The South Africa Brief
Jonathan Moakes, Paul BerkowitzThe South Africa Brief is your guide to South African politics: the issues, the parties, the players, and how to navigate a new era of coalitions.
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The Week That Was: 14 - 18 September 2026
ANC loses appeal to Electoral Court
The Electoral Court dismissed the ANC’s appeal against the decision of the IEC not to include 181 candidates it failed to submit by the 17h00 deadline on 28 August due to “technical glitches”. This repre...
The EFF’s Prospects
Election 2024 proved to be a difficult one for the Red Berets. It represented the first election since the party’s founding when it went backwards and lost momentum. The party dropped to 9.5% of the vote, down from the 10.8% it obtained in...
The MK Party’s Prospects
uMkhonto we Sizwe – MK Party (MKP) – was undoubtedly the story of Election 2024. Formed only in December 2023, Jacob Zuma’s party delivered the best performance of any new party since 1994, obtaining 14.6% of the national vote. Its election...
The Week Ahead: 14 - 18 September 2026
Politics
ANC, IEC and others fight over final candidate lists
On Tuesday the Electoral Court is due to hear the ANC’s application to force the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to reopen its candidate list system or grant an exte...
The Week That Was: 7 - 11 September 2026
ANC Approaches Electoral Court
Following its failure to submit all its candidates to the IEC by the 17h00 deadline on 28 August, the ANC appealed to the Electoral Court this week. The party blamed a “technical glitch” in the IEC’s online s...
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Resident in the UK, from South Africa and travelling around the world. Passionate about politics, campaigns and how good people can make the world a better place.
I am a director at Hlaziya Solutions, a consultancy that specialises in data-led analysis and storytelling.
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