The Democratic Alliance is proposing a deal that would allow it to run the country’s biggest city while giving a smaller rival control of its first municipality and locking the ruling ANC out of the management of the two cities
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South Africa’s voters have long had plenty to complain about. In municipal elections last week, they gave voice to their grievances. In what amounted to a referendum on the national government’s performance, they called for change. Big wins by opposition
Remember those dark days when load shedding wreaked havoc on households and businesses? Well, it was a year on Thursday since large parts of South Africa were plunged into darkness. And Eskom is patting itself on the back for doing its job of keeping the
South Africans were politically preoccupied when it came to news and social media during the week local government elections took place, media monitoring company ROi Africa said on Sunday. “Almost 90%
A series of public spats between South African cabinet ministers, state companies and departments are exposing divisions in the ruling party and risk spooking investors in an economy the central bank forecasts will record zero growth this year.
It is too early to declare any kind of victory, DA Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral candidate Athol Trollip believes. But so far, the Eastern Cape party leader is happy with the results. The DA is currently in the lead in Nelson
South Africans started voting in municipal elections that may herald the biggest shift in the nation’s political landscape since the end of apartheid. The ruling ANC may slip below 60% for the first time since it
The currency that was forecast to perform the worst in emerging markets this year is also the one benefiting most from the clamour to boost returns in the wake of the UK’s Brexit vote. The rand has strengthened
We’ve all seen the polls and their (widely varying) predictions for Wednesday’s municipal elections. But what are the people really thinking? What are they saying? How much of this public conversation is generated by
There’s little dispute that the South African rand is undervalued against other currencies. However, there is disagreement about the true extent thereof. One of the indications of the rand’s undervaluation