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Election 2019

Licence to offend: Coconut Kelz, the best thing to happen to SA comedy in a long while – are you ready?

South Africa

Licence to offend: Coconut Kelz, the best thing to happen to SA comedy in a long while – are you ready?

By Marianne Thamm

Beware of the Bots and the Trolls in the Polls

South Africa

Beware of the Bots and the Trolls in the Polls

By Ismail Lagardien

Ramaphosa visits Cape Town where crime, rail problems and social ills are laid bare

South Africa

Ramaphosa visits Cape Town where crime, rail problems and social ills are laid bare

By Suné Payne

Ekurhuleni: Struggling communities pin their hopes on Ramaphosa's generous promises that things will change

South Africa

Ekurhuleni: Struggling communities pin their hopes on Ramaphosa's generous promises that things will change

By Ayanda Mthethwa

Party fails its promise of good governance on every measure in historic Joburg ward

South Africa

Party fails its promise of good governance on every measure in historic Joburg ward

By Ferial Haffajee

Writing the 2019 Elections: Conspiracism and the titillation of the populists

South Africa

Writing the 2019 Elections: Conspiracism and the titillation of the populists

By Ismail Lagardien

Writing the Election 2019: Electorate bombarded with pleas, promises and contradictions

South Africa

Writing the Election 2019: Electorate bombarded with pleas, promises and contradictions

By Ismail Lagardien

Writing the Election 2019: There should be no place for paramilitary groups in a democratic society

South Africa

Writing the Election 2019: There should be no place for paramilitary groups in a democratic society

By Ismail Lagardien

Can Mzwanele Manyi get into the national Parliament?

South Africa

Can Mzwanele Manyi get into the national Parliament?

By Ferial Haffajee

Assembly votes to amend Constitution amid scenario planning for 2019 election, legal challenges

South Africa

Assembly votes to amend Constitution amid scenario planning for 2019 election, legal challenges

By Marianne Merten

Writing the election 2019: Things just got a lot worse for the ANC

South Africa

Writing the election 2019: Things just got a lot worse for the ANC

By Ismail Lagardien

Battleground Gauteng, Part 1: Msimanga readies for the fight at the hustings

South Africa

Battleground Gauteng, Part 1: Msimanga readies for the fight at the hustings

By Ferial Haffajee