Councillors Told to Listen to Communities – Ramaphosa
With a record 66 hung councils emerging from the 2021 Local Government Elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on political…
Category: Politics
CCC satisfied with its prominence in its first election
Contesting an election for the first, the Cape Coloured Congress secured a resounding 2.87% of the vote, coming in fifth…
State of Planet Earth amid COP26
Climate change is back on the international stage at the COP26 summit currently underway. World leaders and corporations have yet…
Storm Brewing as Parties Consider Cape Election Re-Run
The Al-Jamaah Party’s leader, Ganief Hendricks says that the IEC in the Western Cape has harmed the country’s electoral democracy.…
Provincial IEC Accused of Failing Electorate
There’s been a call for a re-run of the municipal elections. This as members of the Democratic Independent Party and…
Several Elements Behind Local Government Poll Bungles
The highly contested municipal elections resulted in many glitches that took place on voting day. Radio 786 reporters on the…
Study: Lockdown was Harder on Small Scale Food Industry
Covid-19 regulations affected different parts of the food systems unevenly. This is the conclusion of new research that focused on…
Continued fuel hikes will financially cripple households
Amid elections and promises made to make life more affordable for residents, motorists have been slapped with yet another hefty…
Minority Rule Could be Good and Bad
Minority governments are becoming more pronounced at a municipal level in South Africa. This as a growing number of citizens…
R2m Drugs Found in Truck Destined for Cape Town
Western Cape authorities are cracking down on drug trafficking in the province. In the latest, more than R2 million worth…
Constitutional Obligations of Municipalities
The country’s dysfunctional municipalities are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus, and pose a critical sovereign risk.…
Free and Fair Elections Come at a Cost
The budget cuts that the IEC had to enforce have played a significant role in the facilitation of this year’s…
Will the poll bring change, opportunity for new parties?
These municipal elections are likely to see a shift in politics with a greater possibility of coalitions or even hung…
It’s not a joke: The light side of politics
One may argue that politics is a joke; we only have to cast our minds back to the Trump administration…
Zille-Cops involved in incident
Police watchdog IPID is probing a case of assault after DA Federal Council Chair Helen Zille was allegedly manhandled by…
Female Voter Safety Under the Spotlight
South Africa’s Women’s Election Mechanism for Peace (WEMP) has launched a hotline, which can also be accessed via various social…
REPORT: Hangberg residents demand councillors don’t disappear after polls
The message from residents of Hangberg in Houtbay is clear; ward councilors must not disappear after election day and that…
Increasing number of eligible voters complain of being turned away
Concerns have been raised about registered voters not appearing on the voters’ roll. The latest has been reported in Ottery,…
Public Must Report Cases of Election Misinformation
The municipal elections are five hours in with people across the country and province casting their vote. However, this vote…
Study: Young voters have appetite and potential for change
It is fundamentally important for South Africans to be taught about their responsibility to engage with politics and government. This…