Elections Why Cyril Chuene jumped ship on the EFF to become a DA candidate before the November polls 5 min 15 By Carien du Plessis
South Africa Ground Level Report: Stellenbosch Municipality comes out tops, but the historic divide runs deep 8 min 1 By Rebecca Pitt
Elections Anwar Adams' Democratic Independent Party pins its electoral hopes on Divine Intervention 3 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo
South Africa Ground Level Report: ANC has won awards in Steve Tshwete Municipality, but now even party's star mayor has joined opposition ranks 8 min 3 By Carien du Plessis
Elections Municipal government crisis: The solution lies far beyond November polls 4 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
South Africa Bantu Holomisa: UDM aims to prioritise policies over political personalities in bid to boost public service 5 min 1 By Sandisiwe Shoba
Elections ANC manifesto launch: Ramaphosa admits mistakes, says party will do better 5 min 10 By Carien du Plessis
Elections Voter anger at local state failure unlikely to be tempered by Ramaphosa’s charm offensive this time 3 min 8 By Ferial Haffajee
Elections Ramaphosa introduces youthful candidate councillors ahead of ANC’s manifesto launch 5 min 1 By Carien du Plessis
Elections The Kingmakers (Part One): The key parties in power plays 12 min 0 By Wayne Sussman and Victoria O’Regan
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal: It can be cold outside of the ruling party fold as an independent councillor 8 min 2 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
South Africa Kingmaker with an eye on mayoral chain: Al Jama-ah says it won’t budge on its goals 4 min 1 By Suné Payne
Elections How political parties die: The glue holding the ANC coalition together is rapidly flaking 4 min 1 By Sean Gossel and Thomas Koelble
South Africa Analysis: ActionSA is poised for a decent first showing in elections, despite some questionable claims 5 min 2 By Rebecca Davis & Bheki Simelane
Elections Interview: FF Plus will play a key role in coalitions after polls, says Pieter Groenewald 5 min 0 By Marianne Merten
Elections Revitalising democratic life: The ANC has morphed into a party concerned with power, positions and personal benefits 6 min 2 By Raymond Suttner
Elections Explainer: How we got to all systems go and what to expect in the run-up to November 1 6 min 0 By Marianne Merten
South Africa The no-voters: More than 13 million South Africans who can vote haven’t registered for 1 November polls 4 min 1 By Ferial Haffajee
South Africa ANC Western Cape: Implicated councillors will step aside and are removed from final candidates list 3 min 1 By Suné Payne
South Africa With the Independent Electoral Commission under pressure, so is our democracy 5 min 13 By Stephen Grootes
Elections Sy Mamabolo: Young South Africans make up 91% of new voter registrations 3 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan