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In poll position: Geordin Hill-Lewis annoucing his candidacy to be the next Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance. Photo: DA

Anxiety in DA over loss of cabinet perks

A source said the ministers viewed deployment in government as their new life and they are too comfortable with the benefits

  • Library
8 min read
Democratic Alliance national spokesperson and MP Karabo Khakhau has joined the contest for a senior federal role ahead of the party’s April congress. (X)

Siviwe Gwarube and Karabo Khakhau officially enter DA federal contests

Democratic Alliance delegates are set to gather in Midrand, north of Johannesburg on 11 and 12 April to elect new leaders

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis. Photo: Supplied

Geordin Hill-Lewis accepts nomination to succeed John Steenhuisen as DA leader

DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga put his hand up for the federal chair position held by Ivan Meyer

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Deliberating: Solly Msimanga is mulling over whether to join the leadership race before he makes a decision. Photo: X

Msimanga weighs bid for DA leadership

The Gauteng leader said provincial officials had approached him to pursue the national position

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Bowing out: John Steenhuisen believes he is leaving behind a party in a healthier condition than he found it in 2019.

Steenhuisen blows DA succession race wide open

Siviwe Gwarube and Geordin Hill-Lewis are among those touted to take over party leadership

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis. Photo: Supplied

Hill-Lewis throws hat in the ring to replace Steenhuisen

In a message seen by the M&G, he says that even if he does stand as leader, he intends to remain mayor

  • Eyaaz
1 min read
Political tactic: Some DA leaders say that while DA leader John Steenhuisen remains the party’s preferred candidate, there was a faction seeking to remove him from power. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Inquiry delay could suggest DA plot

But Zille has rejected claims that she’s attempting to hurt Steenhuisen’s bid for third term

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Expansion needed: Supporters of the sale of the Cape Town International Convention Centre argue that if the City continues to own it, the funding obligation to grow it falls partly on the public purse. Photo: Discott

Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks

Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
DA federal chairperson Helen Zille. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Zille tops DA internal polling for Johannesburg mayor candidate

The party’s federal chairperson is the internal favourite for the post but its Gauteng leader denied the existence of divisive factions

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Raid: South African Police Service members patrol the streets on the Cape Flats (above). The Democratic Alliance wants the Western Cape to take over policing responsibility from the national government.

DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape

The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals. (Getty Images)

Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals

  • Umamah Bakharia
5 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Political parties split on Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address

The president was applauded for his stance on Trump’s backlash against South Africa, saying racial redress, equality and diversity would not be abandoned

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (@SAPoliceService/X)

Provincial commissioners need more authority, KZN police chief Mkhwanazi tells Senzo Mchunu

The lieutenant-general is adamant that delegating the recruitment and structuring of police to SAPS provincial offices is crucial to quality policing

  • Des Erasmus
10 min read
File photo of a homeless man sleeping on a Cape Town road.

Court ruling ordering alternative housing for homeless in Cape Town is welcomed

The city agreed to amend shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

South Africa swiftly sliding to the right

Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse

  • Eyaaz
9 min read
Construction work has already begun to transform the River Club into a site where Amazon wants to situate its headquarters in Cape Town. (Photo by Gallo Images/ER Lombard)

Pitfalls of the ‘mallification’ of our cities

It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis. Photo: Supplied

Hill-Lewis to run unopposed as DA Western Cape deputy leader

The Democratic Alliance elections in the province will see Bonginkosi Madikizela go up against the current acting leader, Tertius Simmers

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read