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Jobrg Mayor Dada Morero speaking. A memorial service is underway in Soweto for late politician and struggle stalwart, Mosiuoa Lekota. The 77-year-old anti-apartheid activist died last week after a long illness. In the years before his passing, Lekota served as the leader of the Congress Of The People (COPE), a party he helped form after breaking away from the African National Congress (ANC). Photo Delwyn Verasamy

Morero jokes about no-confidence motions at Mosiuoa Lekota memorial

Joburg mayor humorously urged UDF leader Bantu Holomisa to stop his party’s councillor from filing motions of no confidence against him. Morero also honoured Lekota’s decades-long contribution to South Africa’s struggle against apartheid

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read

The God Edition | How faith guides South Africa’s politicians

For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
Zuma’s desire to remain an ANC member can’t be going down all that well in the MK party, especially in the Kingdom, its stronghold and the source of its national political presence. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Fish swim, birds fly, Zuma litigates

Is Zuma trying to rain on Cyril’s January 8 parade, or is uBaba feeling politically homesick?

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)

Ramaphosa may make space in cabinet for smaller parties

The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Nqabayomzi Kwankwa. File photo

UDM pays R10 000 ransom for ‘kidnapped’ deputy president

The party said its deputy president had been taken in Cape Town on Tuesday while driving to the airport

  • Des Erasmus
1 min read
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa

Holomisa to stand as UDM Eastern Cape premier candidate

UDM founder appears ready to hand over control of the party

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa at the party’s manifesto launch, Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, on Saturday. Photo: X

UDM manifesto: Partial privatisation for Eskom, merit-based public posts

Leader Bantu Holomisa launched the party manifesto on Saturday, also promising zero tolerance for corruption

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Hlaudi Motsoeneng. File photo

Hlaudi mulls joining forces with Ace after elections

The disgraced former SABC boss also has ambitions of becoming premier of the Free State

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
A restaurant owner counts money by candlelight. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Getty Images

Department of Public Enterprises

State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper

  • M&G Digital
9 min read