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Coalitions

New coalition wrests governance of Matzikama from DA/FF+

Maverick News

New coalition wrests governance of Matzikama from DA/FF+

By Suné Payne

Key ingredients for putting together successful coalition governments

Maverick News

Key ingredients for putting together successful coalition governments

By Suné Payne

Nation-building or nation-breaking? The GNU needs an identity reset

Maverick News

Nation-building or nation-breaking? The GNU needs an identity reset

By Ferial Haffajee

Knysna’s new mayor talks up infrastructure fixes, opposition says council’s ‘reshuffling deckchairs on Titanic’

Politics

Knysna’s new mayor talks up infrastructure fixes, opposition says council’s ‘reshuffling deckchairs on Titanic’

By Suné Payne

ANC and ActionSA's relationship in City of Johannesburg heads for the rocks

Maverick News

ANC and ActionSA's relationship in City of Johannesburg heads for the rocks

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Swellendam has a DA and FF Plus problem — sudden resignation leaves no mayor, no speaker

Maverick News

Swellendam has a DA and FF Plus problem — sudden resignation leaves no mayor, no speaker

By Suné Payne

With the GNU comes hope, a sense of fresh energy and new talent

Op-eds

With the GNU comes hope, a sense of fresh energy and new talent

By William Gumede

So, 2024 — the year that was... dry, politically hot, and very stinky

South Africa

So, 2024 — the year that was... dry, politically hot, and very stinky

By Shaun de Waal

Red Alert — will the SACP disappear into insignificance without the ANC?

Maverick News

Red Alert — will the SACP disappear into insignificance without the ANC?

By Stephen Grootes

Incompatible — the SACP’s anti-GNU stance and its own ‘principles’

Maverick News

Incompatible — the SACP’s anti-GNU stance and its own ‘principles’

By Stephen Grootes

Mbalula’s failed attempt to dehorn Lesufi proves ANC’s internal boiler of disagreement still runs hot

Maverick News

Mbalula’s failed attempt to dehorn Lesufi proves ANC’s internal boiler of disagreement still runs hot

By Stephen Grootes

Four candidates vie to be Tshwane mayor, while ANC could face multiple no-confidence motions elsewhere

South Africa

Four candidates vie to be Tshwane mayor, while ANC could face multiple no-confidence motions elsewhere

By Ferial Haffajee