has seconded former Matatiele municipal manager Lizo Matiwane to take charge of the troubled Mhlontlo local municipality following corruption scandals.
An Eastern Cape royal couple has made history as King Ndamase Ndlovuyezwe Ndamase and Queen MaDosini Tina Ndamase become the first husband and wife to chair national royal governance structures.
