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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

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

With only a week left for political parties to submit a list of their national and provincial candidates prior to elections, the ANC electoral committee has not received any instruction to exclude members implicated in the state capture report. <

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says the timetable set ahead of the 29 May national and provincial elections is final and has dismissed complaints from new and smaller parties about the timeline and registration requirements.

Pietermaritzburg-based ANC member of the provincial legislature (MPL) and the citys former deputy mayor, Mervyn Dirks, has become the first prominent ruling party member to be expelled for aligning himself with former president Jacob Zumas uMkhon