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Songezo Zibi, Rise Mzansi National leader. (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

LISTEN | Songezo Zibi – Donors, not Steenhuisen’s DA, are the architects of the moonshot pact

The leader of Rise Mzansi said the Democratic Alliance leader was not credible or capable of becoming South Africa’s president

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Velenkosini Hlabisa, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), during the party’s manifesto launch at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

LISTEN | If voters compel us to work with the EFF we will, says IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa

Velenkosini Hlabisa also defended the Ingonyama Trust Act, which he said had been beneficial to black people in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Lizeka Tandwa
7 min read
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WATCH | One-on-one interview with DA’s John Steenhuisen

DA leader, John Steenhusinen, sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview.

  • Busi Lethole
1 min read
Many political parties and the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) have focused on mobilising the voters — to the exclusion of children. But children have the right to democratic participation.
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WATCH | Tessa Dooms and what voters need to know about South Africa’s 2024 elections

Analysts explain the changes to the voting system and peer into their crystal balls to predict possible outcomes

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
EFF leader Julius Malema. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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WATCH | One-on-one interview with EFF’s Julius Malema

Malema sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview

  • Busi Lethole
1 min read