Voter Distrust Could Influence Turn out
The Democratic Alliance’s rhetoric about votes for smaller parties has been criticised for flying in the face of the country’s…
Category: Elections 2021
Peoples’ Parliament – Lotus River
Recorded on-site from the streets of Lotus River, which have had a long battle for basic services. Among them properties…
VIDEO Coalface of Delivery: Service Delivery
As South Africans prepare for municipal elections, communities continue to be plagued by a range a of issues. This series…
Promises & Politics: CIP, NFP, BLF
The public transport system in Cape Town is struggling. The train service is unreliable and is being targeted by vandals…
Scrap Fear, DA, ANC – Time for New Parties to Bring Change
Mogammad Davids writes To many South Africans – the phrase “service delivery” has become synonymous with “non-delivery”. It is this…
Soldiers to Support Police During November 1 Elections
At least 10 000 troops are being deployed for the municipal elections. It’s set to come at a cost of…
VIDEO Coalface of Delivery: Housing Crisis
A looking at the housing delivery challenges and realities in the City of Cape Town. Watch out for the rest…
Promises & Politics: UPROPSA, OHM, USA, The Greens
It’s believed that the building of a green economy will not only aid in the protection of the environment for…
Odds Stacked Against Independent Candidates
The number of independent candidates contesting the local government elections this year has grown, however there is concern that they…
Poor Prospects for Independent Candidates
The fate of most of the independent candidates standing for local government looks dim. Independent election analyst, Dawie Scholtz says…
SA Political Landscape has Space for All
The Democratic Alliance (DA) must realise that South Africa is a multiparty democracy state. Angelo Fick, director of research at…
VIDEO Election Debate: Cape Town’s Top Parties Face-off
Feature election debate recorded live at the Cape Town City Council, includes the African Christian Democratic Party(ACDP), African National Congress(ANC),…
Scoff at the Cape Coloured Congress(CCC) at Your Own Peril
Tashreeq Truebody writes The Cape Coloured Congress is a new kid on the block. It is colourful in policy (excuse…
Is Political Diversity Killing Democracy?
How different would Cape Town’s political landscape be after the municipal elections? For the first time since the advent of…
Where Did Political Parties Go Wrong in their Election Campaigns?
Are political parties missing the plot in their election campaigns? Due to the short notice of the election day announcement…
Mazibuko: The DA Doesn’t Understand SA’s Oppressive History
White privilege and racism in politics have struck again. In the latest saga, radio personality Gareth Cliff came drew criticism…
Security Assessments Have Been Made For Election Day
Security threat assessments had revealed that South Africa was relatively stable and a conducive environment for free and fair elections.…
DA’s Hands Stained by Racism
The Democratic Alliance keeps getting involved and dirtying its hands on issues of racism. Anti-Apartheid activist, Seth Mazibuko made this…
Parties’ Last Campaign Weekend
Political parties our out in full force as this is the last campaigning weekend before the local government elections take…