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ActionSA Eastern Cape chairperson Athol Trollip has said the only reason the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) would consider going into coalition with the ANC and demanding Floyd Shivambu be made finance minister was because they wanted to steal f

Parks Tau on Wednesday night dismissed criticism of the proposed R200 billion National Health Insurance ( NHI ) as resistance by private healthcare users, who he said were effectively subsidised by the state. Tau made the comments while

Sicelo Masangwana closes his office door in Somkele, a settlement of about 6 000 people near Mtubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal. He walks the 10 or so steps towards the foyer of the building where a room full of people aged 20 await him

DA leader, John Steenhusinen, sat down with the Mail Guardians Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview. The Democratic Alliance leader said he respected people for getting a degree but university could not have taught him what he knows after 23

South Africans will once again go to the polls on 29 May in what is believed by many to be the most significant election since the first democratic elections held in 1994. As the country stands at a critical juncture, the Mail Guardian , in partn

It is the end of the road for ANC bigwigs such as former health minister Zweli Mkhize , former social development minister Bathile Dlamini and former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, who have been excluded from the partys national and provincial c

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) on Sunday pulled off a major show of strength in Durban, packing the citys Moses Mabhida stadium for its manifesto launch for the 29 May national and provincial elections. The party had filled the stadium,

EFF leader, Julius Malema, sat down with the Mail Guardians Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview. Malema speaks on having to decide whether the partys Deputy President, Floyd Shivambu, is the right person to lead the election battle in the h

If the government cuts the black economic empowerment premiums it pays on procurement contracts that wastefully inflate the cost of projects, goods and services, it can plough the R150 billion savings into the economy, allowing it to reduce value