Senior figures in ruling ANC debate next move after party’s worst-ever poll performance
Politics in the country has fragmented — possibly for good
Incoming poll results suggest ruling party will need coalition partners to hold on to power
Populist measures include universal health insurance and basic income grant for unemployed
Country’s third-largest party appeals to electorate with wealth distribution plan
Disenchanted young people turn away from ruling ANC ahead of country’s most contested elections in three decades
African National Congress relies on loyalists outside cities and campaign knowhow as it battles to hold on to its majority
Opposition Democratic Alliance warns voters of possible deal between ANC and two radical parties
Country’s independent Competition Commission vows to assess any takeover on ‘public interest’ grounds
Statement comes as the Australian miner’s chief executive visits country after political backlash
Former ANC leader has been surprise package of the campaign, drawing packed rallies and unnerving one-time allies
Newer parties clash with established ones as they vie for a chance to be kingmaker in any coalition government
Former president and his new MK party could squeeze the governing ANC in May’s poll
Our bilateral relations have always been economically beneficial on both sides
Rivals to ruling ANC have pitched the death penalty and mass expulsions to a restless electorate
Electricity tsar says issue that has plagued the country for more than a decade would be largely over by year end
There are grounds for medium-term optimism after years of negative news
Move comes ahead of a general election as the ruling ANC seeks to quell unease at its handling of the economy
Stage set for tight vote in which governing African National Congress will be battling to keep its majority
Governing party, which faces tough elections this year, says new movement is pursuing ‘counter-revolutionary’ agenda
Several smaller campaigns will fight each other as well as ruling party in pivotal upcoming election
Deal underlines how bank has become key channel for Moscow to make energy investments
Selection of Dan Marokane comes as electricity monopoly oversees record blackouts and deals with large debt burden
First arrests over $580,000 stolen from president’s Phala Phala farm in 2020
Condemning Moscow does not mean unthinking adherence to the west
