South Africa’s political landscape has been rocked by revelations contained in an internal ANC forensic report, which sheds light on the administrative chaos behind the party’s failure to submit candidate lists for six municipalities ahead of the November 4 elections. A Crisis of Competence Rather than blaming the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), as previously suggested…
CAPE TOWN – 15 September 2026 A new investigation by political commentator Willem Petzer, essayist Rob Duigan, and economist Dr Adi Schlebusch has raised alarm over the growing fiscal burden on Cape Town’s middle-class households, describing the city’s revenue model as a “ticking time bomb” heading into the 2026 local elections. The trio’s findings come…
BALTIMORE — The Springboks claimed the inaugural Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry trophy with a commanding 43-28 victory over the All Blacks in the fourth and final Test at M&T Bank Stadium, sealing the series 3-1 before a record 68,173 crowd — the largest attendance ever at a rugby match in the United States. Captain Siya Kolisi…
While centrist commentators fixate on the Sweden Democrats’s modest drop from 20.5% to 17.6%, the far more important fact is this: SD’s policies are no longer radical. They are mainstream. The “setback” narrative is a distraction. SD entered parliament in 2010 with 5.7%. They now sit at 17.6% and have permanently moved the Overton window….
The ongoing collapse of Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is attributed to decades of mismanagement by the Makana Local Municipality, with several interlocking causes. The first is serious Financial mismanagement – The municipality has received a “disclaimer of opinion” from the Auditor-General every year since 2018/19, and its liabilities exceeded its assets by R813 million. Revenue collection…
