IEC declares 2026 local elections free and fair as coalitions get set to run municipalities
ANC support slid to 30.76% as ActionSA, the DA and MKP led voters to the right.
Simon Ramapuputla
Polls close and the counting of votes has begun
The number of voters in the Western Cape is expected to surpass the 2021 local government elections.
Cosatu to campaign for ANC and SACP
Cosatu will campaign for both its alliance partners, but only if they protect workers’ interests.
Make the wealthy pay: AIDC lays out alternative to austerity
Progressive tax reforms targeting wealth, dividends and corporate profits could raise billions of rands.
Cosatu congress adjourned after credential dispute exposes tensions
Cosatu denies division within the federation while four affiliates cancel separate media briefing.
Marikana’s wounds still bleed 14 years after police massacre
State violence and the quest for humanity link Marikana in 2012 to the 1976 youth uprising.
Anger over unemployment fuels anti-immigration march in Alexandra
Alexandra protesters blame undocumented migrants for unemployment.
Labour federations reject migrant scapegoating, demand economic reform
The labour federations call for an end to attacks on African migrants, and labour law enforcement.
‘We reject the scapegoating of migrants’: Vavi joins march against PIE amendments
The proposed legislation threaten constitutional protections and criminalise poverty and should be withdrawn, Abahlali demanded.
SACP’s Conference of the Left professes unity as MKP embraces the xenophobic Right
The conference proclaimed unity of the poor and working class, despite differences between participating organisations.
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