8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (435+ words) – September 13, 2026 A lethal, quantifiable blow to the ANC's control of South Africa was the systematic destruction of its electrical infrastructure, a crisis accelerated under the banner of international “climate justice”. During global climate summits, external powers, and activists heavily incentivised…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (335+ words) – September 10, 2026 There has been no starker case study of this than the multi-year lobby and court action the two groups have run against the introduction of what is, in practice, a variation of the charter school model for South Africa,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (129+ words) – September 10, 2026 To support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary, subscribe below. Full access to insight, analysis, and data. Help shape an organisation committed to our values. We asked voters whether the country is on…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (460+ words) – September 9, 2026 Two things happened in South Africa this past week. The African National Congress (ANC) forgot to register some of its candidates with the Electoral Commission (IEC) for the November elections and South Africa’s economic growth rate came in at…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (101+ words) – September 8, 2026 To support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary, subscribe below. Full access to insight, analysis, and data. Help shape an organisation committed to our values. We asked voters whether their standard of living…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (957+ words) – September 7, 2026 Ramaphosa has consistently argued that ANC unity and preservation of the ANC family (ANC, SACP, COSATU, and their splinters in the MKP and the EFF) was essential to the party’s political survival and ability to govern. That “the unity…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (519+ words) – September 7, 2026 The proposal is not that these regions be retained – rather that the concept they speak to be pursued into a new set of municipalities where the interests of the residents align into viable stand-alone entities that are either self-financing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) – September 3, 2026 The chart below shows support for the ANC set against the number of hung councils after each local government election since 2000. The data for 2026 are based on polling from The Common Sense, in conjunction with the Social Research Foundation,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) – September 3, 2026 What do the construction mafia, zama-zamas, March and March, vigilante organisations, the Trump administration, AfriForum, and the rise of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) have in common? They represent a spectrum of hardline actors whose influence rose in response…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (540+ words) – September 2, 2026 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has rejected a claim by the African National Congress (ANC) that a technical failure prevented it from submitting some of its municipal election candidates before the deadline. The ANC said problems with…...