Former president Thabo Mbeki has launched a scathing attack on his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, blaming him for “destroying” South Africa’s democracy.

During a Mail & Guardian elections town hall debate, he also blamed technology in part for the high joblessness rate

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The National Freedom Party still has to navigate two court cases and a liquidation battle

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The ANC, backed by the EFF, has forced through the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill in the National Assembly, despite other opposition parties’ threats of litigation as they see the bill as an ANC “smash and grab” to fill its coffers with a larger share of public money for political parties.

After more than six years since President Cyril Ramaphosa promised that Cabinet members would undergo lifestyle audits, the process is finally under way.

ANC bigwigs Zweli Mkhize, Bathabile Dlamini and Zandile Gumede have been left off the national and provincial lists

The United States government does not believe South Africa’s electoral agency is incapable of conducting free and fair elections.

The party’s secretary general said the ANC had removed people from its election candidates lists those who were affected by its step-aside rule and those with criminal records

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According to the latest Brenthurst Foundation poll, the Multi-Party Charter (MPC) between the DA, IFP, ActionSA, Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus), African Christian Democratic Party and other smaller parties could be the anchor tenant in a Gauteng coalition government.

The IFP will reserve 80% of all jobs for South Africans and restrict foreign access to the small business sector

Party has fielded a mix of political newcomers and long-time Zuma associates

Corruption-accused former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party “poses a substantive risk to the continued peaceful nature” of South African politics, the DA wrote to G7 and Scandinavian foreign ministers, as well as the European Union.

With the country’s economy on the brink, the ‘Big Three’s’ employment and growth promises hold more weight than ever

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Pretoria has extended the term of South Africa’s top diplomat in the US West Coast city of Los Angeles for another four years, despite several complaints of uncouth, “high school girl like”, “unprofessional,” and “unethical” conduct.

Gordhan’s 30-year political career has been marked by his stance on transparency but he has been accused of leaving state-owned enterprises “chronically dependent” on taxpayer bailouts.

The party is also aiming for gains in two provinces, says president on the eve of its manifesto launch

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The ANC in Ekurhuleni is finally ready to sever its frosty relationship with the EFF once and for all, after a dramatic council meeting last week.

Following a stir caused by the public apology of an EFF MP who failed to attend a parliamentary sitting due to her 4-month-old baby being ill, EFF leader Julius Malema has said the organisation must take priority over any member.

Dirty “chocolate” water, load shedding, potholes, and high unemployment – all waiting for the president’s perusal.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has spoken out after uMkhonto weSizwe Party political figures called for attacks on it and the courts if the former president Jacob Zuma-backed party is kept off the ballot.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has asked the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban to force the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party to pay reasonable damages for its illegal use of a logo resembling the ANC’s former armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe.