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“The African National Congress (ANC) is going to be divided, it’s going to split. The split is inevitable when you have ideological gridlock,” Thabang Motsohi says. As an organisational strategist for the past 23 years, Motsohi knows what…

With less than a month before South Africans head out in their thousands to the polls, political parties are pulling out all the stops to get votes. From politicians canvassing every corner of the country to billboards featuring…

“Mashaba we need answers now,” read the makeshift placard held up by an Alexandra township resident. The Marlboro Community Centre was teeming with angry Alexandra township residents on Tuesday evening, awaiting a meeting with Johannesburg…

Subscribe to Sipho’s Weekly Political Newsletter. On Thursday, I was invited by the University of Witwatersrand chapter of the Golden Key Honour Society to a debate and panel discussion on the upcoming elections, looking…

“I just want to ask Ramaphosa how we must live as Alexandra residents because we are suffering,” Elizabeth Nkwana (61) said. Nkwana, a small business owner and staunch African National Congress (ANC) supporter, has lived in Alexandra…

AS TOLD TO The doors of Jaconia Moloutsi’s (19) school have been shut for the second week now. Alexandra township, where Moloutsi has lived with his father for most of his life, is currently seized by protests. Residents of Alexandra…

Subscribe to Sipho’s Weekly Political Newsletter. A record number (48) of political parties are expected to contest the 2019 national elections, according to the Independent Electoral Commission. This beats the previous record of 33…

Former student leaders of the Fees Must Fall (FMF) movement are well on their way to Parliament. Wits University FMF leaders Nompendulo Mkwatsha and Fasiha Hassan have been named on the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party list.…

Leader of the African Content Movement (ACM) Hlaudi Motsoeneng says his party will bring some much needed “fresh air” onto the political scene. ACM, launched in December 2018, will be contesting all spheres of governance, starting with…

On Saturday, the African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa launched the party’s manifesto for the 2019 elections - promising an inclusive economy, and a hefty, public-sector investment in infrastructure as a way of boosting…

Former Democratic Alliance (DA) member and former mayor of the City of Cape Town Patricia de Lille will serve papers to the party at the Western Cape High Court on Friday to clarify her position as mayor among other things. This comes…

In a speech presented at the Urbanization: Impact of land availability - focus on land occupation Indaba organised by MEC for human settlements and public works Ravigasen Ranganathan Pillay, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday 23 March, Abahlali…

Over the last few years, Fees Must Fall and Zuma Must Fall protests have mobilised thousands people around the country. Mehul Sangham argues that, despite their differences, these movements have one thing in common: they both miss the…

Wits academic, DARYL GLASER argues that the proportional representation system is the best fit for South Africa's elector system. No one is fooled. When ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe complains that the local government voting…

1. The DA will not enter into a coalition with the ANC Mmusi Maimane confirmed at the DA's “Thank you Tshwane” rally on Tuesday that the DA would not be working together with the ANC because of the ANC’s use of race to divide South…

It happened on 9 August 1956. Yes, all those years ago. 60 years to be precise. Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa, Lilian Ngoyi and Sophia Williams led a march of around 20 000 South African women (of all races) to the Union Buildings to…

While all and sundry have passed comments about the performance (or lack thereof) of the ANC in some of the most contested parts of the country, President Jacob Zuma still hasn't uttered a word. And everyone, and we mean everyone is…

By Friday evening, the ANC had won 54% of the national vote in this week’s local election, to the DA’s 24%. Commander in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema said the ANC had been humbled in these elections. “The…

What is a coalition anyway? A coalition is essentially an arrangement between political parties to share power when there is no outright winner. So where no political party has received more than 50% of the vote in a municipal election,…