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Western Cape politics

Suspensions, counter-suspensions and the bizarre battle for leadership threaten to rend Icosa

Politics

Suspensions, counter-suspensions and the bizarre battle for leadership threaten to rend Icosa

By Suné Payne

Update and Apology: No friend of the homeless - The FF Plus candidate accused of online bullying and harassment

South Africa

Update and Apology: No friend of the homeless - The FF Plus candidate accused of online bullying and harassment

By Rebecca Davis

It’s a dry white season for Cape Town’s mayoral race

South Africa

It’s a dry white season for Cape Town’s mayoral race

By Rebecca Davis

Winde suspends Madikizela for 14 days to ‘determine the facts’ in CV scandal

Politics

Winde suspends Madikizela for 14 days to ‘determine the facts’ in CV scandal

By Greg Nicolson

DA Western Cape chief Bonginkosi Madikizela does not have a BCom degree, as publicly claimed

South Africa

DA Western Cape chief Bonginkosi Madikizela does not have a BCom degree, as publicly claimed

By Rebecca Davis and Victoria O’Regan

Olver’s latest municipal dissection casts Cape Town politics in dim light

South Africa

Olver’s latest municipal dissection casts Cape Town politics in dim light

By Rebecca Davis

On the Cape Flats, voters have turned to small parties in significant numbers

South Africa

On the Cape Flats, voters have turned to small parties in significant numbers

By Rebecca Davis

Bonteheuwel women won’t be taken for fools by politicians

South Africa

Bonteheuwel women won’t be taken for fools by politicians

By Rebecca Davis

Western Cape political candidates slug it out in heated TV debate

South Africa

Western Cape political candidates slug it out in heated TV debate

By Rebecca Davis

SOPA opera, the final act: Zille swansong becomes an electioneering melodrama

South Africa

SOPA opera, the final act: Zille swansong becomes an electioneering melodrama

By Suné Payne

Patricia de Lille: ‘I’d give myself 8/10 as Mayor of Cape Town’

South Africa

Patricia de Lille: ‘I’d give myself 8/10 as Mayor of Cape Town’

By Rebecca Davis

DA picks Alan Winde as Western Cape Premier candidate

South Africa

DA picks Alan Winde as Western Cape Premier candidate

By Rebecca Davis