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Forecast: EFF leader Julius Malema says there will be no outright winner in any of the metros, except in Cape Town, opening the way for no party to win decisively in the national elections either. Photo: EFF

Malema: The future of South Africa is the EFF, ANC and MK Party

The EFF leader said the ANC should know that it would never win the elections outright in the foreseeable future

EFF no-return policy tested after former MK Party campaigner elected in Nongoma

A former MK campaigner’s election to the EFF’s Nongoma leadership has triggered internal anger and renewed questions about party discipline in KwaZulu-Natal

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have argued that judges should also undergo lifestyle audits.

‘Judges are not above scrutiny’: MK Party and ATM push for lifestyle audits

The political parties are calling for judges to undergo lifestyle audits, citing accountability concerns, judicial overreach and the delayed Phala Phala judgment

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal

MK Party to oppose Gauteng provincial budget over ANC snub

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal, while the EFF also withholds support over the insourcing of security staff

Former National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Photo:   X

MK bid to block Batohi pension tests limits of presidential power

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s urgent application to block Shamila Batohi’s pension, after hearing arguments on urgency and the legality of withholding state-funded benefits

Malema: ‘Zuma is a kind old man’

The EFF leader also questioned why Johannesburg residents would vote for Helen Zille, saying she is ‘old’ and ‘does not have teeth’

Imposed: Floyd Shivambu, above left, and Bongani Baloyi.

War over positions in Zuma’s party

Party members decry being sidelined by opposition party defectors

The MK party has reinstated John Hlophe as its first deputy president and parliamentary party leader with immediate effect

MK Party reinstates John Hlophe as deputy president and parliamentary leader

Hlophe returns to MK leadership roles months after suspension linked to caucus dispute

In doubt: The Gauteng Provincial
Budget for the 2026/27 financial
year was tabled amid fears in
the province that if the MK party
and the EFF did not support it,
it could lead to a collapse of the
government, hence the idea of
lobbying the DA. Photo: Gauteng
Provincial Legislature

ANC weighs up wooing the DA in Gauteng 

Party internal sources say the DA is not fishing in the same pond with them and that the other parties are contesting its base

Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress. (GCIS)

Political parties criticise budget speech amid stagnant growth

Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress, while cautiously welcoming tax relief and social grant increases

MK MP Colleen Makhubele resigned as a legislator and quit the organisation on Monday

Colleen Makhubele resigns as MP and quits MK

Makhubele’s departure follows months of internal leadership changes in Jacob Zuma’s party

Factions: The future of the ANC depends on whether its leaders like Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa can rise above petty
factionalism and embrace governance rooted in the rule of law. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Why liberation movements fail

The implosion of parties such as the ANC and Zanu PF must serve as a cautionary tale for those that fought to liberate the continent

Riding into the sunset: ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe said the alliance has been central to the country’s liberation struggle and all
partners were custodians of a revolutionary project in which South Africans had invested hope and expectation. Mantashe has indicated he is not
available or nomination anymore. Photo: ANC

Mantashe: SACP will pay a heavy price at elections

The ANC chairperson also urged the party not to elect a strongman president at its 2027 conference

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe.

Exclusive: Ramaphosa does not owe Marikana a visit over 2012 massacre, Mantashe says

The ANC chairperson dismissed as insignificant, the party’s loss last September of a ward which includes Marikana

ANCYL President Collen Malatji

Malatji vows to take up arms if need be to remove illegal foreign nationals

The ANC Youth League president said if the police did not do their job, young South Africans would ‘take our country from people who are hijacking it’

MK party leader Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The MK party has reached the ceiling and are currently blowing their electoral fortunes

The political outfit, previously regarded as promising, is currently sustained primarily by the residual momentum of its electoral success in May 2024, while simultaneously engaging in conduct that is deleterious to its own long-term viability

KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli.  Photo: Mbuso Kunene

Motion against KZN premier Thami Ntuli fails in vote marred by violence

A scuffle broke out when MK party members rejected the results, prompting the proceedings to be adjourned

Economic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief, Julius Malema. Photo: @EFFSouthAfrica

Malema: EFF will vote with MK party to remove Thami Ntuli as KZN premier

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the uMkhonto weSizwe party had won the most votes in the province at last year’s elections and should be given a chance to lead

Presenting the organisational report during the party’s 16th regional conference on Thursday, outgoing secretary Sasabone Manganye warned that the decline of the ANC in the Greater Johannesburg region was not just a temporary setback but a deep, structural, and multidimensional crisis. (Facebook)

ANC admits to feeling heat from MK, EFF, ActionSA, PA and DA

The party says its decline has been worsened by communication failures, while opponents dominate social media with sharp messaging and emotional appeal

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Zuma-Sambudla resigns from parliament and all party activities

The DA says it has long operated under the notional protection of her father, former president Jacob Zuma, acting with impunity as a senior MK Party politician