5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (950+ words) With barely two months before local government elections, battle lines have been drawn in the economic hub of the former Transkei as the campaign for the mayoral hot seat intensifies. It is a municipality battling crumbling infrastructure, vandalism, unresolved land…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago   (216+ words) In an email to ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula before filing an urgent high court application over the removal of his name from the party's candidate list, the party's Andile Lungisa accused the national leadership of overriding branches and warned that…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (512+ words) Mandela Day tree-planting initiative at Verulam Hospice - Members of Verulam Hospice and the Sathya Sai Centre Durban North plant indigenous trees during a Mandela Day initiative that will provide lasting shade, beauty and hope for patients, families and visitors. Across…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1674+ words) – September 14, 2026 A few weeks ago, a first-year politics student at the University of Cape Town sent me a folder containing a set of seven audio recordings, each about 45 minutes long, of lectures recently delivered by Dr Lwazi Lushaba during the…...

7+ hour ago   (149+ words) The Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (COSATU) 15th National Congress will take place at a time when workers are grappling with an escalating cost of living. This is in the midst of high inflation and staggering unemployment rates. One thousand…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (451+ words) ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) leaders are expected to address Cosatu’s 15th national congress in Midrand, Johannesburg, from Monday to Thursday amid ongoing debate about its alliance with both organisations. At its final central executive committee (CEC) meeting on…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago   (426+ words) – September 14, 2026 Start with leader favourability. In South Africa as a whole, Jacob Zuma, the purported fiend of state capture, has a favourability score of 26% and an unfavourability score of 56%. In practice, what this means is that a quarter of people…...

10+ hour ago   (445+ words) ANC attack on Gwarube exposes its commitment to cadre deployment over accountability The Democratic Alliance rejects the ANC’s attack on Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube and its attempt to portray legitimate executive oversight as political interference. What the ANC calls…...

11+ hour, 17+ min ago   (252+ words) The Hans India Pietermaritzburg (South Africa): Legislative Assembly Speaker Chintakayala Ayyannapatrudu paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the historic Pietermaritzburg Railway Station in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Sunday, recalling the incident that became a turning point in Gandhi’s journey…...

13+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1723+ words) Welcome to the 230th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), a polling newsletter that always welcomes new readers. So please don’t keep TWIP a secret; share it with your friends and colleagues: Share The Week in Polls With more news…...