Only Gambia has a plan that, if everyone acted the same way, would see global heating kept to below 1.5°C. The post Coal gets the cold shoulder as coal power fleets on course to be 56% smaller than expected appeared first on The Mail & Guardian...

The former president reiterates that he is a political prisoner as he resumes the attacks that contributed to his prison sentence for contempt The post Zuma reverts to attacking Constitutional Court bench after rescission denial appeared first on Th...

The financial and public health cost of diabetes, as well as diabetes-related blindness and kidney failures, is being overlooked, health advocates say The post The sugar tax is working. Experts say we should double it to WHO-recommended levels appea...

Why are coups happening more frequently? The most significant trend is the deepening democratic deficit across many African countries, and a corresponding decline in effective enforcement of democratic norms The post Coups are always a bad idea – ...

Young people make use of online portal and women account for more than half of the total registered The post Almost two million voters register for local elections appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Regional ANC leaders have asked Duarte to intervene after the interim provincial committee resolved to dissolve their branches ahead of local government elections The post Free State regions cry foul after dissolution by interim provincial committee...

A party source said the ANC in Johannesburg would most likely call on one of the mayoral committee members to stand in as mayor until the local elections The post ANC unlikely to replace Joburg mayor Matongo before 1 Nov appeared first on The Mail &...

Cosatu meets to deliberate on its support for the governing party in the upcoming local government elections The post Ramaphosa hits the right notes as he urges Cosatu to continue to support the ANC appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The apex court’s dismissal of the Democratic Alliance’s application to declare reopening candidate registration unlawful came as no surprise The post DA insists IEC favoured the ANC after Constitutional Court dismisses application appeared first...

ANC Limpopo leaders called on the election committee to change the candidate lists in favour of Ramaphosa faction days before Motlanthe’s report on factions in the party The post ‘Factional’ ANC Veterans League chastised by Motlanthe appeared ...