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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 9: Political party ActionSA supporters march in the street in Orlando West on October 9, 2026 in Soweto, South Africa. South Africa will hold municipal elections on November 4, 2026. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
Leadership

Cactus or the next COPE? Why ActionSA’s polls will decide Joburg and Tshwane | Richard Wilkinson

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The Common Sense
5 min read
ActionSA’s polling numbers could determine the DA’s chances of winning Johannesburg and Tshwane.
Brazilian presidential candidates Flavio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend a presidential debate ahead of the national election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Tuane Fernandes/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Global Investing

Prof Joe Stiglitz on BizNews: Brazil cannot afford Bolsonaro's spending cuts

By
Editor BizNews
5 min read
Brazil’s economic future hangs on Lula versus Bolsonaro.
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape (Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Rational Perspective

UCT and free speech: the cost of punishing ideas | Michael Morris

By
Daily Friend
6 min read
UCT’s handling of dissenting views raises urgent questions about free speech and academic freedom.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 03: Gwede Mantashe, Pieter Groenewald and Leon Schreiber during the swearing-in ceremony of the new national executive members at Cape Town International Convention Centre on July 03, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. The new National Executive constitutes the 7th Democratic Administration as a Government of National Unity comprising a diversity of political parties as an outcome of the national and provincial elections held on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. (Photo by Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)
Mailbox

Mailbox | The GNU: Two years, three tests

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Editor BizNews
6 min read
Two years into the GNU, growth, jobs and crime targets remain unmet.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – OCTOBER 16: Election Posters And Billboards displayed on October 16, 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)
Jaundiced Eye

WSM's Jaundiced Eye: Don’t vote for political minnows

By
William Saunderson-Meyer
6 min read
How micro-parties are destabilising South Africa’s local government and coalitions
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