Maverick Earth Any climate-friendly parties out there worthy of your vote? 7 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka, Ethan van Diemen, Tembile Sgqolana and Julia Evans
Elections Hope or hopelessness? The factors influencing South Africa’s political near future 4 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
Elections Words do come easy: How the ANC, ActionSA and DA plan to solve Joburg’s power crisis 3 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
South Africa The (Un)Fair Cape: There’s a way to go before the poor see some of Cape Town’s sparkle 7 min 14 By Rebecca Davis
South Africa ANC and IFP mudslinging keeps waterless Jozini residents parched in run-up to polling day 7 min 1 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
South Africa eThekwini metro (Part Three): In Durban, ‘People are being killed like flies... and it is the same crew doing the killings’ 11 min 5 By Des Erasmus
Maverick Citizen Lost City, Mitchells Plain: Where children collect scrap to buy food and gangsters run rampant 5 min 1 By Vincent Cruywagen and Karabo Mafolo
South Africa Targeting of three women for assassination shows how violence is shaping electoral politics 6 min 5 By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
South Africa No water, power, sanitation: Local councils in remote KZN areas might pay at the polls 7 min 0 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
South Africa Cofimvaba residents protest poor service delivery and property destruction by Intsika Yethu Municipality 4 min 0 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
South Africa Poll countdown: Surge in number of independent candidates — results out by 4 November 3 min 0 By Suné Payne
South Africa Municipal Structures Amendment Act reform touted as ‘gamechanger’ for accountability of public officials 2 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
Maverick Citizen Power taking precedence: communities need recognition and devoted service, not rhetoric and broken promises 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Rocklands: The birthplace of the UDF holds the key to Mitchells Plain 5 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
Maverick Citizen Prospects of legal challenges to the polls: Insights from the Constitutional Court’s recent judgment 4 min 0 By Catherine Kruyer
South Africa South Africa’s construction mafia sets its sights on local government extortion 4 min 7 By Godfrey Mulaudzi and Lizette Lancaster for ISS Today
South Africa Four provinces categorised as high risk ahead of 1 November polls, says Bheki Cele 2 min 4 By Karabo Mafolo
Elections DA leader John Steenhuisen points out ‘dysfunctional ANC municipalities’ while making his final pitch 4 min 19 By Carien du Plessis
South Africa Anti-vaxxing politics — an ideal wedge issue for the desperate and low 5 min 0 By Stephen Grootes
