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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…

COMMENT The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led City council turns a blind eye. The zoo announced in January that it was actively searching for a second elephant,…

“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…

The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are both eager to show they are ready for the 2019 National Election. They briefed media on two consecutive days about their progress with less than a month until May 8.…

COMMENT A search reveals that the term “police” shows up 22 times on the Democratic Alliance’s 83-page manifesto. Whilst this isn’t a fact to be immediately alarmed about, a deeper reading of this party’s stance on policing shows that…

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 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…