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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.

Foot-in-Mouth Disease: How Lesufi’s populist politics costs ANC in Gauteng

Lesufi’s remark about resorting to hotel showers during water shortages was not an isolated lapse of judgment but a revealing window into this broader political environment

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Less decibels: No amount of sloganeering will win the ANC the Gauteng province as more and more voters are seeing through the chimera of noise. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Gauteng not seduced by slogans

Urban voters navigating the daily realities of transport breakdowns, potholes, water outages, electricity instability, crime and failing municipalities are not impressed by spectacle

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
The government of national unity needs to pull (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Keep an eye on the supporting cast who redirected SA politics last year

Three groups emerged: those who negotiated quietly to set up the GNU; loyalists in the DA, ANC, EFF and MK party and the rogues in and out of trouble with the law

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Former Gauteng premier David Makhura, who runs the ANC political school, said there was a need for the party to both educate its existing members and ensure that those who joined in future were “in good standing in the community”.

ANC introduces compulsory political education to tackle factionalism, unethical behaviour

The party aims to put all its members through a foundation course by the end of 2025

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng premier and co-convenor of the ANC in the province. Photo: X

Lesufi allegedly buried forensic report into R273 million school uniform corruption

The premier said he had released the report into the matter, but would not say when or where

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Democratic Alliance mayor Cilliers Brink was removed through a vote of no confidence brought by the ANC and supported by ActionSA. (Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images)

ANC hits back at DA claims it is split over ousting of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink

ANC insiders insist Lesufi played no part in removing the Democratic Alliance’s Brink from his position last week

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Former Gauteng premier David Makhura, who runs the ANC political school, said there was a need for the party to both educate its existing members and ensure that those who joined in future were “in good standing in the community”.

David Makhura: renewal is do or die for the ANC, otherwise it will perish

Makhura, who heads the party’s political school, said the loss of its majority in the 29 May general elections was a strategic set back

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu testifies during the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings on January 22, 2018 in Johannesburg. , South Africa. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Remembering the Life Esidimeni tragedy

Section27, representing 44 of the bereaved families, has called for those responsible to be charged with culpable homicide

  • Umamah Bakharia
8 min read
Economic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief, Julius Malema. Photo: @EFFSouthAfrica

Ekurhuleni finances in the positive, says Malema

The EFF leader was addressing thousands of party members in Gauteng, where its partnerships with the ANC have come under pressure

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read